(To overwrite, in computing, means to destroy old data by storing new data in their place; overwriting is an artifact of an era when computer storage was very expensive).
(To overwrite, in computing, means to destroy old data by storing new data in their place; overwriting is an artifact of an era when computer storage was very expensive). Or maybe the page has been moved and something else is where it used to be.
Some people I've heard from recently think that we will soon enter an era when computer diagnosis using machines will so improve on human diagnosis that medicine will move swiftly into machine intelligence world.
In an era when computer animation is ever more photo-real, Docter's idea would enable his crew to return to the caricatured style of so much of the traditional animation they'd loved as children, in classic Disney films like "Dumbo" and "Pinocchio".
startup called Luxtera, could mark the beginning of a new Internet era when computers will be able to tap into huge reserves of data, no matter where they are situated, as easily as they now retrieve data from their own hard drives.
And while progress in developing expert systems, narrow artificial intelligences and the like will doubtless continue, I welcome – with 20 or so years left in my career – the decision support that AI will provide, rather than worrying about how I'll occupy my time after the Singularity – the predicted era when computers match human intelligence.
Too bad this took so long, since the CD-ROM, no matter how fast or fancy, holds only 650 to 700 megabytes in an era when a desktop computer can often have a 30-gigabyte hard disk.
"Numbers are how people locate themselves in the world today, especially in an era when global positioning satellites and computers can precisely identify the position of every rock and coffeehouse on the planet".
But a return to tailor-made clothing makes sense in an era when manufacturers of items as diverse as computers and automobiles are building customized products to satisfy customers' idiosyncratic desires for big hard drives and metallic paint finishes.
Mr. Wallach thinks he has come upon a new idea in computer design in an era when it has become fashionable to say that there are no new ideas.
