24 Jun
1997
24 Jun
'97
7:16 p.m.
Uncle Roger wrote:
At 04:09 PM 6/24/97 +0000, you wrote:
What I am saying is that that particular machine is attractive,
impressive or successfull because *YOU*, your friends, other people
think, thought, did not think, did not thought, that it was so. In short
for its history. Otherwise it is just a piece of metal and plastic.
enrico
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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.