Re: [9fans] sad commentary

[Wes Kussmaul <wes@authentrus.com>]

Robert Raschke wrote:
> Apparently, there's now "features" made specifically for the xx-small
> screen. Does anyone on this list actually watch stuff on those dinky
> screens? My eyes (and maybe imagination) are not good enough to enjoy that.
>
If your personal token happens to have a screen, then you'll use it on
those occasions when a display / keyboard / flip-down eyepiece isn't
available. The "PC" will become a ubiquitous passive user interface
device, the new pay phone.

As in: I've been showing videos of my daughter's wedding this past
Wednesday (by a Pondere tribal elder in full regalia) (will post on
kussmaul.net) on my Treo because producing a laptop at a restaurant
gathering would be even more gauche than passing around the Treo.

> Re Douglas Adams's comment that "...we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII..."
True story: Delphi began as an online encyclopedia. When we went to
license the text of the Cadillac Modern Encyclopedia, its owner, Max
Shapiro, thought our project was folly because everyone knew that
computers only worked with numbers, not letters.

Apologies to those who wanted the thread to die. I'll shoot it now.