Posted on 04/22/2018 6:13:57 AM PDT by sodpoodle
We looked at renting a house in Ocracoke and it had a Princess phone. I said that phone is so old, you can call dead people on it.
DoodleBob, my college student son bought a subscription to a loosely organized bunch of SoCal music clubs. In doing so, he can pop in for cheap (for “free” if he delivers food on the way or way home) any night he has a couple hours free and hear all kinds of new upcoming bands. They aren’t overly famous so he can even talk to them. The other week he showed me a new t-shirt he said was the first one a Canadian band (on their first USA gig) ever sold!!!! Music is created by Gd and it will never die.
Yeah, it seems these days no one answers phones unless they are stuck in traffic. Or see that it’s super important by who is calling.
FReepers saying there is no good music being made today is like saying sex was better in 1953. It’s absolutely ridiculous to be that dismissive just because you are not exposed to exciting new music in all genres.
We have to buy the disgusting LA Times hard copy newspaper every day. If we don’t, it is a safety feature for mom with Alzheimer’s who expects it and might try to get out to go find it.
Chess or Go play by very defined sets of rules.
I am not certain that driving has such a defined rule set. Between human behavior and random events, there pretty much needs to be a reactive intelligence to be able to drive. Do we really want to make intelligent cars?
I’ve read where self-driving cars need to have human intervention every 3,000 to 90,000 miles, depending on how well they are programmed. How likely is it that a human being is going to be paying attention at the exact time he needs to intervene to prevent an accident? And even if he is paying attention at that moment, will he even have the skill to avoid the accident, since he likely only knows rudimentary driving skills? I can also see car manufacturers getting hit with huge liability lawsuits, since accidents would no longer be considered the drivers’ fault, but the fault of the manufacturer.
As I said before, I do not think self-driving cars are ready for prime-time.
Another issue is societal. As “smart” devices do more and more that humans used to be trained to do, humans just keep getting more stupid. The brain needs intellectual exercise just as much as muscles need physical exercise.
Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term. Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills.
The USPS makes billions. But Congress requires them to siphon it off to union pensions. Their biggest job these days is delivering e-commerce.
I use a great deal of material that is not available on the web. It is necessary to comb through sources of rare books or cough up hard cash for print-on-demand volumes.
“The point is, none of these electronic devices will stay in service long enough to make information available even ten years later.”
I have loads of archived readable data from over 30 years ago.
Sex WAS better in 1953.... ;-D
How about from 100 years ago? I have books that are relevant right now from the early 1900s, with no modern equivalent.
I also have some pretty cool stuff from the 1970s, but with no way to read the media.
“And that landline puts out a healthy 40 volts DC. There are many ways to adapt that for 12 volt DC lighting in the house and many other 12 volt applications during power outages.”
NO WAY!
Got anything on 1600 BPI nine-track reel to reel magnetic tape?
You forgot the Democrat Party.
It’s demise can’t come soon enough.
Exactly my thoughts..... Thanks
Wow. Sheesh, glad I’m old, I got to enjoy the good parts.
Thumb drives are based on FLASH memory. Those will hold their contents for twenty years. External hard drives appear to last about four years or up to its first drop.
The point I was making is that electronic media changes about as often as we change underwear. Printed books are the only true non-volatile memory at our disposal.
You could add “common decency”, but I’m afraid that’s already facing extinction..
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