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Originally Posted by wizwor
Define wonderfully. I just finished playing a DOS game released in 1989. It played wonderfully. Before that, I was ripping DVDs to MP4s that could be streamed to my SMP-N200. Both the ripping and the streaming work wonderfully. As I type this, I'm watching TV on my PC and when I'm done I'm going to video chat with my college student. Earlier this morning, I paid some bills on my PC, checked the weather, and browsed the news.
Yesterday, my youngest and I used a PC to find some study guides for Catcher in the Rye and effortlessly search a PDF of the book for references for a paper. We composed, edited, and spell checked the paper using a computer. Later today, I will install SmartMusic on his PC so that he can practice his viola with a program that tracks his tones and pace. Pretty wonderful, no?
Tomorrow, I'll telecommute. I brought home a laptop, but I could have used my PC to securely work from home.
None of this has happened by accident. A lot of people and companies have collaborated to create this wonderfulness. There have been bumps, but people who have contributed nothing to this accomplishment really should sincerely appreciate the magic that they can buy for a couple hundred dollars off an internet retailer on their wonderful computer.
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We have progressed mightily indeed. I remember my first civilian job with a international French Company and there in a temporary construction trailer stood a giant Telemecanique T2000, a French 19 bit computer, standing tall and proud like some ancient obelisk pointing the way to the future.
It was passing out of fashion then, though it did last almost to the year 2000 in America according to some of my old buddies.