25 Nov
2002
25 Nov
'02
7:35 a.m.
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, ben franchuk wrote:
No, but I could. It's a computer. It can be made to do such things.
And I'm stating that you're misguided. It depends on your definition of
"practical", which for you seems to be based on a sliding window. By your
standards, computers will never be useful for "practical use".
800x600 will give you a full page.
If you want to type with a tiny little font that looks crappy, sure.
Ok then what way of travel is best for you? The
Model-T may be fine
for a sunday drive,but is a race car just as good for going to work?
Yes, but in either case, it's still driving, and they still get you to
work. And the race car won't get you there any faster if you take the
speed laws at all seriously.
So what?
People still did useful work on those machines. I wrote a
database program to store my comic book collection on a computer with 2K
of effective memory and a rubber "chiclet" keyboard using cassette tape
for storage. Are you saying this was't real?
Do you still use it for surfing the web? I don't
know, but I suspect you'll argue that real work couldn't be
performed with computers of today because we don't have 4 terabytes of
main memory and a 100 Quadrabyte hard drive.
No I am stateing that there is a mininum level of computing power
needed for a task,and differnt level for practical use. Right now one problem that is cropping up because of the
internet, is the
standards for multi-language information is really crappy.
That's a standard. It has nothing really to do with whether a computer is
practical or not for a given task. What's with the non-sequitur?
Well now that you bring it up, 9/18/36 bit computers
are nice.
I like classic computers, but I want a computer that meets my
needs, and modern computers are crap, because they are mass market
products, and I am the round peg.
In that case, I suggest you use an old 8-bit computer for all your work.
They are much simpler and easier to use.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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