29 Dec
2015
29 Dec
'15
5:59 p.m.
On 12/29/2015 07:58 PM, Ian S. King wrote:
On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Jay West <jwest at
classiccmp.org> wrote:
(how do you display a thumbs-up sign in ASCII?)
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"Computers have lots of memory but no imagination."
"The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back."
- from some guy on the internet.
There's just gotta be some way to tie this
thread back to on-topicness.
But it is intriguing to see the computer as pop-culture artifact within a
broader grouping of like artifacts. (You're welcome, Jay.) In my academic
work, I use the term 'consumer computer' rather than 'personal computer'
because the latter term is so overloaded and controversial. The Commodore
was one of the earliest consumer computers, sold in department stores to
families rather than in computer stores to cognoscenti.
I do have to say, though, that in the '80s many if not most phones had
transitioned to touch-tone 'dialing' (what a delightfully archaic term!).
Nit picked. -- Ian