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>>The thought of using a computer to fornicate may seem ridiculous, but
>>consider this. Gasoline engines used to be able to function by simple
>>carburation and "ignition points" and coil to ignite the fuel. Now a
>>days, this requires computers and very complicated circuits that work
>>fine, until something fails, and then it will require thousands of
>>dollars of scanners and testers to check and determine what failed.
>
>Interesting. My Bluetooth OBD-2 dongle that talks to my smart phone
>cost $11.10. Those very complicated circuits allow my full size
>pickup with a V8 engine to achieve 20MPG and no emissions.
ODB2 doesn't tell all. Only a subset of the interface is standardized. There are a bunch of pins in there that are reserved for the OEMs to do what they want.
>But it dont stop there. Do you remember Mirrors? Yea, a simple piece of
>>glass with a silver coating on the back. Well, they have now been
>>replaced with computers. Now the kids look at themselves on the screen
>>of their smartphone, while the camera on the phone creates the images
>>and can also send those images over the internet while combing their
>>hair.
>
>I can remember when I had to walk about in a strange building to find
>a bathroom with a mirror. Now my phone does a fine job.
You piss on your phone?
>For decades, doctors gave patients an IV tube and the flow of the IV
>>fluid was metered by a simple valve. This is no longer the case, that
>>valve has now been replaced by a computerized device, which requires
>>batteries, electrical power to recharge, and takes two or more doctors
>>and/or nurses to push as many as 30 buttons to program the thing.
>
>30 pushes? You sure that just 29 might get the job done. During my
>knee replacement, that fancy machine that you abhor metered the
>narcotic precisely enough that I stayed comfortable but not stoned.
>
>Previous to that, the old fashioned method that you're so in love with
>got me a narcotic shot every 6 hours. I was stoned for 4 hours and
>then hurt until the next shot. Progress, no?
>
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>>Almost everything we touch these days has some sort of computer circuit
>>controlling it. So, why not find a way to computerize sex.......
>
>Something tells me the last time you had sex was in the tube era.
>
>>50 Years ago, if you would have told someone they would be able to talk
>>on the telephone ANYWHERE, without wires connected to the wall, and even
>>be able to send pictures and music to you over this phone, they would
>>have laughed at you, called you a fool, and asked what kind of drugs you
>>were on.....
>
>Hmmm, well the fax machine was invented in the late 1800s. AT&T Bell
>labs demonstrated video phones in the 50s. So no I don't think anyone
>informed would find today amazing at all. Simply steady progress.
In the 50s "ew, why would I want a video phone" was a common reaction to the idea. Now it's no big deal. We "talked" with the granddaughter for a half hour last week. We don't see her more than once a year, or so (it's been 18 months now) and she's only two.