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Old 31-10-2007, 13:38   #2 (permalink)
steveb
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It's called progress. Things are improved to the point of impracticality. E.g. mobile phones started off big enough so you could actually use a finger to punch the buttons. Now you need a pointed fingernail tip. Microwave ovens used to have a dial like an eggtimer - they were on for n minutes and that was it. Now you never get food heated the way you want on the first attempt. Car engines were understandable and fixable by the owner. Now even service center dignostic computers can't locate some problems.
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