Thats because in all that time we've done nothing to upgrade the "Nut
behind the wheel" !
-jimb
>>I'm doing up a presentation related to digital technology and I've been
>>trying to find a way that a non-technical person can relate to the real-world
>>changes. The normal things the geeks like to talk about like clock speeds
>etc.
>>have almost no relation to the real world impact of the technology. For
>>example, in 1940 your 20-30 hp car would happily do 50-60 mph on the highway,
>but
>>the roads were smaller so you averaged 30 mph getting to work. Today over 50%
>>of new cars have greater than 200 hp can get up to 80 mph in a few seconds
>>and the road system is 5 times larger. However, traffic has reduced the
>>average speed of getting to work to... 30 mph. Therefore some 65 years of
>>technology and digital control has resulted in no effective difference.
>>
>>
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