如果將來(lái)回顧計(jì)算機(jī)發(fā)展歷史
The web is going to be a defining technology a defining social moment for computing.
web技術(shù)必然成為重要的里程碑
I think it's going to be huge and I think it brews a whole new generation of life into personal computing, I think it's going to be huge.
它的潛力很大,會(huì)吸引更多年輕人進(jìn)入計(jì)算機(jī)行業(yè)
And you are making software that …
你們正在開(kāi)發(fā)…
Of course, so is everybody, I mean forget about what we are doing, as an industry, the web is going to open a whole new door to this industry.
不僅是我們,Web為IT行業(yè)開(kāi)啟了新的大門(mén)。
It's another one of those things that it's obvious once it happens, but 5 years ago, who would have guessed?
放在5年之前,誰(shuí)能想象得到呢?
That's right. Isn't this a wonderful place we are in.
沒(méi)錯(cuò),多么奇妙的行業(yè)呀!
I was keen to know about Steve's passion,
我很想知道Steve的工作熱情來(lái)自哪里?
what drove him?
是什么在激勵(lì)他?
I read an article when I was very young, in the Scientific American,
我小時(shí)候讀過(guò)《科學(xué)美國(guó)人》雜志的一篇文章
and it measures the efficiency of locomotion for various species on the planet.
雜志比較了地球上不同物種的移動(dòng)效率
So for you know for bear, Chimpanzee, raccoons and birds, and fish,
比如熊、猩猩、浣熊、鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)、魚(yú)類(lèi)等
how many calories per kilometer they spend to move, and humans was measured too, the condor won,
計(jì)算它們每移動(dòng)一公里消耗的熱量,還有人類(lèi),最后禿鷲贏了
it was the most efficient, and the mankind, the crowned creation, came in with rather unimpressive showing about 3rd way down the list,
它的移動(dòng)效率最高,作為萬(wàn)物之靈的人類(lèi),排在倒數(shù)第幾位
but somebody there had the brilliance to test a human riding a bicycle,
但是雜志特地測(cè)量了人類(lèi)騎自行車(chē)的效率
blew away the condor, all the way off the charts,
結(jié)果把禿鷲遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)甩在了身后
and I remember this really had an impact on me.
在排名上遙遙領(lǐng)先。這篇文章給我留下了深刻的印象
I really remember this - humans were tool builders,
人類(lèi)擅長(zhǎng)發(fā)明工具
and we build tools that can dramatically amplify our human abilities.
工具夠賦予我們奇妙的能力