I am not much into ancient history and all (partly because who can remember things when there are so many things to remember - and oh there is always Google) but I was mulling on the subject of the tablet craze that has invaded civilizations today.
I am not talking about the pills that people of all ages it would seem pop from Morn to Noon to Nite but another kind.. the electronic kind. Another blog can and should be devoted to the former tablets or pills..
So getting back to subject at hand - i.e. the handheld tablet.
Since the days of Moses people seemed to have latched on to the idea that it was a cool way to view and share information. So it was from the commandments to the Egyptians who chose to also use stone and other material like animal hides to design new tablets and etch their most critical thoughts so others coming after them could glean about what these Egyptians were thinking.
That perhaps could not be said of today's tablets. For one they are made of destructible material like glass and silicon and metal. They are prone to leak - like any other leaky contraption - hacking and therefore data mismanagement or outright stealing. So whether they have a picture of a fruit or any other indecipherable icon or brand on them chances are some civilization 500 years from now may not learn much of what it is we did with them.
On a side note I have always wondered about the authenticity of the tablet claims made by the so called archaeologists and others in the scientific community or religious followers of certain calling about their proposed thesis - whether it was the commandments or what an ancient people did with their time. All of these are based on in major part the relics they dig up around the globe. What if the actual use of the so called tablet was far more sinister or completely cooky? For all we know a tablet may have been used as a handy weapon much like today's movies depict a burglar invasion stopped in its track by use of a baseball bat. It could be a disposable 'post it' of the time or in a pinch serve as a toilet seat.
Same with a geek digging through erstwhile Nuyorcum (present day NY NY) who might happen on a shiny glass like surface (ipad could last if it meets the right conditions) and declare that it was a tablet much like millenia ago, except this one was used to eat off of in fancy establishments and that it served to keep the food warm for extended periods of time.
Bet Jobs might turn in his grave!
I am not talking about the pills that people of all ages it would seem pop from Morn to Noon to Nite but another kind.. the electronic kind. Another blog can and should be devoted to the former tablets or pills..
So getting back to subject at hand - i.e. the handheld tablet.
Since the days of Moses people seemed to have latched on to the idea that it was a cool way to view and share information. So it was from the commandments to the Egyptians who chose to also use stone and other material like animal hides to design new tablets and etch their most critical thoughts so others coming after them could glean about what these Egyptians were thinking.
That perhaps could not be said of today's tablets. For one they are made of destructible material like glass and silicon and metal. They are prone to leak - like any other leaky contraption - hacking and therefore data mismanagement or outright stealing. So whether they have a picture of a fruit or any other indecipherable icon or brand on them chances are some civilization 500 years from now may not learn much of what it is we did with them.
On a side note I have always wondered about the authenticity of the tablet claims made by the so called archaeologists and others in the scientific community or religious followers of certain calling about their proposed thesis - whether it was the commandments or what an ancient people did with their time. All of these are based on in major part the relics they dig up around the globe. What if the actual use of the so called tablet was far more sinister or completely cooky? For all we know a tablet may have been used as a handy weapon much like today's movies depict a burglar invasion stopped in its track by use of a baseball bat. It could be a disposable 'post it' of the time or in a pinch serve as a toilet seat.
Same with a geek digging through erstwhile Nuyorcum (present day NY NY) who might happen on a shiny glass like surface (ipad could last if it meets the right conditions) and declare that it was a tablet much like millenia ago, except this one was used to eat off of in fancy establishments and that it served to keep the food warm for extended periods of time.
Bet Jobs might turn in his grave!
Gabbar Singh would respond..ab goli (tablet) kha.
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