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From: Dave Garland
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2018 16:17

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On 8/4/2018 9:33 AM, JimP wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Aug 2018 19:11:24 -0400, Michael Black <mbl...@pubnix.net>
> wrote:
> 

>> Blacksmithing isn't technology?  Just because something is familiar
>> doesn't cease to make it technology.  It might be "old technology" but
>> still technology.
>>
>>    Michael
> 
> Flint knife and buttons with button holes are forms of technology.
> 

Obsidian knives (well, scalpels) are apparently still the sharpest 
tool in the box. Surgeons don't use them more because they're 
expensive and prone to breakage, and steel is good enough.

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Subject: Re: Microsoft's PDP-10s
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