28 May
2024
28 May
'24
2:21 p.m.
On Tue, 28 May 2024, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
In 1971 or 1972 I was in the Washington DC airport
executive lounge. Dolly
Parton was in there, she had two gofers getting her coffee and stuff, and she
had a large "bag phone" that she was on a lot of the time, presumably making
arrangements for shows. This was a square-cornered hard bag with a shoulder
strap, and there was an old-style handset with a coil cord connected to it.
The bag was something like 10 by 8 x 4" and appeared to be quite heavy. I
am pretty sure the thing was "personal" to her.
On Tue, 28 May 2024, CAREY SCHUG via cctalk wrote:
[reasoning: if purpose is to make money, it is an
investment for business gain]
Therefore, since Dolly Parton was "presumably making arrangements for
shows", then by CAREY SCHUG's criteris, it was NOT "personal" to her.
. . . and that of the dozens of "personal computers" that I had prior to Y2K,
none of them were "personal"
We can never agree on the definition. The blind men are fixxated on
individual features of the elephant.
I contend that making money, and purchasing by a business and handing out
to employees, are orthogonal to whether it is a "personal" computer, and
on a par with whether it was in the bedroom, living room, or home office.
(bedroom (unless a sex-worker) is "personal", kitchen table or home office
is not.)
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com