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To: bentway who wrote (800938)	8/11/2014 1:27:55 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574683

>> I watched chessplayers say that they'd never lose to a computer 30 years ago. I'm sure Jeopardy players thought a computer would never be able to compete with their knowledge of any sort of trivia. They don't compete with "knowledge". They compete with brute strength, and that is a different thing. Not unlike using a backhoe to dig a trench instead of shovels. Over time, computers will undoubtedly develop something akin to intellect and things are changing quickly. And machines can easily handle tasks like template-based websites and iPhone apps that repackage data off the web. Software libraries are huge today and you can find prepackaged code to do almost anything one needs to do. Still. Software engineers are high demand, high paying jobs, at least in America and they're going to be for the rest of your life and mine. Writing software today, I find, is a far more complex process than it was 40 years ago. While we had to deal with such nonsense as overlays, today we have to deal with multiple threads, communications, and intense delivery pressures that either weren't our concern or weren't as great a concern as at that time. We have unlimited memory, but unlimited stuff we need to put in it. Competent software development today is far more challenging than it was then.

To: bentway who wrote (800938)	8/11/2014 1:28:58 PM
From: Bill	1 Recommendation Recommended By jlallen Respond to of 1574683

You really do sound like an idiot.

To: bentway who wrote (800938)	8/11/2014 1:47:33 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 1574683

Grampa used to say, "Them computers are evil, stay away from em boy." Grampa was senile and very out of touch with the modern world. He would only listen to waltzes because everything from the big band era on was evil. He wouldn't watch anything on TV but 1950 westerns because the modern stuff didn't make sense to him. The world changes and each generation needs to rise to modern challenges. Currently high tech is the best employment sector. It was known and discussed 40 years ago that a tech boom would result in 50 percent of jobs in this decade having high tech components. Existing jobs will become obsolete and with new challenges will come new opportunities. People who understand education and personal growth is a life long endeavor will be fine. Doltish hedonists can pray Obama continues to take care of them.