From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/16/2026 6:08 AM, Creon wrote:   
   > At Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:46:38 -0500, Noah Sombrero  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:41:16 +0000, Creon  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> At Fri, 16 Jan 2026 02:14:17 -0800, dart200   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 1/15/26 7:19 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >>>>> "Apple will not be among the tech leaders in this golden age of AI.   
   >>>>> That   
   >>>>   
   >>>> more like a fool's golden age   
   >>>   
   >>> I'm sure many said the same about the printing press.   
   >>   
   >> That does not mean that every supposed new tech idea is equivalent to   
   >> the printing press.   
   >   
   > So perhaps a grading system should be devised, with   
   > "printing press" as a unit of measure.  Would probably   
   > need to be logarithmic to measure the "quake" left in worldwide   
   > phenomena.   
   >   
   > I think generative "AI" is as important as desktop publishing,   
   > but not as important as the development of the worldwide Net.   
   >   
   >>   
   >>> BTW: guess what I've done with "AI"?  You're soaking in it!   
   >   
   > Relax, it's a tk/Perl program.  I call it "newscamel", because   
   > Perl's mascot is a camel.   
   >   
   So, I consulted Gemini and Apple Intelligence, the Google AI.   
      
   Apparently, the invention of the transistor changed everything.   
      
   Transistor (1947): Miniaturized electronics, the foundation of modern tech.   
      
   Integrated Circuit (1958): Multiple transistors on one chip, enabling   
   the dawn of the Dawn of Personal Computing.   
      
   Which led to Apple, one of the first successful mass-market personal   
   computers, making computing accessible to individual.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)