John -- The Archeologists and Anthropologists of the future will have one
big advantage -- we are a "civilization" that uses writing, and that writing
includes instruction manuals. Can you imagine what a "minty" OM-4t manual
will bring on E-Bay in the year 10000? Invest now!
Craig (Anthropologist)
----- Original Message -----
From: John A. Lind <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Extension tubes?
> At 15:36 6/8/99 , Charlie wrote:
>
> >And can you imagine some time in the future
> >when we tell a newbie to go to the archives for
> >info on extension tubes and they get all this????????????
>
> I see man-made objects around us and wonder what archaeologists and
> anthropologists tens of thousands of years from now will think of us . . .
> and what they will speculate we used them for . . . then imagination takes
> over and I contemplate about a few wicked "curve balls" that could be left
> behind to for them to ponder about.
>
> I have little doubt there were those in ancient civilizations who thought
> the same thing and had a great laugh as they buried some piles of odd
> artifacts and left a few weird things behind for us to find ("That'll make
> 'em wonder about us for a while!").
>
> -- John
>
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