Re: looking for a quote on age and technology

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On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> 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?

And since the capacitance of the ether where mails seem to hang in
limbo after being sent and before being received seems now to be
reaching 24 hours, heres a
Happy New Year to all!

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Re: looking for a quote on age and technology Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-12-31 22:36 +0530

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