[DeTomaso] Computers....past and present

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

I have read several times in the past that since 1900, we have doubled all
technology every ten years from the previous ten years.
I find it amazing when visiting old buildings like Biltmore House, Empire
State Building, etc. that they could do that and yet didn't have a single
power tool, a computer, etc.
I go to car shows and look at early cars with workmanship not offered today
and then also scratch my head at how complicated they made some things that
didn't need to be when something much simpler would have worked. Look at
early torsion bar suspensions and just think, HELLO.
Didn't you guys have coil springs? To me, disk brakes seem far simpler than
drum brakes...what about simple things like wipers, rear view mirrors, seat
belts...they seem so obvious now. Racing caused those innovations, just
seems like they would have been come much sooner.
We had electric windows, automatic dimmers and air conditioning in cars
before even the most rudimentry ABS.

Michael
 On Jan 27, 2013 4:19 PM, "David" <adin at frontier.net> wrote:

> Absolutely, think about this: my grandfather lived in a world where an
> airplane coming to town was a huge event. And old Pete saw man walk on the
> moon!
>
> Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
>
> Sent from my little hand held gizmo
>
> On Jan 27, 2013, at 2:01 PM, gow2 at rc-tech.net wrote:
>
> > I think the past 150 years are the most amazing years this world will
> ever
> > see. We have lived in one of the most amazing times and I believe few
> > recognize or understand the implication. Look at the life before 1900 and
> > after the year 2000. Look at the change in between. Horse and buggy to
> > cars with internet.
> >
> > I look back and see that my grandfather, who is still very much alive in
> > my mind very likely could have known people who would have known Lincoln.
> > Grew up with no cars, sporadic electricity, dirt roads, etc. Children now
> > don't even know what a rotary telephone is any more.
> >
> > I fear however, the fall of Rome coming. Our government and world
> > governments have become so large, consuming and self serving I don't see
> > how our children and their children will ever see the freedoms we had. 2
> > months after a storm in NY, NJ people still without power and food in a
> > society amazingly modern but amazingly strapped by it's own government.
> >
> > I also don't think they will ever see or truly understand the development
> > of the modern world as we do. Horse and buggy, Model "T", WWII, 50's
> cars,
> > the fall of cool cars in the 70's, into a civilization where cars today
> > seem more like disposable phones then anything special.
> >
> > I guess that is why working on old cars is so fun. It is a mix of old and
> > new, the mix of your discretion, locked in the time of your choosing.
> >
> > Amazing 150 years! 10,000 years form now they will still be talking about
> > the time period we lived in....if we don't destroy each other first.
> >
> >
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