looking for a quote on age and technology

2014-01-02 Thread Rustom Mody
On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > I think you're referring to an article by the late, great Douglas Adams, > “How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet”: Thanks Ben -- Yes thats the one I was looking for! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: looking for a quote on age and technology

2014-01-01 Thread Ben Finney
Rustom Mody writes: > For a new technology: > If you are a kid when it comes out, you just take it as a matter of course > If you are a young adult, then it becomes a hot topic for discussion > If you are past middle-age you never get it > > Anyone knows/remembers it? I think you're referr

Re: looking for a quote on age and technology

2013-12-31 Thread Rustom Mody
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Joel Goldstick wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: >> >> There is a quote which I vaguely remember seeing on this list. >> It went something like this: (yeah my rendering is poor) >> >> For a new technology: >> If you are a kid when

Re: looking for a quote on age and technology

2013-12-31 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 31 December 2013 13:19:21 Joel Goldstick did opine: > On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: > > There is a quote which I vaguely remember seeing on this list. > > It went something like this: (yeah my rendering is poor) > > > > For a new technology: > > If you are a

Re: looking for a quote on age and technology

2013-12-31 Thread Rustom Mody
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: > There is a quote which I vaguely remember seeing on this list. > It went something like this: (yeah my rendering is poor) > > For a new technology: > If you are a kid when it comes out, you just take it as a matter of course > If you are a

Re: looking for a quote on age and technology

2013-12-31 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: > There is a quote which I vaguely remember seeing on this list. > It went something like this: (yeah my rendering is poor) > > For a new technology: > If you are a kid when it comes out, you just take it as a matter of > course > If you ar

looking for a quote on age and technology

2013-12-31 Thread Rustom Mody
There is a quote which I vaguely remember seeing on this list. It went something like this: (yeah my rendering is poor) For a new technology: If you are a kid when it comes out, you just take it as a matter of course If you are a young adult, then it becomes a hot topic for discussion If you