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jackIn the past, if you didn't know the way somewhere, you had to find a map of the area in advance and bring it with you, or you'd be lost.
If you weren't able to plan to bring something to read while you waited, you didn't have anything to read.
If you arranged to meet someone somewhere and they weren't there, there was no way to find them.
In the past, if you wanted to talk to someone, you had to ring the building they were in and hope.
People routinely used synchronous voice communication for minor non-urgent communication, because there wasn't anything better.
Before 1989, and in 1999/2000, there were periods of time with no humans in space.
Radios, calculators, notebooks, stereos, spreadsheets, compasses, maps, spirit levels, plumb lines, rulers, protractors, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, flashlights, telephones, alarm clocks and calendars were distinct physical objects, not apps you could just download whenever you needed them.
If you weren't able to plan to bring something to read while you waited, you didn't have anything to read.
If you arranged to meet someone somewhere and they weren't there, there was no way to find them.
In the past, if you wanted to talk to someone, you had to ring the building they were in and hope.
People routinely used synchronous voice communication for minor non-urgent communication, because there wasn't anything better.
Before 1989, and in 1999/2000, there were periods of time with no humans in space.
Radios, calculators, notebooks, stereos, spreadsheets, compasses, maps, spirit levels, plumb lines, rulers, protractors, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, flashlights, telephones, alarm clocks and calendars were distinct physical objects, not apps you could just download whenever you needed them.
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Date: 2014-11-10 06:22 pm (UTC)