Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: UNSURE 0.266 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.49; '*S*': 0.02; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'younger': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'discussion': 0.18; 'email addr:gmail.com>': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; '31,': 0.24; 'sorry,': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'this:': 0.26; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'topic': 0.29; 'compared': 0.30; 'dec': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'url:mailman': 0.30; 'went': 0.31; 'anyone': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; 'becomes': 0.33; 'totally': 0.33; 'something': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'url:listinfo': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'list.': 0.37; 'sometimes': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'quote': 0.39; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'phones': 0.60; 'desk': 0.61; 'new': 0.61; 'matter': 0.61; 'course': 0.61; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'phone': 0.66; 'rendering': 0.68; 'joel': 0.91; 'kid': 0.91; 'subject:looking': 0.91; 'hot': 0.96; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Wg2Mbk7ZqwmatskKE4M///+PY2ctqqIMKbrVuOtYCEc=; b=Ip82NM6Y1UBd6bW2nTxCtT4yrBUa1g0vVLeTdO7fIiFBjvUREBPEUVKIRsS/Xf1iLl VOPa8EHGjUEVdK95fzORHdTK6ZI9fIqbGzWxeK/V1czbJZDwHzZlC1dXUAcGjQykBFVG ZM8kVcqQbH2f8hbCKneqhohdTlHP+r31R7MiJcjoumzIh1UxfC8NYOCWnJT7qfpj9f3W qZJg4FRzpAxDElMHW5zUk8VxmbHx+3PXkjKTadHk7CFa2LGkFXUa9KJ0u3v7K5qp8y9K 0McacRIfB5eG9snqckoiygYiPs+0C5m92qo9elSL0KC/U/OEfaLwAHPKqeWM6lHnRMPs 4GAw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.53.9.201 with SMTP id du9mr6103873vdd.36.1388509806726; Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:10:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 12:10:06 -0500 Subject: Re: looking for a quote on age and technology From: Joel Goldstick To: Rustom Mody Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1133b1accc119804eed7a14d X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 19:06:53 +0100 Cc: "python-list@python.org" X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 71 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1388513214 news.xs4all.nl 2852 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:34112 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:62938 --001a1133b1accc119804eed7a14d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: > There is a quote which I vaguely remember seeing on this list. > It went something like this: (yeah my rendering is poor) > > For a new technology: > If you are a kid when it comes out, you just take it as a matter of > course > If you are a young adult, then it becomes a hot topic for discussion > If you are past middle-age you never get it > > Anyone knows/remembers it? > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > sorry, don't remember it, but I disagree. I'm pretty old (b. 1953) and sometimes younger people think they get something that really isn't that impressive. I have an android phone and I like it, but as a phone, compared to phones that sit on a desk it totally sucks. And then there was the pet rock! happy new year! -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com --001a1133b1accc119804eed7a14d Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.c= om> wrote:
There is a quote which I = vaguely remember seeing on this list.
It went something like this: (yeah my rendering is poor)

For a new technology:
=C2=A0 If you are a kid when it comes out, you just take it as a matter of = course
=C2=A0 If you are a young adult, then it becomes a hot topic for discussion=
=C2=A0 If you are past middle-age you never get it

Anyone knows/remembers it?
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https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list


sorry, don= 't remember it, but I disagree.=C2=A0 I'm pretty old (b.=20 1953) and sometimes younger people think they get something that really=20 isn't that impressive.=C2=A0 I have an android phone and I like it, but= as a=20 phone, compared to phones that sit on a desk it totally sucks.

And then there was the pet rock!

happy new year!


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