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A comment on Kurzweil's rebuttal to Paul Allen. Parent comment

Re:Kurzweil's rebuttal to Paul Allen by api on Thursday October 20, 2011 @01:56PM (#3135975)
But how much did that 20 seconds delay cost you? It would have been nice to have the answer faster, but how much would you have been willing to shell out for it?

I'm talking about economics. I'm talking about what people are willing to pay for.

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Re:Kurzweil's rebuttal to Paul Allen by lupatus on Thursday October 20, 2011 @02:11PM (#3136063)
I am also talking economics.

The customer would have loved for it to go faster, because then it would have looked like magic.

In 1998, it would have been nice if I had had photo-realistic computer games, but I patiently made do with what I had. Today, people eagerly shell-out money for hardware that can run this year's even-more-photorealistic version of Madden Football.

I think the demand for more power is definitely there.

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