How things have changed

Yeah, I never said that hey.

 

What really blows my mind is what they're putting in a manned rocket these days to get to the ISS and with what kind of computers they went to the moon with (just one computer, which also wasn't much more powerful or capable than a pocket calculator)

 

Clearly demonstrates the potential computers have to aid in human progress when most of their memory and storage isn't being devoted to porn.

 

there would be too many complaints of false advertising.

 

i remember when people actually believed that the things we figured out and invented, it was taken for granted they would be put into practice, and make the world a better place.
well of course not all the things we've invented would or have, but its the other part of that, the idea that if we figure out how to solve something, we would actually implement that solution.
what history has shown us, is that culture doesn't actually work that way. that people will cling to what they're familiar with, even when its killing them and there are absolutely obvious alternatives.
even that isn't consistent though, just common enough to make the survival of our species a daily roll of the dice.

 

Shut up and take my money!

 

"do you want to play a game?"

 

the difference between a cell phone and a computer, is you don't have to connect to anything and pay connect charges to actually do things on your computer.
there's more to life then communicating with distant humans. we could and did do that, with analog radio. there were no connect charges for that either.
you just had to get a license: cb or ham (or extremely low power or don't get caught)

the other thing, was no system registry, so periferal drivers were hardware dependent, and no system registery meant you owened every bit of those 32k of 8 bit bytes.
and that was fun, and so was spagetti basic in rom, even for non-rocket scientists like me.

the only downside to that is that that wasn't even a fraction of the power it takes to run what i'm doing now.
not having to day's economic hasstles was worth it though.

 

Sometimes I don't know if those book covers are legit or made up lol.

 

^^^...Most Of Them Are Funny......But That One Disturbs Me Somewhat......



Cheers Glen.

 

Many of them are made up but this one is legit

 

Men's fashion has changed a bit over the years

 

their pants have to be above the navel

 

Those are classics you can still find in any gay bar. Much more popular in Latin countries these days.

 

the navel? any higher and it would be rubbing their nipples.

 

Matadors wear such pants, so they don't wear a belt that can be hooked on a horn and can move fast. These days, if you wear them you are either gay or extremely macho.