Remember?
Apr 24, 2019 09:35:31 #
Ah, yes. Millions of board feet of lumber got disposed of somehow. I suppose if someone has a lot of recipes... 
Apr 24, 2019 10:45:45 #
Can you imagine how well we would have done using Word instead of typing; google and the internet instead of microfilms, and card catalogues?
Now, you can download anything you need, cut and paste the relevant sections, add a few sentences of your own, along with the necessary joining words and citations for everything, and Presto! You have your A.
I coulda been a doctor.
Now, you can download anything you need, cut and paste the relevant sections, add a few sentences of your own, along with the necessary joining words and citations for everything, and Presto! You have your A.
I coulda been a doctor.
Apr 24, 2019 13:09:02 #
Yup, quite intimately acquainted with this.
--Bob
--Bob
pipesgt wrote:
I remember this......
Apr 24, 2019 13:50:59 #
nadelewitz wrote:
Technology does not best serve all needs!
Technology is not always better, just different. Like apples and oranges.
Apr 24, 2019 16:38:06 #
And who remembers looking up journal and magazine articles by going through quarterly printouts, year by year, for research papers. What a pain. Thank goodness for the digital age!!
Apr 24, 2019 18:56:56 #
nadelewitz
Loc: Ithaca NY
SteveR wrote:
And who remembers looking up journal and magazine articles by going through quarterly printouts, year by year, for research papers. What a pain. Thank goodness for the digital age!!
To me, the digital age will never replace a printed book or magazine. And I'm not about to print out complete magazines and books so I can hold them in my hands.
Apr 24, 2019 22:06:51 #
Apr 24, 2019 22:47:39 #
OMG great shot, it took my breath away. Graduated HS in 1961 and this photo brings back memories. I could actually smell the library when I saw this. Nostalgia is dangerous for old people.
Apr 25, 2019 08:46:00 #
I worked for a large industrial co. with hundreds of electric motors of all sizes & specs. We laughed when they "computerized" our record keeping for these motors & ordered all the Hard Copies to be thrown out to save space & time. We hid our Rolodex card system that was so fast & efficient, especially in the middle of the night when we Electricians had to change one out. Just as we knew it would the program crashed one day & wiped out all our motor records! The bosses were in a panic and came to see what we could do about rebuilding the files...LOL, they were shocked but oh so grateful to find out that we had disobeyed orders. We let them COPY our card files but never relinquished control of them physically! Old ways can be GOOD ways! Keep an open mind!
Apr 25, 2019 11:08:09 #
nadelewitz wrote:
To me, the digital age will never replace a printed book or magazine. And I'm not about to print out complete magazines and books so I can hold them in my hands.
I'm afraid it already has. Photo mags are now a rarity because there is so much more available for free online. All of my owner's manuals are on my computer. I don't have to remember where the paper version is and then try to find the info I want. I simply do a word search and find it immediately. People sell thousands of eBooks online because there is no printing cost, no paper, no ink, no pollution. Steve, from backcountyrygallery.com, offers great books for immediate download at good prices.
https://backcountrygallery.com/
Apr 25, 2019 13:52:38 #
nadelewitz
Loc: Ithaca NY
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm afraid it already has. Photo mags are now a r... (show quote)
Not for me. When Popular Photography and Modern Photography went digital only, I stopped reading them. Same for PC Magazine and PC World. Also Newsweek. Others I can't think of. I cannot sit and stare at a computer screen for hours to read a book.
I have online owner's manuals too, but a reference you can have in your pocket or gadget bag is portable, handier to use, and doesn't need batteries. I am very proficient with a computer, and I have portables. I also have a Samsung tablet I got as a free gift and never gotten comfortable with it. No smartphone. That small a screen is useless to me.
Apr 25, 2019 14:57:34 #
nadelewitz wrote:
Not for me. When Popular Photography and Modern Ph... (show quote)
PC Mag and PC World are kaput?!
Apr 25, 2019 16:18:54 #
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