Subj : Technology (Was: Re: Climbing the ladder o
To   : NANCY BACKUS
From : JOE MACKEY
Date : Thu Feb 20 2020 06:35:46

  Nancy wrote --

> But I think the tag is more about how quickly technology tends to 
accelerate....

  I like the older detective shows (Columbo, etc) and always get a chuckle
when say Colombo comes across something cutting edge (c. 1970-90) and has to
be told how something works.
  "What is that machine on the table?"
  It's a personal computer.
  "You mean like those big room size machines that crunch numbers?"
  Yes, you can use it for data processing....
  "You mean like a typewriter?  Where do you put the paper?"
  You don't need paper, you write whatever and send it over the phone wire
to another computer.
  "How does that work?"

  And so on.  :)
  I also figure 20 years from now people will get a chuckle out of our
current cutting age technology and how primitive it was.
  Joe
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