How would u explain web service to your 7 yr old son?

I'm still trying to understand it.

WRONG!!!!!! The internet is NOT a method, and computers talked to one another BEFORE the internet was open and before it even existed!

WRONG! They aren't special, and don't necessarily do most of the talking to a human. And many servers AREN'T on the internet.

WRONG! Most such servers or services AREN'T web services!

Besides, all that would leave him with, even if it were correct, is something to repeat, not actually use or relate with.

Steve

Actually, phones have come a ******LONG****** way since I was a kid.

When I was a kid, home phones had these MONSTROUS sockets/plugs. I mean SERIOUSLY, WHAT moron made those? Maybe they were made for giants(like maybe 40' tall), with POOR vision, and oven mits for hands! SERIOUSLY! Regular electric plugs are required to be FAR larger, and yet are FAR smaller. And they were ROTARY dial, pulse, and ALL looked alike! They used to have numbers expressed like richmond 9. My understanding is that that was for [switchboard] exchanges! Anyway, I think by the time I was maybe 8, they came out with the RJ11/12/14 jack we use today, you could maybe fit 30 rj14 plugs into the case of one of the old phone plugs!. They ALSO got rid of "ma bell"'s control, and brought choice to phones. EVENTUALLY, they came out with the DTMF we have today. ALL in my lifetime! Less than 50 years! Pneumatic tubes were created quite a while before I was born. wikipedia says like 1836!

I saw this "good luck charlie" episode, and the father, trying to fix a damaged drain in the dumbest way possible ended up shorting out the power. A friend came to visit their eldest daughter, and to make a long story short, she wanted to talk with this boy. Their computers were DEAD, NO POWER! Their cell phones were DEAD, NO POWER! And they lamented in front of the mother. The mother said USE THE WALL PHONE, IT doesn't require power. They said "The WHAT?"! They said "OH, we CAN'T! The phone number is in the phone!". The mother said USE THE PHONE BOOK! They said "The WHAT?"! The mother showed them and said "Now you can see what we did in the stone age, otherwise known as the 90s!"!

Yeah, So many kids assume WE "old fogies" had nothing, and know nothing! I really hope that society doesn't end up as so many scifi movies have predicted.

I just heard another *****MORONIC***** study today! It said android users are resistant to change, and CHEAP! And iphone users like change, try out new things, and SPEND!

MAN, what IDIOT even tried to do such a study. If iphones cost $200, and the connect fees were a max of $0.10/minute, I would NOT have bought it when it came out! WHY? Because only AT&T supported it, and I am boycotting them because they disabled detroit and washington DC when I was there! WHAT good is a phone that has NO service when you have to (GASP) make a phone call? MANY people bought blackberrys because their employers INSISTED! Some bought iphones because some INSISTED! And FUNCTIONALLY, HOW is an android THAT different from an iphone? They are BOTH smartphones with touchscreens, exapandability, gesture control, etc.... Also, the iphone has come down in price, and some androids can cost a lot.

Steve

My large credit union has multi-lanes and pneumatic tubes. My dog loves to watch them when we're in line

Yeah! Even MICE will soon be considered obsolete, and kids will soon not know what they are! I'm surprised they are still around. You know, only a couple weeks ago I thought the corded keyboard was silly. I found a keyboard that I liked, but it didn't look like they had it in stock. They had it's little brother as a KIT! Keyboard, receiver to make them cordless, and mouse!

Steve

Yeah, you ever see the first mouse? YIKES! You could tell he just wanted to prove the concept.

Steve

OK, WHY necessarily SIMPLE words? DON'T say they are too young because some may handle complex words FINE, and some adults DON'T! And OK, what kind of pictures would you use?

Steve