[sdiy] Mired in Old Technology

[WeAreAs1 at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/31/04 1:20:08 PM, grichter at asapnet.net writes:

<< Soft-Synths are the best example, where you can pay $400 for 50 cents worth
of plastic disc, which is useless by itself, except as a coaster. >>

And, at least in my studio, useless as a synthesizer.  Nice coasters, though.

<< Also, any historian would find the idea of viewing something from 30 years
ago as "old" to be laughable. In the actual human timeline, not the virtual
technology timeline, "old" is measured in centuries, not decades. >>

Thank you, Grant.  I just turned fifty, and I was starting to feel pretty 
damn old.  I feel slightly better now.  I wish cute young girls would take the 
historian's viewpoint, though.

Mike B.