kitchen table math, the sequel: really big numbers

Friday, October 5, 2007

really big numbers






Just found this at de Havilland blog, while looking around for the post on the Frederick Hess article I want to link (is that clear?)

Remember really big numbers?

In Trailblazers?

The slides in this YouTube are set to what is possibly my favorite movie theme of all time, from what is possibly the most romantic movie of all time, Last of the Mohicans.

Half of this video is a blast; the other half is 21st century fear and loathing set to music - fun!

...predictions are that by 2049 a $1,000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the human race...


Sure, sure.

But will a $1,000 computer be able to read the wavy letters in the Comments window?

That's the question.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"The top 10 jobs that will be in demand in 2010 didn't exist in 2004. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist, using technologies that haven't been invented in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet."

An administrator from my district said this quote verbatim followed by a plea for more money. I raised my hand and said, "This could have been said in 1930." I rendered him speechless.

Instructivist said...

"We are currently preparing students for jobs that don't yet exist, using technologies that haven't been invented in order to solve problems we don't even know are problems yet."

Educationists are not only magicians but also clairvoyant.

Me said...

Maybe we can hire some of those smart English-speaking Chinese persons to teach in our US public schools.