Well, back in '79 a 300-baud modem cost upwards of $500. Using this on your
Commodore-64 made writing messages painfully slow. I would guess sending
messages on paper through the mail was much faster and efficient than the
good 'ol C-64. So the kid wasn't smarter, just, as we say today, on the
other side of the digital divide.
BTW, my first 'puter was a Vic-20 before I was able to upgrade to a C-64. I
can honestly say that I never EVER had an OS crash on that computer. If the
computer crashed or locked, it was because of sloppy code. Man, the way
things ought to be :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Markku J. Saarelainen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 3:41 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: The story of a small boy - sealed envelops --
About twenty years ago, there was a small boy (9-11 years old or so), who
had his penpals around the world - the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom,
Australia, Germany and many other European nations. He wrote his letters on
a paper and then mailed these letters in sealed envelops and he received
letters from his international friends in sealed envelops. He did not use
postcards. In today's world, there are many executives in governments,
businesses and other organizations, who email their secrets in postcards.
How has the world changed? Or was this young child just smarter than many
today's executives?
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