Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But is that a bad thing? Why would you want everybody to remember ancient technology? The enthusiasts like to and others dont. Also the full science of an object is not known to anyone person alone. Even seemingly simple things are way beyond us. With cameras what you see people do these days with small digitals is very nice i think. Like pictures they take of people and events in their daily lives. And exchanging them in a blink. Marvelous. Also the places were you,d be stuck without batteries are rapidly disappearing. I do hope that in the states people have not forgotten to communicate with tin cans and a string though. best regards simon > Technology is a blessing and a curse, because so many things are auto-this > and auto-that, it seems to become a bit silly. Now there are many people > younger than me (and I'm almost 17) who will have no clue what an LP is, > they will also never see a rotary-dial telephone, much less know anything > about vacuum tubes, or command-line operating systems or know what it is > like to change a channel by turning a knob. many of these kids may not > learn how to use a real Manual camera, or respect the capabilities of such > cameras. I am one of the few in my generation that prefers a 35 year old > leicaflex SL over "modern" cameras. > > -Forrest Herr > (still rolling up car windows manually) > > > > About 6 or 7 years ago a neighbour's kid of about 12 came over while I > > > was outside the garage and asked to use our phone, as he had locked > > > himself out of the house. I directed him to the phone in the garage, > > > which was an old black rotary dial desk phone. He picked up the > > > receiver, looked at the dial and then at me and asked "How do you work > > > this?". > > > > > > > I had the same experience recently with a couple of kids of about the > > same age. The situation was a cheap rental car that had manual roll-up > > windows. The kids were first baffled, then fascinated :-). > > > > I'd frankly forgotten that manual car windows had fallen out of common > > experience. > > > > Rolfe > > > > -- > > Rolfe Tessem | Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. > > rolfe@ldp.com | 96 Morton Street > > (212) 463-0029 | New York, Ny 10014 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html