On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> "I miss what I had in terms of the speed of memory access. If I needed
> a word or a fact it was already at my fingertips and now it’s like an
> arthritic and elderly gentleman has to sit up and go down many, many
> flights of stairs very s
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
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> "I miss what I had in terms of the speed of memory access. If I needed
> a word or a fact it was already at my fingertips and now it’s like an
> arthritic and elderly gentleman has to sit up and go down many, many
> flights of stairs very
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 8:27 AM, Thaths wrote:
> Doesn't Search solve this problem in many cases? Or is Gaiman bemoaning the
> loss of the time delayed "Ah ha!" moment?
Not sure about Gaiman, but in my case - search requires the ability to
provide an appropriate search term, which may itself be
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 12:01 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> "I miss what I had in terms of the speed of memory access. If I needed
> a word or a fact it was already at my fingertips and now it’s like an
> arthritic and elderly gentleman has to sit up and go down many, many
> flights of stairs very
"I miss what I had in terms of the speed of memory access. If I needed
a word or a fact it was already at my fingertips and now it’s like an
arthritic and elderly gentleman has to sit up and go down many, many
flights of stairs very slowly and go and rummage in dusty drawers.
Eventually he will ret
