Actually, whats even crazier about this pic is the fact that sony just showed off a 1TB memory stick duo, which is like the same size as that sd card.
Crazy advancements in technology: 1GB - 1980 vs 2009
Actually, whats even crazier about this pic is the fact that sony just showed off a 1TB memory stick duo, which is like the same size as that sd card.
Have a chocolate zinger" @CitizenKane said:
" A 1TB memory stick? So you're telling me I can have 1TB worth of porn in my hand*? *Heyo! "Yeah. And 2cm worth of dick in your other. CAN I GET A ZING?! "
Well the Top is the IBM Mark-1 the first Digital computer, and as you can see it's HUGE thats just a lil part of it. On the other hand, Today we have computers like the UMID mBook. Now that's crazy.
It's kind of complicated since there are several incarnations of the company and it's various identities and I was not all that clear in my description. But the Bell Telephone Company evolved into the American Telephone and Telegraph Company back in the later part of the nineteenth century. By and large, it was still referred to as Bell Telephone or "Ma Bell" for the next century. But in the later part of the twentieth century, under the argument that the Bell/AT&T was a monopoly, the corporation was split up into 7 regional " baby bells" handling local service in 1983. The long-distance division of Bell/AT&T became just AT&T. Bell Atlantic was one of the "baby bells" as was Bell South and Southwestern Bell. Since 1983, those regional bells have merged and evolved into other companies. In 2000 Bell Atlantic acquired GTE (General Telephone & Electronics) and changed its name to Verizon. The long-distance AT&T was eventually swallowed SBC (formerly Southwestern Bell Corporation) and then in 2006, that merged with Bell South to become the "new" AT&T.
Basically, when I said my grandmother worked for Bell Telephone I was referring to pre-1983 mega-monopoly "Ma-Bell". When I said she worked there before it was AT&T I meant any incarnation of the telephony industry that existed after the break-up. I know I am showing my age here, because I still often refer to that pre-1983 Bell telephone assuming that everyone remembers when there was just one service company providing all your telephone needs.
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