Pearls Before Swine: Talking Technical with Young People
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/12/25
The technology changes are so great in just a couple of decades that
people do not understand how old technology worked.
Lynn
On 2024-12-26 03:56:13 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:
Pearls Before Swine: Talking Technical with Young People
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/12/25
The technology changes are so great in just a couple of decades that
people do not understand how old technology worked.
Lynn
There are loads of YouTube videos of youngsters trying to use things
like a rotary phone, cassette tape player, etc.
Then again, the same happens with every generation. Few adults know how
to use something like a spinning wheel or drive a horse-drawn wagon. :-)
On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:44:34 +1300, Your Name wrote:
On 2024-12-26 03:56:13 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:
Pearls Before Swine: Talking Technical with Young People
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/12/25
The technology changes are so great in just a couple of decades that
people do not understand how old technology worked.
Lynn
There are loads of YouTube videos of youngsters trying to use things
like a rotary phone, cassette tape player, etc.
Then again, the same happens with every generation. Few adults know how
to use something like a spinning wheel or drive a horse-drawn wagon. :-)
Is anybody else here old enough to have had grandparents born in
the 19th century? Theirs arguably was the generation to have
witnessed the greatest technological change. Neither of my two
grandmothers, from the Midwest, ever learned to drive a car.
On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:44:34 +1300, Your Name wrote:
On 2024-12-26 03:56:13 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:
Pearls Before Swine: Talking Technical with Young People
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/12/25
The technology changes are so great in just a couple of decades that
people do not understand how old technology worked.
Lynn
There are loads of YouTube videos of youngsters trying to use things
like a rotary phone, cassette tape player, etc.
Then again, the same happens with every generation. Few adults know how
to use something like a spinning wheel or drive a horse-drawn wagon. :-)
Is anybody else here old enough to have had grandparents born in
the 19th century? Theirs arguably was the generation to have
witnessed the greatest technological change. Neither of my two
grandmothers, from the Midwest, ever learned to drive a car.
On 12/26/2024 2:40 AM, Charles Packer wrote:
On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:44:34 +1300, Your Name wrote:
On 2024-12-26 03:56:13 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:
Pearls Before Swine: Talking Technical with Young People
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/12/25
The technology changes are so great in just a couple of decades that
people do not understand how old technology worked.
Lynn
There are loads of YouTube videos of youngsters trying to use things
like a rotary phone, cassette tape player, etc.
Then again, the same happens with every generation. Few adults know how
to use something like a spinning wheel or drive a horse-drawn wagon. :-)
Is anybody else here old enough to have had grandparents born in
the 19th century? Theirs arguably was the generation to have
witnessed the greatest technological change. Neither of my two
grandmothers, from the Midwest, ever learned to drive a car.
I knew four of my great grandparents, all born in the late 1800s. One
of them was born in Belgium, another was born in Germany.
My four grandparents were born from 1910 to 1917. All were born here in >Texas.
One of my wife's grandparents was born in 1900 and his wife was born in
1902. No birth certificates as they were Cherokees born in the Arkansas
back woods.
Lynn
Is anybody else here old enough to have had grandparents born in
the 19th century? Theirs arguably was the generation to have
witnessed the greatest technological change. Neither of my two
grandmothers, from the Midwest, ever learned to drive a car.
Is anybody else here old enough to have had grandparents born in
the 19th century? Theirs arguably was the generation to have
witnessed the greatest technological change. Neither of my two
grandmothers, from the Midwest, ever learned to drive a car.
On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:40:06 -0000 (UTC), Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
Is anybody else here old enough to have had grandparents born in
the 19th century? Theirs arguably was the generation to have
witnessed the greatest technological change. Neither of my two
grandmothers, from the Midwest, ever learned to drive a car.
Grandparents? My father was born in the nineteenth century. My older sisters witnessed the change from horse-drawn plows to tractors.
When I was born, there was no electricity or running water in our
house, and this was perfectly normal.
A few years ago I went on a tour of the duplex home the Beyer brothers
built for themselves, and the tour guide remarked that everything in
the house was electric, even the fireplaces. I started to remark on
how up-to-date that was -- and realized that *nothing* in the present
day can be as modern as that all-electric house had been, even if the description includes things that are currently impossible.
On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:44:34 +1300, Your Name wrote:
On 2024-12-26 03:56:13 +0000, Lynn McGuire said:
Pearls Before Swine: Talking Technical with Young People
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/12/25
The technology changes are so great in just a couple of decades that
people do not understand how old technology worked.
Lynn
There are loads of YouTube videos of youngsters trying to use things
like a rotary phone, cassette tape player, etc.
Then again, the same happens with every generation. Few adults know how
to use something like a spinning wheel or drive a horse-drawn wagon. :-)
Is anybody else here old enough to have had grandparents born in
the 19th century? Theirs arguably was the generation to have
witnessed the greatest technological change. Neither of my two
grandmothers, from the Midwest, ever learned to drive a car.
Manually driving a car will become a rare skill, and insurance
policies will either carry expensive riders, or simply not cover
it.
Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
Manually driving a car will become a rare skill, and insurance
policies will either carry expensive riders, or simply not cover
it.
Perhaps for a while, but after a decade or so manually-driven cars will
be theftproof because the kids stealing cars won't know how to drive.
This will have the effect of reducing insurance costs on some vehicles in >some locations.
On the subject of the automatomobile I strongly recommend the story "Sally" >by Isaac Asimov.
Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
Manually driving a car will become a rare skill, and insurance
policies will either carry expensive riders, or simply not cover
it.
Perhaps for a while, but after a decade or so manually-driven cars will
be theftproof because the kids stealing cars won't know how to drive.
This will have the effect of reducing insurance costs on some vehicles in >some locations.
On the subject of the automatomobile I strongly recommend the story "Sally" >by Isaac Asimov.
On 1/6/2025 10:36 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
Manually driving a car will become a rare skill, and insurance
policies will either carry expensive riders, or simply not cover
it.
Perhaps for a while, but after a decade or so manually-driven cars will
be theftproof because the kids stealing cars won't know how to drive.
This will have the effect of reducing insurance costs on some vehicles in
some locations.
You have a point on theft, but I was thinking more of liability - if self-driving cars have far fewer accidents than manually driven ones,
the insurance companies will charge an arm and a leg if you insist
on taking control yourself.
pt
On 2025-01-07 02:41:19 +0000, Cryptoengineer said:
On 1/6/2025 10:36 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
Manually driving a car will become a rare skill, and insurance
policies will either carry expensive riders, or simply not cover
it.
Perhaps for a while, but after a decade or so manually-driven cars will
be theftproof because the kids stealing cars won't know how to drive.
This will have the effect of reducing insurance costs on some vehicles in >>> some locations.
You have a point on theft, but I was thinking more of liability - if
self-driving cars have far fewer accidents than manually driven ones,
the insurance companies will charge an arm and a leg if you insist
on taking control yourself.
pt
Insurance companies will *ALWAYS* charge an arm and a leg for
everything and anything, and then pay out as little as they can get
away with when you make a claim ... that's how they operate and how
they make masses of money for the greedy scum who own, run and have
shares in them. They couldn't care less about the actual customer. It's >really no betetr than a legalised scam. :-(
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> writes:
On 2025-01-07 02:41:19 +0000, Cryptoengineer said:
On 1/6/2025 10:36 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
Manually driving a car will become a rare skill, and insurance
policies will either carry expensive riders, or simply not cover
it.
Perhaps for a while, but after a decade or so manually-driven cars will >>>> be theftproof because the kids stealing cars won't know how to drive.
This will have the effect of reducing insurance costs on some vehicles in >>>> some locations.
You have a point on theft, but I was thinking more of liability - if
self-driving cars have far fewer accidents than manually driven ones,
the insurance companies will charge an arm and a leg if you insist
on taking control yourself.
pt
Insurance companies will *ALWAYS* charge an arm and a leg for
everything and anything, and then pay out as little as they can get
away with when you make a claim ... that's how they operate and how
they make masses of money for the greedy scum who own, run and have
shares in them. They couldn't care less about the actual customer. It's
really no betetr than a legalised scam. :-(
State Farm used to send me a dividend check every year when they
returned excess annual auto premium dollars.
On 1/7/2025 8:51 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
State Farm used to send me a dividend check every year when they
returned excess annual auto premium dollars.
USAA does that when reserves exceed a certain amount, so it's not every
year. They're a mutual insurance company. I also get a senior bonus
cause I've been a member so long.
You have a point on theft, but I was thinking more of liability - if self-driving cars have far fewer accidents than manually driven ones,
the insurance companies will charge an arm and a leg if you insist
on taking control yourself.
Cryptoengineer wrote:
You have a point on theft, but I was thinking more of liability - if
self-driving cars have far fewer accidents than manually driven ones,
the insurance companies will charge an arm and a leg if you insist
on taking control yourself.
In late 2023 I read the book My Murder by Katie Williams. It's a
near-future setting, where some people never learned to drive and use a
type of self-driving "uber" service. Others do know how to drive and
have manually-driven cars.
Some of the technology in the book seems like it would be 10-20 years
from now, other aspects way in advance of current.
Brian
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