| > You basically need another passenger with you otherwise you'll have to do a lot of stops. I'd even say its a bit risky to drive like that. Oh, FFS. Pre-GPS, I would look up my destination on a map or street atlas and learn the route. If a portion was especially tricky, I might jot down a few reminders, or pull over before that leg and review the map. Is GPS a wonderful convenience, especially with traffic monitoring & such? Hell yeah, I love it and wouldn't want to go back to maps without a damn good reason. But don't pretend it's somehow vital. > So you are saying having a high def video call with my brother living across the world, for free, is just like calling him in the 60s? The vast majority don't use video calling. Still, constantly available communication is, IMO, a huge net positive. > Do you physically develop all your photos? That was obviously how it worked before ubiquitous digital cameras. Photo situation is better today, though I might argue that the low marginal cost of each photo leads to people robbing themselves of vivid memories of what they're seen. There's some research that supports that idea, though I don't have a reference immediately on hand. > Come on now. Try learning C++ in a library, good luck with that. That's exactly what I did. Checked the ARM out of the library. Eventually bought my own copy when I decided it was worth it. As much as I love the wealth of information available on the net, I sometimes miss how good libraries used to be. |