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To: HB who wrote (5595)	5/28/1998 2:35:00 PM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10921

Howard, Thanks for sharing your knowledge and insights. I guess the cliche is true: "One tends to overestimate what will be accomplished within the next year or 2 while underestimating achievements for the next decade". There must be a quantum leap there somewhere. ;-) A research lab head once advised that their ideas are their most precious resource. If one can describe a desirable function, the product will be built. Best regards, Ian.

To: HB who wrote (5595)	5/28/1998 9:59:00 PM
From: Ira Player	Respond to of 10921

We are at the stage where it is hard to imagine rapid progress with the current implementations, but engineers and physicists are a clever bunch and there are now lots of them trying every weird idea they can think of. I read an interesting pseudo-statistic a few years ago. It stated that 90% of the people that have EVER studied and worked in math and the sciences are alive NOW, and 80% of them are still active. It isn't just the technology feeding itself that drives us forward at this rate, it is the extreme level of effort being expended, enhanced by better tools. Enjoy the ride, Ira