tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post2398821630940378853..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: Sholes' VisionRobert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-46849176294926686762016-02-11T08:38:25.762+11:002016-02-11T08:38:25.762+11:00Where do I find the serial number on s Lettera 22?...Where do I find the serial number on s Lettera 22? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17671509054842335853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-14248794743279251132015-02-25T13:18:18.394+11:002015-02-25T13:18:18.394+11:00I probably read the words more broadly, not so muc...I probably read the words more broadly, not so much confined to radio or sound but of people becoming "well informed in spite of themselves", which rightly or wrongly put me in mind of social media etc.<br />The "anonymous" problem may have been caused at this end, as I've had to make some changes (not all of them successful as yet) as a result of someone in Launceston, Tasmania, trying to log in as me and hack into my site this morning. Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-41736457768995707862015-02-25T13:01:10.831+11:002015-02-25T13:01:10.831+11:00That last comment was by me, Richard. Don't kn...That last comment was by me, Richard. Don't know why it came out as "Anonymous"!Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-306613824637650332015-02-25T13:00:48.579+11:002015-02-25T13:00:48.579+11:00Interesting. Sholes didn't predict the technol...Interesting. Sholes didn't predict the technology of radio, but he did predict its use. I find his prediction quite accurate as a vision of society in, say, 1935. Less so in 2015, when people are probably consuming more text and images than sound, but they are doing so individually -- each member of the family curled up with his or her own device.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-81207860109625208242015-02-25T10:30:49.700+11:002015-02-25T10:30:49.700+11:00Maybe not quite all typewriters and printing press...Maybe not quite all typewriters and printing presses gone, but the PC sure has brought about quite a bit of his vision to be true.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-69565518807999115052015-02-25T05:24:29.214+11:002015-02-25T05:24:29.214+11:00The printing press isn't quite gone either, bu...The printing press isn't quite gone either, but I've seen a lot of them sent to scrapyards or Mexico in the past couple of decades. What passes for pressmen these days are usually keyboard jockeys with spotless hands. /:Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.com