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- From: colten@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (marc.colten)
- Subject: Re: VALUABLE LESSONS LEARNED FROM TELEVISION
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.180029.5171@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
- Summary: Computers on TV
- Sender: news@cbfsb.cb.att.com
- Organization: AT&T
- References: <1h7nsmINNhpb@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1ha1ipINNsbq@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 18:00:29 GMT
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- In article <1ha1ipINNsbq@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, ar710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William G. Martin) writes:
- >
- > Computer terminals make a sound like a mechanical printer when displaying text.
- >
- > 80-character by 24-line terminals always display characters in
- > much larger formats.
- >
- > Text-only display terminals will display high-resolution graphics
- > upon demand by the resident computer genius.
- >
- > Mainframe computers burst into flame when presented with conflicting input data.
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- Don't forget the other things we've learned about computers:
-
- 1) All computers are so alike that anyone can just walk in and operate
- them with no training or instructions.
-
- 2) Computers will do anything you tell them to do - including blow up
- the building in which they are housed.
-
- 3) There are no such things as passwords.
-
- 4) The larger a computer is - the more likely it will develop into
- a sensient and highly dangerous individual.
-
- 5) In case of #4 - there is NO off switch.
-
- marc colten
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