Subj : Re: 3d printing
To : Moondog
From : Zombie Mambo
Date : Tue Oct 01 2019 10:27 am
Re: Re: 3d printing
By: Moondog to Jamestyree on Wed Sep 25 2019 08:36 pm
> > It's sad, a whole new generation of lemmings are being raised with a leve
> > abstraction that insulates them from what/how things communicate in the d
> > world. My daughter doesn't understand how some apps on her phone(if not
> > could use data. She doesn't understand IP address and why they're needed
> > It's like we're evolving into the people in the movie, "Wall-E". All the
> > is that layer of abstraction and no comprehension of what lies below it.
> > sad.
> >
> > James
> >
>
> lol. 35 years ago I wrote a report in school on how computers will become a
> common an appliance as a TV or telephone, and even more when every gets acce
> to a high speed data line. Teacher gave me B because I had a good
> imagination, but otherwise said the idea was ridiculous. Who would want to
> carry around a computer, let alone have more than one? No one would want on
> in their living room. I ran into him a couple of years ago, and all he had
> to say was, "yep. You were right."
>
This reminds me of my youth... I tried to explain to my parents and uncles in
1982/1983 what a bbs was. How computers could connect and interact over the
phone. What email was.
My uncle, who is now a retired CPA and who was then a realtor sat in front of
my TI and said "Tell it calculate a load amortization table" and I had to
explain you can't just ask it to do things.
He pulled out his calculater and showed me the formula.
I wrote a program in basic in about 5 minutes and ran it.
Same performance as calculater.
"So why would i want a computer that big when I can carry a calculator".
"because, at the office, the 15 agents can all have a terminal and run programs
and never carry a calculator. They can also send emails to/from other agents
all over the state without making phone calls". <--- I found out later that
was the "MLS" system was already in place... and that most real estate offices
had an official MLS modem/printer that would print everything out. No screen.
I watched how they connected it, and figured out you could dial it with a
computer and a terminal program as long as you knew your office's id/pwd.
Suddenly, the broker and agents were "working from home"...
today, these same people act like they are hip to the technology and of course
all have smartphones and facebook accounts.
they also still have fax machines. can't let go can they.
I'm rambling.
So many of us as mere children were imagining a future for computers where
daily tasks were being not replaced, but augmented and made easier.
Today's kids are crying about global warming and the fact that Forever 21 is
going out of business because Trump is evil.
Thanks,
Zombie Mambo
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