my eldest son (6) finds it amazing that people used to have to find and then stand in a "phone box" to make a call...
simon On 7 July 2011 02:30, Joel M. Benisch <j...@paperfree.net> wrote: > OK, so as I watch this conversation go by and smile a lot, I find myself > wondering.... > > We old folks sure did enjoy the ride during the period of great invention > and achievement we and our peers participated in. > > But I sit here wondering what the youngsters will be reminiscing about > forty years from now as mid 21st century arrives.... > > Will they remember what it was like when they had to fly to meetings rather > than just transport to them? ( Beam me up Scotty ) > > And will some of the youngest ones among us actually remember, one day, > what it was like when they lived back on Earth? > > Now that would be cool..... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Joel M. Benisch CPCU, President > 973-992-6300 x303 > PaperFree Corporation > 973-992-6666 FAX > 909 Regal Boulevard > j...@paperfree.net > Livingston, NJ 07039-8249 WE CREATE PRODUCTS WE WOULD WANT TO > USE! > > On Jul 6, 2011, at 9:15 PM, Pascal Robert wrote: > > > > > Le 2011-07-06 à 21:11, Patrick Robinson a écrit : > > > >> On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:50 PM, Chuck Hill wrote: > >>> > >>> On 2011-07-06, at 6:10 PM, Patrick Robinson wrote: > >>> > >>>> I remember the first time I saw a DECwriter II, after a couple of > years of using a Western Union teletype (with paper tape punch!) that used a > 110 baud modem with acoustic "coupler" for the telephone handset to connect > to the mainframe. A VT52 would have seemed like magic indeed! :-) > >>> > >>> Wow. I'd forgotten the name of it but I am pretty sure that VT52 is > correct! > >> > >> See, _I'm_ so old that I *remember* the name of the VT52. Chuck, > however, is so old that he's *forgotten* it! > >> > >> (My wife asks, "Which is older?" That's difficult to say...) > >> > >> :-) > > > > The coolest thing about the WO Community is that even if I'm 35, I'm > still younger than most of the community :-) But I did have to use COBOL on > a VAX 750 at college... And our lab with the first DEC Alpha stations (no > need to activate the heat system in winter with those machines!). > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > > Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/jmb%40paperfree.net > > > > This email sent to j...@paperfree.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/simon%40potwells.co.uk > > This email sent to si...@potwells.co.uk >
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