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13-07-22, 02:39 PM
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Technology
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?
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13-07-22, 06:52 PM
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Spannering the wife's SV650S K5 pointy in Black, and son's SV650 X curvy in Blue. RIP SV650 X curvy, crashed and written off December 2019. I'm (procrastinating about) fixing up an old Yamaha FZ600 to get myself fully back on the road. |
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13-07-22, 07:56 PM
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Re: Technology
I remember when I bought my first used bike bits from eBay and paid via Paypal (getting on for 20 years ago now
 ), it felt like visiting a magical giant parts store. Parts were also incredibly cheap then.
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