"For this, 'very slow' may only be half a second, but to a computer that's an eternity,' " he said.
Hence the two scenes in which, after a mission, he is interrogated not by a superior but by a computer that stares at him, with an unblinking lens, and performs a "Post-Trauma Baseline Test".
You can't manage that as an individual, but for a computer that's easy.
But it's still a computer that needs your data input, it's just a different format (voice, not text).
Many people buy iPads not just because they like the form factor, but because they want a computer that won't prompt them with endless security alerts, software updates, and confusing installation processes.
This feature was introduced a year ago for high-end machines, but Dell adopted to make a computer that can run quietly in a company closet, without any cooling.
But if you're after a computer that can come with you to any shoot and handle photo editing duties in eye-popping style (thanks to Adobe's recent Retina-supporting Photoshop update), this is definitely the machine to get.
I look for the lady I spoke to at the beginning, but she is busy at a computer that simulates the impossibility of expressing yourself completely to someone else.
The scientists are exploring ways in which electrodes could transmit signals from muscle movements in the tongue as words were formed within the mouth -- but not actually spoken -- to a computer that could translate the signals into digitized speech.
But scientists have long theorised that a computer that harnesses the often-peculiar principles of quantum mechanics could perform these kinds of calculations in a flash, and even solve problems that would take years for a normal computer to churn through. .
