Amazing, isn't it? I'm 32 and I've used computers to some capacity for most of my life. My father, thank goodness, saw early on that computers were the way to go. First one was an Osbourne portable - about the size of a small suitcase, 5 inch screen, two 5.25" floppy drives. Didn't do much of anything except play Zork. Then went to Timex Sinclair - anyone remember those? Plugged into your TV, had a keyboard like your microwave with BASIC commands built in. Saved programs on an audio cassette. Radio Shack TRS 80s. First "real" computer was an Epson 8088 - monochrome monitor, no mouse, no sound card, paid $150.00 for a modem, with a whopping 20 meg hard drive. All the space you'll ever need ... I just replaced my 20 GIG hard drive with a 63 gig one. I believe that Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" was the first mainstream major animated movie done with computers. At the time, it was groundbreaking. I see work on this site everyday that blows that away. Sure, it was a decade ago, but the work done here is done by people sitting at home, using software that they bought on their own, running computers that anyone can buy, and the artists don't necessarily have formal training in art, computers, CG, or even the software that they are using. Anyone here go to the Bryce School? I don't know if one even exists. Watch Saturday morning cartoons and you'll see all sorts of stuff done with CG. Rolie Polie Ollie (not sure if that's correct - and I have a daughter, that's why I watch it ... really) looks as though it's entirely done with Bryce Primitives. Jimmy Neutron. Butt Ugly Aliens (Geez, I gotta get out more). These aren't companies with Disney's money. Look at Pixar and the first Toy Story. Have you watched Monster's Inc? Watch Sulley's hair and THINK about what it would take to animate all those little objects. How far away are we from movies done completely by computers? Don't even get me started on games. My daughter is nine months old. I wonder what she will find in her lifetime. Things we struggle to do now, she might do as a matter of course. Will she take it for granted? Probably. But she will be struggling with the next great thing, whatever that may be. My thoughts. My ramblings. Sorry for going on.