31 Jan
2014
31 Jan
'14
6:12 p.m.
> Emulation, or substitution of modern systems,
somehow needs to be able to
> include the noise, vibration, and smells.
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Thank you, no. Years of sitting in a computer room
with clattering card
readers, screaming line printers and the damned high-level white noise
of tape drive vacuum pumps have me cherishing the silence of modern
systems. One might as well wish his dentist to provide the nostalgia
of 1940's dental equipment.
I do not understand the propensity of humans to WANT noise, be it the
nerve-jangling rumble of a Harley-Davidson exhaust or the continuous
oozing of garbage from a radio.
Ah, but artificially created "emulation" noise has the distinct advantage
that it could be EASILY disabled! You can't turn off the noise of the
real thing.