Technological experiences current youths won't make anymore

[Ed Anger]

How about day to day car maintenance or emergency repairs involving things like distributor caps, setting points or adjusting a carburettor; would younger people know what these were ?

Not if they avoided British-made cars, no.

lolz. Vauxhall.

[Richard Hakluyt]

What's wrong with General Motors  ?

[Ed Anger]

What's wrong with General Motors  ?

In the 80's? Everything.

[Ed Anger]

Speaking of cars, I saw a Pinto on the road today. Haven't seen one of those running in a coon's age.

[Richard Hakluyt]

When I escaped the NE of England, back in the 70s, I worked for a few weeks at the Ford plant in Dagenham (East London). An amazing experience. Spent a couple of hours a day churning out car parts, the rest of the time was spent playing cards in the changing room and buying/selling things there. I'm sure this was not what the shareholders of Ford had intended when they made their large investment (about 40,000 employees at it's peak)...................what were they thinking of  ?

[Caliga]

Surely in the present and for the forseeable future dos prompts will still exist?

Yeah.  I still have to do shit via command prompt on occasion.

[Caliga]

I can confirm as recently as a couple weeks ago, that a Washington State ferry still has its classic Pacman machine.

The New Jersey (Cape May-Lewes ferry) still has one too, as of last week.

[Ed Anger]

When I escaped the NE of England, back in the 70s, I worked for a few weeks at the Ford plant in Dagenham (East London). An amazing experience. Spent a couple of hours a day churning out car parts, the rest of the time was spent playing cards in the changing room and buying/selling things there. I'm sure this was not what the shareholders of Ford had intended when they made their large investment (about 40,000 employees at it's peak)...................what were they thinking of  ?

Sounded like a good job. 

[Caliga]

When I escaped the NE of England, back in the 70s, I worked for a few weeks at the Ford plant in Dagenham (East London). An amazing experience. Spent a couple of hours a day churning out car parts, the rest of the time was spent playing cards in the changing room and buying/selling things there. I'm sure this was not what the shareholders of Ford had intended when they made their large investment (about 40,000 employees at it's peak)...................what were they thinking of  ?

Meh, they should have known better if they were running operations in Britain.

[Grey Fox]

You know what I find funny?

How we represent saving in computer programs by an diskette icon.

How are you suppose to know that means saving if you've never seen a diskette?

Or how are people who live in high rises supposed to know that the little house represents your home page?

They have seen houses, there are houses in the world. There isn't many diskettes left anymore.

[Duque de Bragança]

You know what I find funny?

How we represent saving in computer programs by an diskette icon.

How are you suppose to know that means saving if you've never seen a diskette?

Or how are people who live in high rises supposed to know that the little house represents your home page?

They have seen houses, there are houses in the world. There isn't many diskettes left anymore.

Guess what, one used to save or even play games from tapes/cassettes. The same ones used by the Walkman...

[garbon]

You know what I find funny?

How we represent saving in computer programs by an diskette icon.

How are you suppose to know that means saving if you've never seen a diskette?

Or how are people who live in high rises supposed to know that the little house represents your home page?

They have seen houses, there are houses in the world. There isn't many diskettes left anymore.

Guess what, one used to save or even play games from tapes/cassettes. The same ones used by the Walkman...

Which has no relevance to what he said.

[Barrister]

How about typing in a computer game code from a magazine in order to play a game...

I bought my kid one of those classic Fisher Price toy phones.  I realized that as it was a rotary phone my kid will have no idea what it is supposed to represent.

[Razgovory]

How about typing in a computer game code from a magazine in order to play a game...

I bought my kid one of those classic Fisher Price toy phones.  I realized that as it was a rotary phone my kid will have no idea what it is supposed to represent.

Do Consoles still use cheat codes?  I honestly don't know.

[DGuller]

Young people today don't know what it's like to get 5 AOL CDs in a month in mail.