Ray,
So true, I believe Laura Ingalls was born in 1867, just after the Civil War. She saw the sea of prairie grass from a covered wagon, real Indians, the first Trains etc... Before she died, she took an airplane flight to visit her daughter.
I think the difference is how quickly new technology is adopted in our culture.
-Craig
--- On Thu, 6/24/10, Ray Shahan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Ray Shahan <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: [HP3000-L] OT: top technology over the years
To: "Craig Lalley" <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 7:00 AM
IMHO, it was our grandparents (those folks born in the late 1800's) that truly experienced a boom in tech.
Imagine, if you will, being born in 1880 in rural America (which, BTW, is where most Americans were born then):
You'd be plowing your fields with a horse drawn plow.
You would not have electricity (and may not even know what it really is).
No gas powered vehicle whatsoever (and may have never seen one as yet).
No electronic media/communications of any kind.
Little to no knowledge of micro-organisms. Nuclear energy, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or antibiotics.
No organ transplants.
"Plastic" was not even a word, and "synthetic" was scarcely a concept.
Not even an inkling of commercial air travel let alone space travel via rockets.
The concept of central air conditioning wouldn't even be a concept.
I could go on...
Now, recall, if you will, going from that one room farm house without electricity - to watching a man land on the moon. That generation of people, my friends, saw a true explosion of technology.
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Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 8:19 AM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: top technology over the years
Personally I am amazed every day by new technology and the speed and which it progresses.
It was our generation that experienced this explosion in tech. What did we do before e-mail, laser printers, cell phones, gps and mp3 players?
Here is a brief list of the top tech over the (early) years.
http://www.techvert.com/gadgets-of-the-1960s/
and
http://www.techvert.com/hottest-gadgets-of-the-1970s/
I like this quote "By 1972 they (color TV's) outnumbered black & white sets in American households for the first time." Don't know about you guys, but I remember 1972, it was AFTER NASA landed on the moon.
This weekend I saw a computer generated movie in 3D. It was not that the 3D was so amazing that impressed me. What impressed me was that I grew accustomed to it so quickly.
-Craig
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