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Yavin4

(35,437 posts) Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:40 PM Apr 2020

How to send an 'Email' - Database - 1984

Meh. This email stuff is just a fad.

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How to send an 'Email' - Database - 1984 (Original Post) Yavin4 Apr 2020 OP

Arthur C. Clarke (my favorite writer) said-- lastlib Apr 2020 #1

I'm feeling a lot of nostalgia for those days now. Jeebo Apr 2020 #2

lastlib

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1. Arthur C. Clarke (my favorite writer) said--

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Thu Apr 9, 2020, 02:58 PM

Apr 2020

"Any technology sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic." After watching this, I can say with a high degree of assurance: "Any technology sufficiently primitive is indistinguishable from magic."

That machine must be running StoneKnives&Bearskins version 2.0?

Jeebo

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2. I'm feeling a lot of nostalgia for those days now.

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Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:08 PM

Apr 2020

I could go to a sit-down restaurant. I could go to the mall. I could go to the movies. I could get in my car and go somewhere. And get out of the car and mingle with people while there. I could go to the grocery store and not worry. That world is gone.

-- Ron

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