Modern Tech Versus the Past 219
CNETNate writes "Most of us assume modern life is the peak of human achievement, but is it really? CNET decided to take a look at the major technologies of the modern world and compare them to their closest equivalent of pre-digital mankind — Facebook vs. dinner parties, World of Warcraft vs. actual war craft, iPhones vs. hills on fire — and the results are surprising. And slightly dumb, so laugh."
Re:One Thing I Miss (Score:3, Informative)
When you do get a lawn, I for one will be proud to get off it. /salute
Re:Poisoning people with cancer... (Score:5, Informative)
...which is what much of modern chemotherapy amounts too will be looked back on like we look on bloodletting to keep your humors in order.
Except for the little fact that, as much as chemo sucks and as much as it closely resembles taking just enough arsenic mixed with mercury topped with cyanide to wish you were dead, it is backed up by clinical studies and has been found to work.
Chemo: sucks but works
Leeches: suck and don't work except in special cases as temporary therapy for reattachment of fingers and toes
Re:One Thing I Miss (Score:5, Informative)
You, sir, have had a VERY different childhood to me. :-)
Re:Better comparisons (Score:4, Informative)
Digital camera vs. film -> except that it costs more, film, though at about 21MP i might start leaning the other way.
The professional photographers that I know have been quite happy with their digital cameras since 8MP was the level no one could afford. They're up in the 12MP and 15MP levels now, but they produce prints for their customers, and they're indistinguishable to all but the trained eye from what would have been done on film. Even an 8x12 at 8MP makes for 83,000 dots per square inch, or 1/288 of an inch (.088mm) across. Given that the same lenses are being used in many cases (Nikon lenses from a decade or more past fit on current Nikon SLRs), it comes down to the sensor, and the difference just isn't there.
this is a joke? (Score:1, Informative)
so this is actually supposed to be funny?
miss.
As of today, CNET == cracked.com, Slashdot == Digg (Score:2, Informative)
This just felt like one of those cracked.com articles all over digg, instead of a slashdot-worthy article. Sorry.
Re:One Thing I Miss (Score:2, Informative)
Well, there's a hint: All cell phones I know have in common a very useful functionality: You can turn them off.