> [1]Jerry Pournelle, who (along with Larry Niven) predicted pocket > computers in *The Mote In God's Eye,* and *The Gripping Hand,* is > thrilled to see his prediction come true so soon. In 1974... the handheld calculator already being with us in 1967 and Moores law already stated. Star Trek was already waving tricorders around and tricorders appear to show cloud computing ideas too. Try 'Feeling of Power' - Asimov 1958 (which also predicts losing the ability to do maths because of having a pocket calculator). I'm not even sure it's the first. And of course Dynabook was described in 1968 by Alan Kay as a real research vision. His original design btw was 12" x 9" so large pocket needed but very much a tablet style although he included a keyboard. Whats really interesting is what else the Parc work predicted in 1980 as the result of such devices and the stuff they were playing with then but unable to do within size and budget due to technology. My favourite quote from the CC article on it being "Television in particular would be in for trouble - who's going to watch poor television programs if they can link up with all the other kids on the block for a game of really super Startrek or Startrader" Didn't quite call Warcraft correctly but not far off 8) Alan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
