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Article #625636Re: The extinct tech you forgot existed
From: Jorgen Grahn
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 06:19
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 06:19
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On Fri, 2018-08-17, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: > In this > <http://www.bbc.com/future/gallery/20180816-do-you-recognise-these-obsolete-technologies> I wish web servers would accept <http://www.bbc.com/future/gallery/20180816> and show an overview of the content for that day. > BBC article children in the UK between six and 18 years were asked > if they'd recognize ancient technologies like floppy disks or rotary > phones. Suppose results in the rest of the world would had been > similar. That slide show would have been much more interesting if they had analyzed the reactions from the children, beyond "40% drew a blank" or "85% were baffled". Surely the children speculated based on their knowledge, and came up with some interesting facts and theories. /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Oo o. . . \X/ snipabacken.se> O o .
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