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1936 Perspective on Television

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the talkies dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "The New Yorker is running an article from their archives from 1936. In it, E.B.White (author of Charlotte's Web) discusses a demonstration he attended of the current state of television, which didn't impress him at all."

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  1. Parent post badly moderated by NanoGator · · Score: 0, Troll

    "The web didn't impress me much when I saw a demonstration of it in a computer lab. My friend said, "Hey, Matt, check this out! You can throw a snowball at these scientists when you click on this link!"

    I'm waiting for special internet keyboards that can send a shock to people to say something stupid. Now that would be cool. "

    I'm disappointed that the above post was modded off-topic. It was quite obviously a satirical poke at the article that was mentioned.

    Could a moderator please read the parent post and generate a second opinion? (even if I'm wrong?)

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    "Derp de derp."