Readit NewsHaving said that, I'm with you, for me my car takes me from place to place, that's all I want.
Meanwhile in China, just because you invented a thing, you don't get to sit back and rest on your laurels. sipping champagne in hot tubs, because your competitor isn't staying put. He's grinding and innovating off your innovation so you'd also better keep innovating.
Number of things that need explaining now:
- Computers used analog CRT monitors
- CRTs had burn-in if left static
- Screen savers showed dynamic images
- After Dark / flying toasters was a classic screensaver
- Software was sold on floppy disks
- Purchased at physical computer stores
- After Dark-era floppy disks were hard, not floppy
- "Screen Savers" is also not to be confused with the TechTV show
- TechTV merged with G4 in 2004, then closed in 2014, then restarted in 2020, then reclosed in 2022
Also, has anyone recreated Snake for the AVP yet? And I don't mean fancy-Snake: I mean Nokia Snake.
Could you do the job with a cheap one? Sure, but you can always make rice on the stovetop as well if savings/space are a big priority. This is a convenience appliance, and the convenience of the fancy ones is a significant improvement over the basic ones.
I wonder if those "discounted" cards you see are actually an artifact of money laundering where illicitly-obtained cards (from victims of phone scams?) are being laundered.
One goes out of business; the other goes along indefinitely, with perhaps the wealthiest parents nearby withdrawing their kids, but most families and children are forced to endure it or move away.
Does it go twice as fast? Does it have twice the range? Is it twice as comfortable? Is it twice as safe?