Posted on 10/01/2013 8:06:09 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Kodak may have hit hard times in recent years, but 120 years ago it was the pioneer of home photography.
In 1888 it created the Kodak No.1, which gave consumers a chance to capture relaxed scenes which had previously only been taken by professional photographers.
These snapshots taken by amateurs give a charming insight into everyday life in the 19th century.
It was simple to use - users would simply point in the direction of their subject, although it was a guessing game as there was not a viewfinder yet, reports Gizmodo.
They would then wind the film, open the shutter, and press a button to actually capture the picture.
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Years ago, a couple parked outside a drug store. The male told his lady friend to go inside and buy some film. Moments later, the irate lady,emerges, gets into the car and says to her boyfriend. “Go inside and sock that man side his head”. He asks her, “what happened”? She replies, “I asked him for some film and he asked me ‘what size my brownie’”
I saw a video somewhere of a guy at a computer group meeting demonstrating a computer with GUI, mouse, icons, point and click. Late 60s or early 70s
Not so fast, doofus.
130 years ago there was no autofocus, and correct automatic f-stop with partial depression of the dumb-button-which-has-been-there-for-150-years!
That was probably Doug Englebart. His work was the basis of what the guys at PARC put into the design of the Alto’s GUI. While lots of people at PARC had Altos, it was never made for commercial sale. Xerox tried to come to the game late with the Star, but it was a half hearted effort and failed as a product.
Jobs paid them, in pre issue apple stock. Which they sold after the IPO. Your appropriated comment makes it sound like he snuck in and stole it. They let him and his team in, no notes allowed.
Now purloining employees with offers is fair game. Done all the time in a capitalist society.
XEROX screwed up by not recognizing what they had and capitalizing on it.
Jobs didn’t have that problem.
XEROX screwed up just like Kodak did. Now iPhones and other camera phones are the point and shoot camera for the masses. And the iPhone *itself*, has revenues that surpass those of the entire companies of Microsoft, Boeing, P&G, Cisco, McDonalds and the like.
Probably not
wonder if such a machine could make lasagna pasta..
No icons and not enough mouse. Not sure if that was hi .
Sure, Xerox got some apple stock. And the whole thing was shoved down the throats of the PARC people by the nitwits in Stamford over the objections of many at PARC. It was one hell of a yard sale and I give jobs credit for seeing the potential for what he stumbled into. I’m just saying he didn’t invent anything. Sure, he’s one of the greatest marketers the world has ever seen, but if it wasn’t for Wozniak and PARC he would have never been more than a carnival barker.
I know the video you’re talking about but I’m trying to remember why I saw it a while back. I think had something to do with an article about some patent troll trying to claim they held patents on some of that tech.
IIRC PBS did a doc on the History of Computing. I may have seen a clip in the beginning of that. Definitley a mouse and icons. I don’t think that guy ever made a claim. In fact I think he died relative;ly young.’
I don’t think it was him making the claim, it was whoever was being sued by the patent troll, proving the patent bogus due to prior art and all that.
thanx
And not a “Duck Face” to be found.
Thanx. Saw a 9 minute clip earlier from this thread.
I don’t see icons, but the rest is there. Pretty cool for 68.
Ford *did* make boats and airplanes.
http://corporate.ford.com/our-company/heritage/company-milestones-news-detail/681-eagle-boats
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