Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 个月前Calling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1270
arrow-up1270message-squareCalling modern cellphones "phones" is like when old Star Trek called their little plastic data slabs "tapes".Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 个月前message-square70fedilink
minus-squarebig_fat_fluffy@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 个月前Contemporaneously, in some of Larry Nivens’ fiction, it was called a “data brick”. When you feel like you are getting too attached to the metaphor of the hour, abstract it up a level.
Contemporaneously, in some of Larry Nivens’ fiction, it was called a “data brick”.
When you feel like you are getting too attached to the metaphor of the hour, abstract it up a level.