# The meh-ness of then versus now/childhood verses adulthood.

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**Created:** [May 3, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meh-ness-of-then-versus-now-childhood-verses-adulthood/447942 "2008-05-03T23:24:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-meh-ness-of-then-versus-now-childhood-verses-adulthood/447942/21 "2008-05-04T16:19:22Z")

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[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog]  
Radio.

When I was a kid, we had radio and (primitive) computers. Radio impressed me.

Now, we have radio and (relatively advanced) computers. Radio impresses me.

Take your message boards, your Google Earth, your Youtube and all the rest. They are shiny trinkets. But I can tune in a little box to a person speaking in another city - like magic voices on the wind… that’s pretty cool.  
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I’m still fairly fascinated with remote desktop technology - The being able to log into and use a computer that’s _somewhere else_

And radio can now be used instead of wires to connect your computer to the internet. I’ve a PDA so I have broadband internet access in my pocket!

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