[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]
“I don’t care how often I see it; I still can’t get
used to people typing on tables. Bad enough that people are always
mumbling to themselves-cut cells C3-C7, paste to D3-D7-but the
constant drumming of fingers is just annoying. And, please, don’t
get me started on people wearing iContact lens! At least when you
saw someone with smart-glasses on you knew they might, or might,
not be actually looking at you. With the new smart-lens you can’t
tell if someone’s staring at you in a stoned haze, taking your
photo, working on something entirely remote from the location,
or-could it be!?–actually looking at you.“In 2019, we’ll be in the post-operating system world. Linux
will still be around, and so will Windows and the Mac OS, but, just
like today, most of them will be using Linux every day. Also, just
like today, when people use Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc., etc.,
they won’t realize that they’re using Linux. One key difference
though is that while engineers and programmers will be aware of
operating systems, users won’t have a clue.“That’s because, while Microsoft may be offering Windows 10,
most people’s concept of computing will have left the desktop
behind. Instead of thinking about whether Ubuntu 10.10 is better
than WinTen, they’ll simply be using what Glenn Britt, Time Warner
Cable’s CEO, calls the world of the four “Anys” — any content, any
device, anytime and anyplace.”