Going Nowhere Really Fast, or How Computers Only Come in Two Speeds.
1st October 2010
Is there a ballpoint pen in your pocket? How fast is it?
What do you mean, you don’t know? You didn’t ask the salesman?There is indeed a maximum speed at which the little ball in the pen can roll and still leave a satisfactory trace of ink upon the page. Would you pay extra for a faster model? If not, why not? What would you do if someone were to sell you a costly yet noticeably slow pen?