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Posted by hipstomp | 27 Jan 2012
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I read an article about a summer camp where one of the activities was showing the kids a bunch of old pieces of technology, and having them play around with them. The astonished author reported that most of the kids could not figure out how to dial a number on a rotary phone; they'd place their finger in the hole for "0" and drag the dial to the number they wanted to "activate," then release the dial.
This video here is similarly funny: Writer and blogger John Scalzi shows his 13-year-old daughter a vinyl LP, something she has never seen (or apparently heard of) before:
You can't help but wonder if one day she'll show her kids an iPhone and get a similar response.
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So-so actress. Funny though.
This is not real.
This is not even a funny spoof.
I believe the videos where kids recognize Mickey and Ronald, but have no idea who Jesus or a President is.
This is why I'm glad I kept my techs and about 2000 LPs. Some of the old stuff is so much better. Real, is the word I would use, its real. You will never be able to feel an mp3 in your hands. Then we get to wave vs digital.. It will be a sad day when remote controls are seen as old school.
Funny, my 16 year old asked for a record player for Xmas. He now has more records than I ever had. I had bought a portable record player at a yard sale a few years ago and it caught his imagination. His friends are into records too. I love technology but can also appreciate what Adam says about holding a physical object in your hand that has a closer connection to the creator. On that same vein, I just threw away 300+ business cards.
Interesting post. Could you give us a reference to article you mentioned, sound like an interesting read.
"You can't help but wonder if one day she'll show her kids an iPhone and get a similar response." I'm gonna bet it'll be her little sister, not her kids, that will be amazed by her obsolete iPhone. Technology changes used to be generational, now it only takes a few years or a decade to create new "magic".
Fast forward 10 years: "wait, it doesn't interface with my brain?"
Seems staged. She handles the disc correctly.