Computers and the possiblities in my mind

            I was amazed to find a mechanical computer dating back between 100 and 40 BCE was so complicated. I knew they had ways of calculating stuff but never knew that they could do calculations this complex. It is cool to know that back in the Mayan times and before people who knew mathematics where considered a higher class of status than others of the time. Naper with his interest in mathematics really spiked my interests. He helped to strongly advance what we now know today. It is crazy to know that calculating machines back then were not perfect which would could problems in certain areas. This amazes me because they must have believed it was perfect. The calculating machines of the past tended to be huge. They weighed all different rages from light to hundreds to thousands of pounds. The constant advances before the style of electronic computers today the helpfulness of the mechanical computers helped to make everyday life better. The Hollerith system is proof of this.

            Electronic computers are awesome they do crazy things today and throughout history. They advanced faster and faster allowing people to do new things. It is crazy to think if just one of the pioneers of this industry did not do what they did would we be set back years and year and not be where we are today. Like if Atanasoff did not do what he did or the Eniac was not created. What would life be like today would internet just start to be dial up. It is wild to think that just one new advancement or one less could set us back years.

            Without being on the cutting edge of advancement our country might not be what it is now. During our past the computers have helped us in vast ways. They have helped us from military use to commercial use to personal use. Each and every form helps to make us who we are.

            I one person did not do what they did do you think we would be were we are today? Would it set us back days months or even years? Here is my biggest question what would your life be like if because one of those pioneers did not do what they did today was like 1995 technology speaking instead of 2010? Would life be the same being a teenager with what we had a children?