Sujet : Re: The joy of Technology
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : alt.folklore.computers comp.os.linux.miscDate : 03. Nov 2024, 22:12:25
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On Sun, 3 Nov 2024 09:55:42 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
The history of transport is absolutely dominated by economics.
The history of everything technological is absolutely dominated by
economics.
In the UK we built canals, which were cheaper than horse and cart, but
then the railways came, and they were even cheaper, and finally we had
motor vehicles and they were cheaper still.
And yet the canals are still there. Somebody must be maintaining them.
Re: The joy of Technology
Re: The joy of Technology