Humans are just as fast as they were. And computers are getting faster. But the periphery devices are not directly hooked into the hardware anymore. Instead they interface to software drivers. So, for example, it takes longer for a computer to record a mouse click.
I remember back in the old days, on the old 128K Macintosh, that the mouse was directly connected in so that it was tied into the motherboard clock speed.
(Hmmm... I am not sure I said it any clearer this time!)
Humans are just as fast as they were. And computers are getting faster. But the periphery devices are not directly hooked into the hardware anymore. Instead they interface to software drivers. So, for example, it takes longer for a computer to record a mouse click.
I remember back in the old days, on the old 128K Macintosh, that the mouse was directly connected in so that it was tied into the motherboard clock speed.
(Hmmm... I am not sure I said it any clearer this time!)
No, I think I got it now! Basically, there are more layers to the technology now, causing some delay. Interesting.
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I didn't say that very well....
Humans are just as fast as they were. And computers are getting faster. But the periphery devices are not directly hooked into the hardware anymore. Instead they interface to software drivers. So, for example, it takes longer for a computer to record a mouse click.
I remember back in the old days, on the old 128K Macintosh, that the mouse was directly connected in so that it was tied into the motherboard clock speed.
(Hmmm... I am not sure I said it any clearer this time!)
No, I think I got it now! Basically, there are more layers to the technology now, causing some delay. Interesting.