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Thu, Apr 12, 12 at 0:24
| First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII - and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we've realized it's a brochure. ~Douglas Adams
It was a typical net.exercise - a screaming mob pounding on a greasy spot on the pavement, where used to lie the carcass of a dead horse. ~Author Unknown A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the Universe and move bits of it about. ~Douglas Adams |
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- Posted by anneliese_32 6 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 12, 12 at 17:56
| And all that before the I-Pod. BTW, is there a SF writer who has found something which has not been written about before or realized today, as the likes of Assimov, Clark and Heinlein, etc. did? |
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- Posted by west_gardener (My Page) on Thu, Apr 12, 12 at 18:30
| If the pic below, (see link) is the Douglas you quoted, he sure has a lot of sparkle in his eyes, lol, he looks like fun.I have to look into this further. Thanks for the quotes. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Douglas
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- Posted by lilosophie none (My Page) on Thu, Apr 12, 12 at 18:52
| The middle quote is the one I am tempted to post in Hot Topics - I lurk there but don't post - the quote states precisely why I don't wish to post :) |
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- Posted by west_gardener (My Page) on Thu, Apr 12, 12 at 19:32
| lilod, in the middle quote, are you talking about beating a dead horse? |
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- Posted by lilosophie none (My Page) on Thu, Apr 12, 12 at 23:58
| Yes, I am |
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- Posted by west_gardener (My Page) on Fri, Apr 13, 12 at 18:25
| Thanks for the reply, lilod. |
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| Mind if I post it in HT? |
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- Posted by lilosophie none (My Page) on Sun, Apr 15, 12 at 19:53
| Oh, do so, Don! Don't you think it is most appropriate? |
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| Yes, going there in a minute. ;^) |
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| Well lets see how many spew coffee all over their screens and keyboards. |
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- Posted by west_gardener (My Page) on Mon, Apr 16, 12 at 19:08
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