[GTALUG] message from the past

[Stewart C. Russell]

On 2015-09-05 09:29 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>
> I'm typing this on my first notebook.  I bought it in 1999. …

Compare this with the hardware spec of the Amazon Dash button, a
single-purpose device used for ordering things you're running low on
from Amazon Prime:

     * 120 MHz 32-bit micro-controller with 128 KB RAM and 1 MB
       program data storage
     * additional 16 MB of non-volatile storage
     * 24-bit digital audio microphone/sampler with a flat response
       from 60 Hz - 15 kHz
     * 802.11n wifi module

I think they're about $10 … that's a lot of processing power spent just
on ordering one brand of laundry detergent.

cheers,
 Stewart