You probably know a thing or two about how computers work: for example, that they are cheap, powerful and fast. And through this combination of cost, power, and speed, they can be used to do things that would otherwise be impossible: for example, communicating in real-time with people on the other side of the world. […]
Month: July 2017
Beginnings: Old and New
“I want to be a C. scientist” That’s what I told my brother, with an impish grin. He was visiting Bombay from New York, circa 1997, during a break from his studies at the Stevens Institute of Technology. He was pursuing a degree in Computer Science. He asked me what I wanted to be when […]