Personal Computers

By Paul Quek (e-mail: quekpaul@hotmail.com), in Singapore

• An analysis of the history of technology shows that technological change is exponential, contrary to the common-sense "intuitive linear" view. So we won't experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century -- it will be more like 20,000 years of progress (at today's rate). The "returns," such as chip speed and cost-effectiveness, also increase exponentially. There's even exponential growth in the rate of exponential growth. -- Ray Kurzweil's Law of Accelerating Returns
  
  
  
• Cyberspace is a wondrous place but we are quickly learning it can also be a dangerous place for the unwary. Con artists who once relied on telephone boiler rooms and mass-mailing can now rip people off through Web sites and e-mail. -- Christine Gregoire, Attorney General of Washington state, USA.
  
  

1. Weblog -- Computers
   
   
2. Freeware from the Net
   
   
3. User Interface
   
   
4. "Our System" -- A Prayer
   
   
5. Powers of Ten
   
   
6. Weblog -- Computer Graphics
   
   
7. Singapore's Sentosa Island -- Siloso Beach
   
   
8. JPEG Files -- Potpourri
   
   
9. JPEG Files -- Scenery
   
   
10. Weblog -- Computer Programming
    
    
11. A Simple Address-Of (&) Program in C
    
    

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