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OCR: 1-34 USING COMPUTERS ESSENTIAL co NCEPTS The World's Fastest Computers (Byte January 1996) an excellent article on supercomputers accessible on the Web at www.byte.com/art/9601 I/SEC6/ART1 .HTM. For an update ar super computer technology visit the sites supercomputer vendors using the Web link www.CS cmu.edu scand a/vendors/htm. User Interf aces In the film 2001 Space ssey HAL wouldn' open th e Peq pod door but users every day run into example of computers that stubbornly refuse to open particular file locate Web site or carry out requested command does this happen? Alth ough hardware and software bugs account tor some user frustrations, many problems are due to miscommunica ation breakdown the human- computer interface Donald Norman's Things That Make ls Smart: Defending Human Attributes ...