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Originally posted by cj@Mar 16 2005, 01:13 AM
>>However it seems that no matter what I do with my mobile and how in touch I think I am both my nephews (17 and 15) find it "soo old" and "last year" so god knows what they're doing with theirs
Hey, I'm only 1 generation behind them and I can't bloody keep up!! LOL
I think the main difference in the current highschool leaving generation is the actual take-up and saturation of the technology. In my age group, almost everyone has a mobile phone - but I got my first one at 18 - it was unheard of to have one before that unless your parents were extremely rich or you were very spoilt (or dealing drugs from school LOL).
So while I have been using a mobile for 10 years, the kids of today have had them since they are 13 (on average) ... sms is not just a cute novelty way to communicate, its the only way they know how to communicate. By the time they are 18 ...... fuck knows what will happen.
Back in my day (heehhheheh) my parents used to make me *write* letters to my grand parents. Phonecalls were too expensive to make regularly.
When talking about 3 years and 5 years it doesn't seem long ... but I only graduated from school 10 years ago - first year of my college degree involved DRAWING ... 2nd year, they figured 'this computer art might take of' ........
here's a pop quiz ... what software were you using 5 years ago?
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My software start - to now:
ZX Spectrum 48K
Commador 64K
Amstrad CPC464 (or something like that.. it had a green screen)
Amiga 500
Amiga 1200
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows 98SE
Windows 2000
XP (cringe)
Back running 98SE at the moment because all the spyware and hacker freaks have left it alone...