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Modern technology in the past
« on: 28/09/2021 14:01:27 »
A group of archaeologists have been digging for lost technology. They found electrical wire about four feet down then some phone wire six feet down they came to the conclusion that it was from the very late 18 hundreds so they kept digging for months and found nothing more. The head archaeologist has now confirmed that the ancient people obviously had wireless technology. PS no proof is all the proof you need.
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Re: Modern technology in the past
« Reply #1 on: 28/09/2021 15:55:31 »
Do you work for the Health and Safety Executive or the General Chiropractic Council, by any chance? Or are you a priest or a politician?
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Re: Modern technology in the past
« Reply #2 on: 28/09/2021 16:01:33 »
Quote from: alancalverd on 28/09/2021 15:55:31
Do you work for the Health and Safety Executive, by any chance?
Did I come up with a good motto for the OH&S office?
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Re: Modern technology in the past
« Reply #3 on: 29/09/2021 14:55:47 »
Quote from: Just thinking on 28/09/2021 14:01:27
no proof is all the proof you need.
just about sums up the training and ethos of Her Majesty's Inspectorate.
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Re: Modern technology in the past
« Reply #4 on: 01/10/2021 19:40:09 »
Quote from: alancalverd on 29/09/2021 14:55:47
just about sums up the training and ethos of Her Majesty's Inspectorate.
Ironically, you have offered no evidence for this.

Presumably, whatever the matter was, you took it to court- because courts really do require proof- and had their decision overturned...
Or you didn't.
Which was it?
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Re: Modern technology in the past
« Reply #5 on: 03/10/2021 00:23:58 »
I am preparing several cases right now. I'll let you know.
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Re: Modern technology in the past
« Reply #6 on: 14/02/2022 12:32:44 »
Innovation runs our lives nowadays. Cell phones, tablets and PCs - we truly really can't work without them. In an exceptionally short measure of time, innovation has detonated on the lookout and presently, many individuals can't envision an existence without it.

To see how we left the dim ages (which truly wasn't throughout the entire that prior) to where we are today, it is essential to see how innovation advances and why it makes a difference.

Reason DRIVES TECHNOLOGY FORWARD
All advancements are conceived out of direction. For instance, web crawlers were made to figure out the enormous measures of information on the web. With each new update innovation intensifies existing advances to make an option that could be preferable over what was recently utilized previously. Without any end in sight it goes.

With the lightning velocity of innovative development, it is no big surprise many individuals have battled to keep up. In all honesty, the extent of innovation's field is so extraordinary, wrapping everything up into a solitary blog entry is for all intents and purposes incomprehensible.

Here is only a short look into how quickly the Internet and innovation in general have developed lately.

THE PAST: WORLD, MEET THE INTERNET
Thinking back to the 1990's, the Internet was another product many, however not all, families and organizations started to get entrance. For individuals living during that time, the agonizing dial up signal associating with the Internet is a not-really affectionate memory (EEEE-AAAAAHH!!!!).

Fortunately, as more individuals observed worth in the Internet, innovation took off to dispose of utilizing a telephone line to go on the web and on second thought conveyed quicker associations with the World Wide Web.
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Re: Modern technology in the past
« Reply #7 on: 14/02/2022 14:04:52 »
Quote from: armen23 on 14/02/2022 12:32:44
innovation took off to dispose of utilizing a telephone line to go on the web and on second thought conveyed quicker associations with the World Wide Web.
Not quite. For most of us the innovation in the western world was to increase the bandwidth of telephone lines, then to replace copper with fiber optics run along the same channels. Mobile internet access pretty much sprung from SMS text, which was never intended to be a public service - it was designed as a very low bandwidth bodge for testing prototype analog cellular networks. The leapfrog really occurred in "developing" countries where digital cellular networks were cheaper and easier to install than copper wires.

The downside is the introduction of cheap new cliches into entertainment. Every security system has an internet backdoor. The incriminating files just finish downloading as the bad guys break down the door. The Boys in the Lab can decode everything. Telephone tracking  has replaced cunning detective work, and "I've got to take this call" heralds every plot twist. To such an extent that last night I realised why "My Father's Violin"  was such a refreshing film - no mobile phone cliches! Recommended for some great acting and fun music.
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