> Which new band will still be around in 45 years?
Excellent question! It looks like Two-Tone is bringing ska back with a new wave of punk rock energy! I think The Specials are pretty special and will likely be around for a long time.
On the other hand, the "new wave" movement of punk rock music will go nowhere. The Cure, Joy Division, Tubeway Army: check the dustbin behind the record stores in a few years.
1. IBM, as the all-time reigning king of computing is not expected to give up its position any time soon. In fact, I'm observing a swell of new microcomputers called "personal computers," and I fully expect IBM to capitalize on this trend soon.
2. Intel is a great company making microcontrollers and processors for microcomputers. The new 8086 microprocessor seems poised to make a splash in the new "personal computer" segment. I'll eat my hat if my prediction proves to be incorrect.
3. "One of these things is not like the other" Microsoft makes a pretty nice BASIC for microcomputers. I can imagine this becoming standard for "personal computers." But, a tiny company like Microsoft doesn't really stack up next to an industry titan like IBM or even a major, newer player like Intel.
If you'd like me to prognosticate some more, I'm ready. Just say the word.
I hate to think (take
the bandage off quickly!)
of a cybernetic ghetto
where mammals and computers
strive together in mutually
destructive chaos
like pure water
soaking dead trash.
I hate to think
(not now, please!)
of a cybernetic whorehouse;
Amazon, Google, Microsoft
exact tolls peacefully
from computers
though already paid for,
for extra "content".
I hate to think
(it cannot be!)
of a cybernetic lobotomy
where we are free of our nature
and farmed for our labors,
subjected through mammal
weakness and instinct,
and all watched over
by machines of loving grace.
i highly recommend the collection __"Poems"__ by Iain Banks + Ken MacLeod if you've never come across it before, this 'rewriting' has a similar energy as some of Banks' poems and I think you might like them
You randomly browse and someone tells you out of the blue that one of your favourite science fiction authors (who's also written some mainstream lit that you know about) also has a book of poetry...
Excellent question! It looks like Two-Tone is bringing ska back with a new wave of punk rock energy! I think The Specials are pretty special and will likely be around for a long time.
On the other hand, the "new wave" movement of punk rock music will go nowhere. The Cure, Joy Division, Tubeway Army: check the dustbin behind the record stores in a few years.
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