Classical Studies (Web version)
It might seem strange to talk of Web Classical Studies (net Antiquity?) but it’s been, what, ten Moore’s Law doublings since 1995?
But sticking to the topic of web Classical Studies, this Web 1.0 retrospective made me chuckle. Especially the part about 36 k modems. We use Journyx for our timesheets at work, and it sure feels like a 36 k connection… or maybe even a 14.4…
On the topic of Moore’s Law, Ray Kurzweil claims that computing power (in calculations per second per dollar) has been increasing exponentially for a good century. Which is an amazingly long time for a trend to hold, and suggests it’ll continue awhile longer.
I pulled the image below from Wikipedia, here.
