tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818542164384221282.post7278729023742014687..comments2024-03-25T17:53:49.828+08:00Comments on Grassroots Oracle: Thursday Thought - A continuously wondrous ageScott Wesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18106937181788036683noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818542164384221282.post-36779584851108774062012-08-08T22:13:09.288+08:002012-08-08T22:13:09.288+08:00@Paul - I was never a huge trekky, but I know what...@Paul - I was never a huge trekky, but I know what you mean.<br /><br />@Joel - sounds like you've got a richer history than I!<br /><br />@Everbody - with #MSL landing on Mars in the recent days, this posting matched my sentiments nicely:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jackscanlan.com/2012/08/curiosity/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jackscanlan.com/2012/08/curiosity/</a>Scott Wesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106937181788036683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818542164384221282.post-10507794039045572502012-08-03T05:39:04.373+08:002012-08-03T05:39:04.373+08:00@Paul: Yeah, but one number over subspace!
My fi...@Paul: Yeah, but one number over subspace!<br /><br />My first computer was a PDP-11.<br /><br />I know my family members would be totally stoked with a device like your phone. My parents had the first color TV on the block, the neighbors would come over to watch the only thing in color; Kraft commercials. I remember how cool it was when my cousin built a clock with a plasma display (he still has it, it still works). I still have some techno-weenie stuff of the time: a DeJur 8mm camera, a Super-8, my first calculator (Corvus-500 RPN), an 8mm/Super8 projector, portable fold-up typewriter, Polaroid camera, electric typewriter, pink Princess phone... at least the frickin' phone would always work if it was plugged in and the bill paid, I miss that. I've seen a couple of high school girls on the train out to take pictures with film cameras, one was an OM-2 - I have an OM-1...Joel Garryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13325061229393838224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818542164384221282.post-67166904136282594062012-08-02T22:53:10.258+08:002012-08-02T22:53:10.258+08:00The thing that always amuses me is how close the o...The thing that always amuses me is how close the original star trek communicators look to a (fairly retro-style) mobile phone. Which can only call one number...Paul Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17557923197983461835noreply@blogger.com