And he's wrong about #6, film cameras. Analog film still has a quality for capturing an analog world that digital can't match; unless you go for the ultra megapixel $5000 camera.
And he's wrong about #6, film cameras. Analog film still has a quality for capturing an analog world that digital can't match; unless you go for the ultra megapixel $5000 camera.
They can have my wristwatch when they take it off my cold, dead wrist.
OK, maybe that’s going a bit far.
I’m finding, as I get older, that the novelty of the cell phone has worn off. Really, I only use it for emergencies and/or work. We’ve considered replacing the landline with cell, but our DSL runs through those landline wires, so I’m not sure if that’s a great idea in the long run.
Reason I mention the cell is that it’s the only clock I can trust besides my wrist watch and the one on my PC (we sync our network to the fed time servers, and since I manage that, I know it’s correct).
I have found that most “public” clocks, if they are working at all, are off by about 15 minutes in either direction, on average.
In the small company I work for, we have a bunch of cheap battery-powered wall clocks. They are constantly drifting. The phone system has a clock, but it doesn’t have the capacity to sync to a time server, so it drifts too. Every other device with a clock has the same problem and keeping them all in sync isn’t a priority.
My wristwatch is always there, and I keep it set to the correct time. I think of it as time self reliance.
Does this mean my long playing records played at 33 1/3 are over the hill? ... Guess I’m gonna have to get my Dr. Who tapes onto some other venue soon ‘cause my VCR players will not be repairable.
Wow. The only thing on that list I have are DVDs and since I got a blue ray player I’m betting that’s on its way out at some point.
Of course the thing I miss the most as far as extinct technology is the mimeograph. Schoolwork with a touch to huffing.
I will always keep a land line in the house.
If something major happens these days, cell service will fail from overload.
Fire.
Causes global warming.
Eat raw vegetables (and no meat!), or be purged, fascists!
