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Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site

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In article <barmar-5C3251.19023005102013@news.eternal-september.org>,
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <061020130947458041%YourName@YourISP.com>,
>  Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> >
> > There's no actual historical value in a garage - it's just a garage,
> > the same as any other thousands if not millions of garages. If you go
> > there you won't see Steve Jobs building computers nor any real evidence
> > that he did so (other no doubt than a silly sign on the wall saying
> > so).
> 
> Why is there any "historical value" in any place? For some reason, 
> people like being able to see the place where something significant 
> happened firsthand.

Some building are historically important in their own right, not
because some person (often dubiously) visited there for 10 seconds.
Such buildings are usually unique, rather than just a mass produced
house that's the same as 90 other houses in the same area.

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OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-03 01:34 -0400
  Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-03 19:06 +1200
    Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2013-10-04 18:35 -0400
      Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-05 13:30 +1200
        Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-04 21:30 -0400
          Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-05 14:48 +1200
            Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-05 05:40 -0400
              Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-05 05:57 -0400
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-05 07:38 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-06 09:51 +1300
              Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-05 07:37 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2013-10-12 10:18 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-13 10:34 +1300
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-10-12 22:07 -0500
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-13 16:48 +1300
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-10-12 23:06 -0500
              Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-06 09:47 +1300
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-05 19:02 -0400
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-06 17:22 +1300
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-06 02:35 -0400
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-06 08:21 -0700

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