[Shop-talk] Happy birthday to Team Net

[old dirtbeard]

Happy Birthday team net and thank you Mark for supporting all these many
years! It was a vastly different world Internet-wise (and otherwise) three
decades ago.

Many things have changed in the world, of course, and many of us who were
here three decades ago are no longer here to celebrate the birthday.

Sometimes it is easy to look backwards fondly and lament what we may have
lost over time, but it also is very important to keep looking forward as
that is where our opportunities and future lie.

I have been a professor for the last three decades and remember when I had
additional phone lines in my house for the modem and fax machines, and that
1,200 baud Hayes modem was the gateway to the Internet.

I have students today who have not known a world without a smartphone with
pervasive Wi-Fi and cel coverage, do not understand why a house would have
a phone (e.g., who would call a house), cannot reliably tell time on
analogue clocks, have never seen a car with a third peddle, are befuddled
at the sight of a kickstarter on a motorcycle, have never seen a newspaper
or a catalogue or understand what a carburettor does, etc.

It is a different world here three decades later, but much of it has
improved dramatically. Our medecine, our electronics. our connectivity, the
efficiency, emissions and power of our cars and motorcycles, etc.

It actually is wonderful that we have the option of driving a BEV, if we
wish, and at the same time I can still drive my '54 MG TF that has a
hand-crank starter hole in the grill or ride my '72 BSA B50SS kickstart,
tickle the carburettor, 600cc single cylinder motorcycle.

The world has changed dramatically as we have spanned the two centuries
together on this list, but it still is a wonderful life, and I would not
change it for anything. We have been blessed to be on this journey
together...

best,

doug

On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 10:49 PM Mark Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com> wrote:

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-- 
Best,

Doug
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