Me and the fam were watching an old episode of Matlock yesterday, and they showed an office scene - complete with typewriters! No computers anywhere! lol.
Just a few years after that show was created, computers were in almost every office, and on virtually every desk in America.
Made me wonder what we ever did without them.
A few questions...
1. Do you remember life before computers?
2. If so, what did you do with all of the time, previously, that you now spend on the internet?
3. Which is the greatest time thief in your life, internet or TV?
Most of my "Internet time" is coincidental with "work." I chat instead of drumming my fingers waiting on something.
TV for me is a chore, but with my new hearing aids it's something I think I have to work at. They adapt to the environment. When I first walk into the room they pick up all sorts of background noise and are distracting and uncomfortable. But after several minutes they adjust to the conversations in the room or on screen.
I think TV might be a good tool to use to train myself how to have a conversation again.
I do remember life without computers!
I used to read... a lot more than I do now.
Greatest time thief in my life is probably the internet although not all of my time on the internet is wasted.. some of it is... like right now for instance...
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Originally Posted by Edward Anglin
Me and the fam were watching an old episode of Matlock yesterday, and they showed an office scene - complete with typewriters! No computers anywhere! lol.
Just a few years after that show was created, computers were in almost every office, and on virtually every desk in America.
Made me wonder what we ever did without them.
A few questions...
1. Do you remember life before computers?
2. If so, what did you do with all of the time, previously, that you now spend on the internet?
3. Which is the greatest time thief in your life, internet or TV?
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Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
I remember helping a church set up a computer for the office... back when 5.5" floppies were still... floppy.
Actually those big square things were 5.25 floppies, and I remember using a scissor to cut another notch in the side which made them double sided when I had the Commodore 64.
I also remember when there were SOME who were against the computer having a place in the Church -what with Steve Timmons and his Mark of the Beast multimedia presentation and all.....
Actually those big square things were 5.25 floppies, and I remember using a scissor to cut another notch in the side which made them double sided when I had the Commodore 64.
I also remember when there were SOME who were against the computer having a place in the Church -what with Steve Timmons and his Mark of the Beast multimedia presentation and all.....
Now you tell me! I never knew that when I needed to.
My pastor at the time didn't seem concerned about computers being the mark. It was several years before he decided bank cards or Shazam cards were OK, though.
Me and the fam were watching an old episode of Matlock yesterday, and they showed an office scene - complete with typewriters! No computers anywhere! lol.
Just a few years after that show was created, computers were in almost every office, and on virtually every desk in America.
Made me wonder what we ever did without them.
A few questions...
1. Do you remember life before computers?
2. If so, what did you do with all of the time, previously, that you now spend on the internet?
3. Which is the greatest time thief in your life, internet or TV?
The Internet is a time consuming piece of equipment.
I don't have a TV, but the Internet acts in that same capacity.
I know of families that have TV, Internet, WII, Xbox, Playstation, etc.. etc.. and they are constantly on the go. I don't know how they find time to spend it on each other.
I do remember life before TV. We used to have TV in the house, but no one had time to watch it. Dad brought home a Beta machine and played Beta movies. Our first movie was the Ark of the Covenant and we were spell bound by this new technology. Larger televisions were brought in, more video machines, and we had them on every floor. One in the bedroom, one in the kitchen, one in the living room, one in the office, and one in the den. We had no cable in those days (still don't) and we watched movies until we became experts in movie trivia.
Before TV, there was a lot of things to do on the farm. Television made us lazy. I remember that someone in the Church had a tv, oh the talk that flew all around that community. It was unheard of and it was the unpardonable sin I'm sure. But come to find out that more people were doing it, they just kept it a secret.
When I first got the internet back in 95 it was consuming my time. I was able to get rid of it for a season. I started reading books again and enjoying the less hectic noise of technology. Then I realized that I needed a computer again so I can do online banking which is a great tool. And I sold some of my wares on ebay which was fun for a while. It's become apart of my everyday life because of the many facets that it provides. Not just banking, but shopping, fellowship, study, friends, the list is endless.
If I had a choice between TV and the Internet, the Internet hands down.
I work in newspapers and remember when we typed everything in the newspaper on yellow punch tape. Then we had to take the galleys wax them and put them on layout sheets. Then negatives had to be made.
We were a weekly newspaper and every Tuesday night I had to work to about 8 in the evening. Now I'm done by about 3 in the afternoon and I spent a part of the day surfing the net.
We got our first rudimentary computers in the early 80's with 8" floppies. We got our first Macs in 88 and the rest is history.
8" floppies? Wow-I never heard of those!! I worked on one of those late 80s macs in high school though-that was the first computer that would cooperate with me!
I remember helping a church set up a computer for the office... back when 5.5" floppies were still... floppy.
You mean 5.25" floppies. I remember when they each cost $12.00. We used them and computer cards filled in with pencils for data input. On a WANG computer.
Mid 70's.
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Mid 70's.
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