Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not a bad thing at all. What's bad is a new generation of technocrats (as in bureaucrats) that are using technology in the most inappropriate way. While they know all the high-tech buzz words, but would be absolutely clueless on the "whys" and "hows". - --- animal <s.jessurun95@chello.nl> wrote: > > But is that a bad thing? > Why would you want everybody to remember ancient > technology? > The enthusiasts like to and others dont. > Also the full science of an object is not known to > anyone person alone. > Even seemingly simple things are way beyond us. > With cameras what you see people do these days with > small digitals is very > nice i think. > Like pictures they take of people and events in > their daily lives. > And exchanging them in a blink. > Marvelous. > Also the places were you,d be stuck without > batteries are rapidly > disappearing. > I do hope that in the states people have not > forgotten to communicate with > tin cans and a string though. > best regards > simon > > > Technology is a blessing and a curse, because so > many things are auto-this > > and auto-that, it seems to become a bit silly. > Now there are many people > > younger than me (and I'm almost 17) who will have > no clue what an LP is, > > they will also never see a rotary-dial telephone, > much less know anything > > about vacuum tubes, or command-line operating > systems or know what it is > > like to change a channel by turning a knob. many > of these kids may not > > learn how to use a real Manual camera, or respect > the capabilities of such > > cameras. I am one of the few in my generation > that prefers a 35 year old > > leicaflex SL over "modern" cameras. > > > > -Forrest Herr > > (still rolling up car windows manually) > > > > > > About 6 or 7 years ago a neighbour's kid of > about 12 came over while I > > > > was outside the garage and asked to use our > phone, as he had locked > > > > himself out of the house. I directed him to > the phone in the garage, > > > > which was an old black rotary dial desk phone. > He picked up the > > > > receiver, looked at the dial and then at me > and asked "How do you work > > > > this?". > > > > > > > > > > I had the same experience recently with a couple > of kids of about the > > > same age. The situation was a cheap rental car > that had manual roll-up > > > windows. The kids were first baffled, then > fascinated :-). > > > > > > I'd frankly forgotten that manual car windows > had fallen out of common > > > experience. > > > > > > Rolfe > > > > > > -- > > > Rolfe Tessem | Lucky Duck Productions, > Inc. > > > rolfe@ldp.com | 96 Morton Street > > > (212) 463-0029 | New York, Ny 10014 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html