Plug that old rotery phone in. ( they still work on my line) Watch the kids try to use it. I just about fell laughing at one of my kid's friend trying to dial out. sound quality is quite superior to the "all pro" phones from the mart.
There is gold in them there asteroids
Maby we could strap-on a few ion drives and stear the thing close to the moon and harvest the minerals?
lots of problems to overcome but it would be nice to have more rare earth minerals at our disposal.
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Plug that old rotery phone in. ( they still work on my line) Watch the kids try to use it. I just about fell laughing at one of my kid's friend trying to dial out. sound quality is quite superior to the "all pro" phones from the mart.
Hay this language stuff is very interesting, but can the same things be applied to tech?
What are my great grandchildren going to do with my "record" collection? Will they know how to use a turntable?
When the "h2" powered cars come out, there will be musiems to visit the antique 2005 suv. Will there be the same for a fully functioning IBM Pc Jr.?
how much media has been lost due to the inability to playback a 78rpm record or 8-Track?
the "B" batteries were usd to suply plate voltage to the tubes in the "portable" radio. (transmit or recieve)
they were around 45 volts and were carbon/zink (not re-chargeable). there were other batteries to suply voltage for the tube filiments.
note: I'm not old, I just studied the roots of the trade.
Here in Midwest USA, All SUV's head north on the interstate on Friday afternoon around 4:30
This direction twards center makes the weekends shorter.
Why would I want my cell phone to follow this guys vision of the world.
are you shure you want to send an e-mail?
are you really really shure?
sounds like "clippy" for phones.
There is gold in them there asteroids Maby we could strap-on a few ion drives and stear the thing close to the moon and harvest the minerals? lots of problems to overcome but it would be nice to have more rare earth minerals at our disposal.
must be Euroseti... the steering wheel is on the passenger side!