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RE: Child of the 22nd century


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  • Subject: RE: Child of the 22nd century
  • From: "Dan Hoehnen" <dhoehnen@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 12:58:27 -0400
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Not to get too far off topic, but I had a similar "22nd century"
situation
with my oldest son, although not HA related.  When we moved 3 years ago, he
helped us unpack some boxes.  He was 6 years old at the time and came
across
a box that had record albums in it that belonged to my wife and me.  My
wife
and I had not played them in years and so he had never seen them.  He asked
me, "Daddy, what are those big black CD's for?".  My wife and I
just
laughed, and then explained what they were.  (Of course, he had seen CD's
and knew what they were.)  Another sign of technology changing.

Dan

> My daughter (3) had everyone at her nursery in fits of laughter the
other
> day. Our kitchen lights are controlled by a motion sensor and my
daughter
> stands in the middle of the kitchen, jumps up and down and yells
"lights
> on"!
>
> Well, the other day she was asked to put on the nursery room
> lights. Much to
> the amazement of the staff and kids she stood up, jumped up and down
and
> yelled "lights on" at the top of her voice. We had a little
> explaining to do
> when we picked her up.
>
> She has also started doing this at home with other rooms as well as
things
> like the TV. Some of these are automated, others aren't. This is
> probably a
> good reason NOT to have voice recognition.
>
> I am sure we have plenty of embarassing moments and a few laughs ahead
of
> us.
>
> Ian
>
>
>
>
>
>


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