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Environment & Energy

Speck Tater

(10,618 posts)

11. Before I retired

Reply to reACTIONary (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 10:50 PM

Jan 2013

I was a software engineer.

It almost became a joke that each year, starting in about 1970, somebody published a scholarly article stating that computers that could rival human thinking were only 10 years in the future. Maybe some breakthroughs are like the event horizon of a black hole. Time slows down as you approach it so that no matter how long you wait, it's always still 10 years in the future.

And now that it's 2013, we're probably something like ten years away from computers that... oh wait. I've heard that one before.

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The "Hydrogen Economy" .... One step closer? [View all] reACTIONary Jan 2013 OP

Stop waiting for some great breakthrough which will be owned by big business daybranch Jan 2013 #1

Thanks for the info. I did a short google and came up with... reACTIONary Jan 2013 #8

I read the same kind of "just around the corner" stories years ago. Speck Tater Jan 2013 #2

"Just around the corner" is the mainstay... reACTIONary Jan 2013 #7

Before I retired Speck Tater Jan 2013 #11

AI has been exceptionally noted for a constantly receding event horizon. (nt) reACTIONary Jan 2013 #13

Fuel cell cars cost a $1 million plus, but EVs are actually affordable for some Kennah Jan 2013 #3

You are right about our current hydrogen sources --- reACTIONary Jan 2013 #5

It's just 10 years away, and it will likely remain as such for some time to come. Kennah Jan 2013 #9

At work, our projects are generally 90% complete for 90% of the time. (nt) reACTIONary Jan 2013 #10

I think I add two weeks to the completion date every week Kennah Jan 2013 #12

Cadmium selenide -- no problems there. eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 #4

Thanks for the information (nt) reACTIONary Jan 2013 #6