I remember reading an old science fiction story that I just couldn't
make sense of.  There was a computer that kept complaining about the
calculator.  It apparently was well-wired, as it was present even at
meetings.  AI made it talk.

After a couple of rereadings, I realized that "computer" was the guy's
job.  The story was from circa 1930, when electronic and mechanical
computers were weak and building-sized.

--benD

Charlie Griefer wrote:

> about a year ago PC Magazine ran an anniversary special where they fondly
> looked back at the past 50,000 years of computing history.
>
> they reprinted a letter that was sent in circa...1988 (...?) that was a
> complaint regarding one of their recent issues that professed to review word
> processors.  The complaint was that the reviews were looking at word
> processing *software*, while this person wanted to go out and buy an actual
> word processor.  he was quite upset.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "brobborb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 3:48 PM
> Subject: Old Computer Magazines
>
>  > The other day i was reading up one of my old mac magazines (MacUser).  it
> was from 1996.  A read wrote something about can't waiting to use a Digital
> Video Disc!  haha.
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