Technology

[Seeker]

I'm old so I remember pre-internet days, in fact pre-pc days. I worked on DEC PDP-11 computers (running an old RS11 o/s) and the disk drives had removable packs and only held 300Mb (and the drives were the size of spin dryers).

So, I find it amazing that I can go online and order a motorcycle accessory from a Japanese website (webike), pay for it with a click on PayPal, and get it delivered within 5 days. Not only that, but I can check on its progress from Japan to the UK.

Finally, when it arrives the instructions were in Japanese (which I had been warned about) but I scanned them as a jpg uploaded it to Yandex which, for free, translated the page and allowed me to download to print.

Isn't technology wonderful?

[Ruffy]

Isn't technology wonderful?
Yes in the main, but not always.

[Craig380]

I remember when I bought my first used bike bits from eBay and paid via Paypal (getting on for 20 years ago now :-o), it felt like visiting a magical giant parts store. Parts were also incredibly cheap then.