Abstract The objectives of this essay are to examine whether or not Brook's original scepticism that "no single new development in the next ten years would give software developers an order-of-magnitude improvement in productivity, reliability, or simplicity" and "...fu...

On Classrooms, With and Without Computers Clifford Stoll's essay about computers replacing teachers and hands on experiences as a means for education is filled with his passion for experiencing nature with all of the senses we humans were born with. He writes of feeling the gooshiness of an octopu...