Guest guest Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > > Date: August 21, 2012 8:33:16 AM CDT > To: " mgims " <mgims > > Subject: Re: Write of way > > Good one Kishoreda. > > We have progressed even more than that. With Dragon software you can speak / dictate and the words will appear on your tablet. > > And come to think of it, didn't the ten commandments appear magically on the tablets as GOD spoke ( trying to remember the scene in the movie ). > > Ashok Bhaskar 1984 > > Sent from my iPad > > > >> Write of way >> >> Long, long ago, in the biblical times, old man Moses went up a mountain to >> get advice from a higher authority. What he got instead were orders written >> with a finger on stone tablets. That was, probably, the first time that >> things were distinctly written down. >> >> That, naturally, was a very unwieldy way of doing things. Imagine carrying a >> stone newspaper around. >> >> " Hand me the newspaper. I want to read it on the potty! " >> " Uhh! Never mind! Due to the strain, I don't need to go now! " >> >> Then came metal plaques of whichever metal was in fashion- Copper, Bronze, >> Iron. That, of course, was too costly. " I don't know what my name is. You >> see, someone stole all my documents with my name and sold it for scrap >> metal. It's time we invented a new metal with no scrap value called Steal, >> to prevent these thefts! " >> >> After that the same thing happened that happens even today. The Chinese >> flooded the markets with their product, viz. paper; which eventually led to >> the greatest invention of all times, the toilet paper! It boldly goes where >> no man has gone before. >> >> Meanwhile, the illiterate people had to use their thumb to sign. But soon >> even literate guys were proudly thumbing their texts on SMS and tweets. >> >> Now the recent advances have made it possible to write on touch screens with >> a stylus or even scribble some notes with your finger nail. >> >> Thus we have come a long way. Right from writing on tablets with a finger, >> to.. well... Writing on tablets with a finger! >> >> -Kishore Shah >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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