On Thursday 02 September 2010 07:58:44 Sean Gibbins wrote: > On 02/09/10 07:27, Tim wrote: > > On Wednesday 01 September 2010 23:09:39 Natalie Hooper wrote: > >> On 31 August 2010 22:42, Dan Dart<dand...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >>>> I wonder: in twenty years' time, will people look back and say, "I > >>>> can't believe people used to pay for that kind of software"? Or will > >>>> they say, "I can't believe it was free"? > >>> > >>> I hope for "I can't believe they didn't let you do that!" > >> > >> Maybe "I can't believe how big your computers were", "I can't believe > >> you couldn't just talk to your computer to make it do stuff" and "I > >> can't believe how retro your apps looked". > >> -- > >> Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 > >> Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > >> How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa > > > > ........"you had to tell your computer to do things, it could not think > > for its self"??? > > "There was a time when /we/ were in charge of the computers, and not > hiding like rats in the ruins of civilisation while they hunted us, > mercilessly?"
............you have been watching to many terminator films Sean :) -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
