Re:This is just the beginning (A Facebook employee who worke...
by hsmyers on Sunday July 03, 2011 @04:36PM
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Given the title, not at all what I expected. He keeps hitting home on 'this is just the beginning' and I can't think of a phrase that is more correct for our time. I likewise agree very strongly with prediction as a fools game. Sir Clarke said it long ago and if he couldn't, does anyone really think the folks who have followed could or can? I quote the great Wiki quoting Sir Arthur:
1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Re:This is just the beginning (A Facebook employee who worke...
by drivebyacct2 on Sunday July 03, 2011 @05:39PM
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Not only is the title inaccurate (It's a Facebook employee that previously worked on Google+), but it implies some inside knowledge of Google+ and that more features or something are coming. Not really impressed and the content was rather lacking too.
1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.