May 05
Cutting edge etch-a-sketch
Tim is rendered virtually speechless by the concept of erasable paper as a new technology. Actually it reminds me of my etch-a-sketch.
Apparently some people think this is a current technology:
- Woman 1: ”What is that little trash can on the screen?”
- Woman 2: ”My son says that is call the ‘recycle bin’. He tells me when I don’t want a Word document anymore and I delete it, it really goes in there.”
- Woman 1: ”Why in the recycle thingy? Can’t you just erase it?”
- Woman 2: ”Oh no, Word wouldn’t work for very long if I did that, I would run out of blank pages.”
- Woman 1: ”Why?”
- Woman 2: ”Because it cleans the words off the pages, then sends the blank sheets back to Word so they can be used again. That’s why it’s called the recycle bin.”
May 6th, 2008 at 10:37 am
But what is the use of paper that erases itself in 24 hours? Great for fraudsters, I suppose. Perhaps useful for notes for that sermon prepared on Saturday night which you would prefer to forget about as soon as possible. But for what else?
May 6th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Hey! Not all Etch A Sketches were made to be erased
Take a look at some of my work at http://www.etcha.net and you’ll see why.
Thanks -Etcha
May 6th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Maybe not after 24 hours, but ‘O’, ‘A’ Level & Degree Certs ought to self-destruct. There comes a point, usually long overdue, when those particular pieces of paper are meaningless … except for proof of how much I have forgotten.
May 7th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
i still don’t understand it. maybe one day i will.