Some people still use Rolodex's (I saw some at Walmart just yesterday). People still play with actual playing cards.
No mindreading here... On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Dar Scott wrote: > > Those who don't know something about programming cling to metaphors > they understand. Those who do know insist that their metaphors apply > and should be obvious. > > An oscilloscope has a panel. If I mentioned the "panel" of an > oscilloscope to a technician an image applies. If I mention a "map" to > a certain class of security system operator, an image applies. It is > the domain of the topic that drives the images and it has nothing to do > with whether they have any knowledge of programming. > > How does card apply? Who today knows what a 5X3 card is? Is it really > less ordered than a book? I remember seeing a cartoon showing police > investigating the death of a man stabbed with a rod from a library card > catalog. The officer said to the librarian, "Tell us again about what > happened after he dropped the drawer of cards." In the minds of those > who know what an index card is, cards are ordered. > > I remember in the old days when "it should be obvious" what a file is. > Instead people had images of people standing in line, of file cabinets, > of a tool metaphor, of a folder. > > What was the first question people asked when introduced to Hypercard? > "Do you mean card as in a module that is plugged in, that is, like a > board that is plugged into a computer?" > > I read novels front to back, but I rarely read technical books that > way. I don't think they any less are composed of pages. > > Never the less, I am impressed with your mind reading ability. > > Dar Scott > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
