Technology is like water it wants to find its level. So if you hook up your computer to a billion other computers it just makes sense that a tremendous share of the resources you want to use – not only text or media but processing power too – will be located remotely.
People are so bad at driving cars that computers don't have to be that good to be much better. Any time you stand in line at the D.M.V. and look around you're like Oh my God I wish all these people were replaced by computer drivers.
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It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was – and is – respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.
