News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on CO2 in the atmosphere just exceeded 415ppm for the first time in human history. Parent comment

Re:CO2 in the atmosphere just exceeded 415ppm for the first ... by 0xffff2 on Monday May 13, 2019 @02:09PM (#19902003)
The internet is not a technology unto itself. Rather, it's an application of technology. The internet of today is vastly different from the internet of the 1960s (which GP included in their list), but it's not fundamentally different at a technological level. The change of the internet from ARPANET to today is driven by nothing more than incremental improvement in existing technologies.

When was the last time a new technology reached commercial success?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:CO2 in the atmosphere just exceeded 415ppm for the first ... by kmlx on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @04:53AM (#19907849)
that's a weak argument imo. all technologies can be considered applications of other technologies, from steel making to space faring.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:CO2 in the atmosphere just exceeded 415ppm for the first ... by coldtea on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @05:40AM (#19908051)
Well, even if "all technologies can be considered applications of other technologies" some are less so than others.

Besides we're not talking about mere products here, but core technologies, e.g. inventions. The steam engine, the combustion engine, electricity, the telephone, laser, microwave, satellites, and so on, weren't mere "applications of other technologies" and even less so a mere incremental bump in the way modern internet vs 60s/70s internet is.

[ Parent | on HN ]