[TUHS] "9 skills our grandkids won't have" - Is this a TUHS topic?
Robert Stanford via TUHS
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Fri Jul 1 06:43:01 AEST 2022
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On 1/7/22 05:24, Michael Huff wrote:
> At the risk of going off-topic (Linux and 90's/00's) I'll play too:
> 1)remembering to set ftp type to binary (that one bit me more than
> once, at least)
> 2)learning what a "winmodem" is and avoiding it like the plague!
> 3)Splitting a partition with FIPS
> 4)Writing an image to floppy
> 5)doing anything at all with a floppy, come to think of it
> 6)Setting jumpers on sound cards and drives
> 7)learning how to configure XFree86 so that it doesn't blow out your
> monitor! (never happened to me, but I remember the scary warnings
> about it: https://www.xfree86.org/4.0.3/chips7.html )
> 8)configuring PPP internet
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 5:14 AM steve jenkin
> <sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> What are the 1970’s & 1980’s Computing / IT skills “our grandkids
> won’t have”?
>
> Whistling into a telephone while the modem is attached, because
> your keyboard has a stuck key
> - something I absolutely don’t miss.
>
> Having a computer in a grimy wharehouse with 400 days of uptime &
> wondering how a reboot might go?
>
> steve j
>
> =========
>
> 9 Skills Our Grandkids Will Never Have
>
> <https://blog.myheritage.com/2022/06/9-skills-our-grandkids-will-never-have/>
>
> 1: Using record players, audio cassettes, and VCRs
> 2: Using analog phones [ or an Analog
> Clock ]
> 3. Writing letters by hand and mailing them
> 4. Reading and writing in cursive
> 5. Using manual research methods [ this is a
> Genealogy site ]
> 6. Preparing food the old-fashioned way
> 7. Creating and mending clothing
> 8. Building furniture from scratch
> 9. Speaking the languages of their ancestors
>
> --
> Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design
> 0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
> PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA
>
> mailto:sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin
>
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