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Re: Sony |
Dec 13, 2006, 08:40 |
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Tapes were great. Did they have hiss? Yes, but NOBODY NOTICED UNTIL NEW TECH WAS INTRODUCED WITHOUT HISS.
Tapes sucked. And yes, I grew up with them. And I always noticed the hiss -- if nothing else, you could compare it to the radio which, shock, didn't have the hiss (and since tapes or players tended to have even worse frequency response than FM radio, the audio quality was otherwise pretty much the same).
Of course, in the context of the article -- yes, the author is full of it. For portable audio, nothing else was better. Certainly not records (which sucked even more badly at the time for most people), or FM radio (ditto).
time has repeatedly illustrated that each 'time saving' device you buy actually causes you more stress, as you fill up any gained free time with more crap.
To be more accurate, what happens is that the standard of cleanliness, etc. simply gets raised. Prior to the vacuum, wall-to-wall carpet was unthinkable, and you only took rugs out to be beaten free of dirt a couple times a year.
That said... if you don't think the microwave is a huge timesaver, then you don't have kids. It's not for everyday meals, but for simple things (heating/boiling water, reheating leftovers) it's a lot better and faster than the old methods.
Clones were the primary and main cause of the PC revolution.
And the original Apple II is widely deemed to be the first real, useful, accessible personal computer. Go read the Jargon File, or Wikipedia, or any history of computing tome.
But yes, Wired has turned to complete and utter crap.
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