In article >,
George > wrote:

> Gloria P wrote:
> > notbob wrote:
> >> On 2009-02-18, Andy > wrote:
> >>
> >>> Do you also carry...
> >>>
> >>> *A cell phone
> >> |
> >> |
> >> (absurd list of usless crap) |
> >> |
> >>> *Much more
> >>
> >> No, and why would I want to. Keys and my wallet pretty much do it for
> >> me.
> >> I don't even have a watch, yet I still manage to survive. Amazing, but
> >> true.

> > Why does anyone NEED all those things? What did they do 20 years ago
> > when cellphones were the size of bricks and were more of a burden than
> > a "necessity"?

> You could ask why do we need home computers and why did we do before
> them.

Ken Olsen is famously quoted as having said in 1977: "There is no reason
for any individual to have a computer in his home."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital...nt_Corporation

Ken was the founder and CEO of DEC, one of the most famous computer
companies in the US. I think he was wrong. Maybe that's why his
company disappeared in 1998.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA