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Why buttons changed the world more than the internet: Forget today’s marvels...
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| Peter Lewis
Posted on 10/10/2014 12:14:30 AM PDT by Windflier
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To: Vince Ferrer
Getting lost when driving is something unexpected. It suddenly goes from a boring drive from point a to point b, to an adventure. It is now a puzzle, and the adventure part of our brains kicks in and wants to figure out the puzzle. Too true.
There's also the simple urge to survive by one's own wits, skills, and competence. I think that natural instinct kicks in when most men find themselves lost.
To rely on GPS, or directions from a stranger, is to admit to yourself that you've failed a basic survival test. I think most guys are loathe to do that.
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posted on
10/10/2014 11:16:30 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: 867V309
Bad tradeoff, FRiend. People can figure ways to communicate over distances, and go back to old methods of food preservation, but nothing's more essential to life than clean water.
I suppose folks could figure out how to make it themselves, provided they had a water source, filtration devices, and electrical energy to run them.
All hypothetical, I guess, until the SHTF.
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posted on
10/10/2014 11:19:52 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Organic Panic
I always wanted a guitar amp that went to 11. Heh...
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posted on
10/10/2014 11:20:38 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
Sounds like an episode of “Connections.”
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posted on
10/10/2014 11:21:53 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
10/10/2014 11:22:20 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
To: catnipman
Typical Daily Mail BS. Just curious... What's 'bs' about this article?
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posted on
10/10/2014 11:22:26 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
the Amish . They get along just fine without buttons. Er....I'm pretty sure the Amish have taken full advantage of that bit of 'high tech'.
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posted on
10/10/2014 11:25:09 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: SMARTY
Kids Libs are addicted to their electronic toys... they are clueless about how culture evolved and hangs together. Fixed it for ya.
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posted on
10/10/2014 11:29:22 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Windflier
Old Order Amish do not use buttons. They use ties and pins.
To: NCLaw441
I am glad for the occasional power failure or winter storm that forces us to appreciate, at least for a little while, what we have and how our lives have been made easier due to the ingenuity of others. Same here. On any normal evening, my kids are all holed up in their respective lairs, ogling blinking electronic screens of one sort or another. When the occasional power outage hits, it's amazing to watch them all gather together to play board games and such.
We had a widespread power outage in the Dallas area last week. About 200,000 people had their electrical service interrupted. Our power was restored in about five hours, but some folks were without power for days. That had to be tough, and you know they found a new appreciation for the miracle of that technology.
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posted on
10/10/2014 11:43:50 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: sodpoodle
The most important advance in human development, I believe, was our ancestors observations of nature and how to gather seeds for cultivation and to domesticate animals for food supplies. Fire and cooking of course were huge - That's a very logical choice, Sod. I'll take it.
Our ancestors' mastery of plant cultivation and animal husbandry allowed people to begin building settled cultures, which were impossible for hunter/gatherers. Nearly every advancement that has improved the lot of humans, would never have been possible, but for those first basic steps in controlling the natural world for our benefit.
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posted on
10/10/2014 11:49:50 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Finny
Stupid leftard author comes to some stupid leftard conclusions. But the article itself was interesting and provocative. Agreed. I read all the way to the end of the article before posting it, and saw the author's obligatory paean to libtard orthodoxy, but decided to post it anyway because the rest of it was so thought provoking.
Thanks!
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posted on
10/10/2014 11:52:31 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: Finny
I agree completely that GPS gizmos in cars represent a step backwards! My wife had to run out yesterday and grab some additional parts for a job we were on. Our supplier is clear across town, and we were working in an area that she's completely unfamiliar with.
She used the GPS app in her phone to guide her to the job site, and wouldn't you know it - the darn thing tried to route her in the most circuitous path imaginable. Even being unfamiliar with the area we were in, she managed to bypass most of the crazy directions from her GPS, and found us.
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posted on
10/10/2014 11:56:37 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: PLMerite
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posted on
10/10/2014 12:05:02 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Old Order Amish do not use buttons. They use ties and pins. Geeez......that's taking one's dislike of newfangled technology just a bit far, don't ya think? Buttons were invented in the 1330s.
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posted on
10/10/2014 12:07:29 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: 867V309
Considering how the Dallas ER reacted to Ebola Tom, the call would have been useless. ; )
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posted on
10/10/2014 3:24:54 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
To: dennisw
I’m in the middle of moving ... Bought a new house. I ate out for all meals until I got sick of it after a month.
I went out and bought a brand new refrigerator. Now I have two.
Wanna buy a Kitchaid refrigerator?
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posted on
10/10/2014 3:31:36 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
> People can get by without laptops but not without buttons...
I can’t wait to see the author’s new show on PBS’ “Create” channel. /s
Pullover shirt, snap and zipper on pants, ta-dah! No buttons. Buttons fall off, I hate that.
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posted on
10/11/2014 2:14:25 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Vince Ferrer
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posted on
10/11/2014 3:44:48 PM PDT
by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: Windflier
Fresh clean water in our homes...
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posted on
10/11/2014 7:13:31 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(The beast roams the earth... there has been a seismic shift in our world. Rabbi Shalom Lewis)
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