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Trivial Computing

November 17, 2008 rbowen

I’m frequently amazed that the computer I carry in my pocket is thousands of times more powerful than early ones that filled huge rooms. My wife, on the other hand, frequently remarks on the fact that by far the largest part of this vast computing power is spent on utterly trivial things.

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