>>For computers, speed is ... measured in "flops" -
>>floating point operations per second, or the number of calculations a
>>machine can complete in a second. Back in the 1970s... machines
>>could achieve speeds of
>>several million flops.Since then, computers, even home PCs, have
>>raised their speeds at an astonishing rate. Most home computers now
>>achieve speeds of several
>>billion flops.(guardian 7/26)
>>
>does this mean we'll be able to buy stuff even faster than our
>credit limits are overdrawn?
>
>or maybe enable consumers to become over extended so fast that our
>debts will never catch up with reality?
>
>will capitalism?
Man, what a sourpuss. Computers are fun. I've got a new 2 Ghz iMac and I love it. Cheer up - not everything sucks.
Doug