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Article #621844Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"
From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 19:52
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 19:52
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On 2018-04-18, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: > On Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:28:31 +0100 > Gareth's Downstairs Computer > <headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> On 18/04/2018 12:37, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: >> >>> On 17 Apr 2018 11:23:26 GMT >>> Jorgen Grahn <grahn...@snipabacken.se> wrote: >>> >>>> Justifying a home computer was really hard before the internet. >>> >>> Indeed, during the brief period I was running an ISP (1994/5) I >>> got a phone call from one person who had read our advert and wanted >>> advice on what sort of computer to buy to best access the internet >>> since they'd had no reason to own one before. >> >> I disagree with those sentiments; a computer is such an exciting complex >> machine that it is a joy to have it just for its own sake. > > To you, me (and probably everyone in this froup) that is so, but to > her and many others a computer is just a tool. Given today's designs, now it's more of a ball and chain combined with an electronic ankle bracelet. Or, as Orwell put it, a telescreen. -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ Fight low-contrast text in web pages! http://contrastrebellion.com
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