24 Jun
1997
24 Jun
'97
1:27 p.m.
At 04:09 PM 6/24/97 +0000, you wrote:
Your lovely machines (whichever they are) live *only*
because there
someone (you or another human person) to make it work and appreciate the
results. They *only* live in your (or somebody else's) mind. And that is
why their history is important because it's not their history that we
appreciate but the sentiments, feelings, joy and sadness of the people
who used them!
What yer saying then, is, that we should collect to remember the impact each
computer had on our individual lives and on the lives of the people around
us, rather than simply because a machine is physically attractive,
technically impressive, or financially successful.
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