Last time he was in Wired it was an international cultural event, so it's gotta be worth a look. Some noteworthy bits: computers have gotten 25 times better, but software hasn't; with a good desktop such as a G5 "a database becomes a data structure"; "Mac OS X is a rock-solid system that's beautifully designed"; "open source doesn't assist the initial creative act"; Windows is "of absolutely no technical interest"; "SARS was just a TV story about a bunch of people wearing masks"; "When Moore's law ceases to be true, maybe around 2014 - that would be a good time to retire"; "a Hippocratic Oath for scientists would be useful"; "Clean water would do more to alleviate disease than high tech medicine".
(From Wired)
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
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