Or perhaps the microprocessor?
Probably not.
Still, you might occasionally be tempted to make fun of outmoded technology. Resist that impulse, if you can.
Unless you are a visionary engineer or gifted industrial designer, you probably couldn't have come up with the idea for devices now considered obsolete.
But perhaps I should just speak for myself. So I will.
I could not build a linotype machine to save my life.
Features writer Paul Turner is a columnist for The Spokesman-Review in the Features department. He writes "The Slice" column, which appears six times a week and produces general features stories for the Today section.
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