Re: The Future

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:23:52 GMT, "Charles Hottel"
<chottel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

New technology is usually very expensive at first and does not work that
well. As improvements are made it works better and the prices fall.

Often. But sometimes the early technology is what could be afforded
then. A modern ship costs much more than what Columbus had
available. It takes more labor, resources, and time to build. But
we have the wealth to pay for it without going to the queen.

We spend far more on computers today than we did decades ago. We
really can't compare the different environments directly.

.

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