Neither Revenge of the Nerds nor Animal House features much in the way of computers. I don't remember any at all, but I could be wrong. Both feature stereotypical computer geek types in them though.
What did computer people do before computers?
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Im not so sure about that, I'm willing to wager people spend less time reading books these days as they used to.
A not particularly random sample of 1 person indicates this is false. i.e. I still read quite a lot of novels.
I'd be interested to see research on this one, I suspect it would actually conclude that there is more reading going on now than there used to be. There might be a short term trend down over the last few years, but I think the long term trend over the last 50, 100 or 200 years would be up, partly due to increasing literacy rates.
Not with Harry Potter and the sorcerers hat and so on. I'd be willing to wager that book sales are pretty healthy atm? But I don't know for sure?
nihilistic
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I can't believe nobody has mentioned Radio Shack yet.
Radio Shack was your friend, whether you liked making model airplanes, model cars, circuit boards, home made audio sets... Whatever you wanted that was remotely electronic, you could find at, or order from, your local Radio Shack.
Radio Shack was your friend, whether you liked making model airplanes, model cars, circuit boards, home made audio sets... Whatever you wanted that was remotely electronic, you could find at, or order from, your local Radio Shack.
Erik Mesoy
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Books may begin going out of fashion when computers get smaller, handier, cheaper, can get wet, don't need to be recharged every two hours when not plugged in, and can stand being tossed at someone.
The OLPC Children's Machine is a good step on the way to this.
The OLPC Children's Machine is a good step on the way to this.
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There weren't any computer people before computers.
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Train spotting, most likely.
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Book sales and time spent reading books are not the same. I own quite a few unread shelf stuffers.
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Before computers, they watched TV. Before TV, they listened to radio. Before radio, they watched vaudeville. Before vaudeville, they may actually have contributed to society in some meaningful way. Either that or got conscripted, I suppose.
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Those are lazy slobs, not computer nerds.Before computers, they watched TV. Before TV, they listened to radio. Before radio, they watched vaudeville. Before vaudeville, they may actually have contributed to society in some meaningful way. Either that or got conscripted, I suppose.
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