Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
Babbage’s computing goals have been realized
- But we still need better algorithms & faster machines
What happens when
- Computers are free and infinitely powerful?
- Bandwidth and storage is free and infinite?
Remaining limits:
- Content: the core asset of cyberspace
- Software: Bugs, $ per line of code (!)
- Operations: > 1,000 $/node/year