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* [TUHS] Happy birthday, Douglas Engelbart!
@ 2018-01-29 20:03 Dave Horsfall
  2018-01-29 21:03 ` Peter Jeremy
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From: Dave Horsfall @ 2018-01-29 20:03 UTC (permalink / raw)


Born on this day in 1925, he was a pioneer in human/computer interaction, 
and invented the mouse; it wasn't exactly ergonomic, being just a square 
box with a button.

-- 
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."


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* [TUHS] Happy birthday, Douglas Engelbart!
  2018-01-29 20:03 [TUHS] Happy birthday, Douglas Engelbart! Dave Horsfall
@ 2018-01-29 21:03 ` Peter Jeremy
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Peter Jeremy @ 2018-01-29 21:03 UTC (permalink / raw)


On 2018-Jan-30 07:03:43 +1100, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:
>Born on this day in 1925, he was a pioneer in human/computer interaction, 
>and invented the mouse; it wasn't exactly ergonomic, being just a square 
>box with a button.

For anyone who hasn't seen it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY
("The Mother of All Demos") is well worth watching even after nearly 50 years.

-- 
Peter Jeremy
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