tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post1129199052997125334..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Classroom of the Future (Part 3, 1987)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-74055423161297580522007-10-02T23:30:00.000-04:002007-10-02T23:30:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-43255985546677002552007-10-02T03:52:00.000-04:002007-10-02T03:52:00.000-04:00Other than possibly to make it look less like a TV...Other than possibly to make it look less like a TV or video game screen, I can't figure out why they used such a wide, squat aspect ratio for the kid's information display. For anything other than text, much of the display would go unused, since most images and video would have a squarer shape. Reminds me of the LCD on the old <A HREF="http://oldcomputers.net/kc.html" REL="nofollow">TRS-80 Model 100</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-67913529037133933722007-09-30T19:37:00.000-04:002007-09-30T19:37:00.000-04:00The kid kept mispronouncing the runner's name. It...The kid kept mispronouncing the runner's name. It was "Pheidippides" and not Philipides. <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheidippides" REL="nofollow">He should've consulted wikipedia.</A>Ruth Anne Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936054116421006847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-55049743417226749422007-09-30T10:41:00.000-04:002007-09-30T10:41:00.000-04:00I disagree about using screens in bed; little hand...I disagree about using screens in bed; little handheld web-surfing devices can actually be a pretty good form of bedtime reading. <BR/><BR/>The problem here is that the device in the video is really not a small screen, it's a screen too big to hold with a big clunky keyboard. The wide aspect ratio on the screen is interesting, though.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404920751035863730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-43495232494691913582007-09-29T08:44:00.000-04:002007-09-29T08:44:00.000-04:00No direct talk about copyrights, no, but look how ...No <I>direct</I> talk about copyrights, no, but look how fast that text scrolls by, and no apparent way to stop it or go back to what's already gone past. Could be that scrolling text to prevent malingering and note-taking was a sop to copyrights in this particular paleofuture.Phoebe Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457452561340581723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-85555105920221000092007-09-28T23:23:00.000-04:002007-09-28T23:23:00.000-04:00Wireless Keyboard? No talk about copyrights or pay...Wireless Keyboard? No talk about copyrights or paying for a service to allow you to use the files. No one wants to use a small screen in bed, they got that wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-77927769416069726022007-09-28T10:51:00.000-04:002007-09-28T10:51:00.000-04:00Apparently nobody back in the 1980's anticipated t...Apparently nobody back in the 1980's anticipated that teen boys would use the internet to try to view porn.Mark Plushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03859046131830902921noreply@blogger.com