Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Lost kids today (WAS these kids today! )
From: Henry Ting <henryting10@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 00:43:17 -0800 (PST)

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
> 
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