LovableSidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down119
arrow-up1247arrow-down1message-squareCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".LovableSidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squarebig_fat_fluffylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoContemporaneously, in some of Larry Nivens’ fiction, it was called a “data brick”. When you feel like you are getting too attached to the metaphor of the hour, abstract it up a level.
Contemporaneously, in some of Larry Nivens’ fiction, it was called a “data brick”.
When you feel like you are getting too attached to the metaphor of the hour, abstract it up a level.