Posted Friday 21st September 2007 16:51 GMT

A long time ago, in the Windows 3.1 days, while in England I went to PC World to by a new modem (to replace my 2400 bps one).

The staff did not know what a modem was. One of them had heard about them.

I haven't bothered going back.

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