[HN Gopher] Classic Sesame Street - Computer Trouble
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       Classic Sesame Street - Computer Trouble
        
       Author : doener
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2023-05-06 06:55 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | christkv wrote:
       | Reminds me about this classic
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-sgxDGuMDU
        
       | erkmene wrote:
       | I haven't seen this before. There's also a bit (relatively)
       | updated version which I prefer: https://youtu.be/8d4RtvMQp10
        
         | Dwedit wrote:
         | Gateway AnyKey keyboard with diagonal arrow keys.
        
           | acheron wrote:
           | Ha yes it is. And the two sets of function keys. I loved the
           | Anykey keyboard.
        
           | duxup wrote:
           | I worked tech support for gateway way back in the day.
           | 
           | The reset programming for the AnyKey was a very common call,
           | many people didn't even know they had an AnyKey keyboard and
           | would accidentally remap keys.
        
           | CoastalCoder wrote:
           | My first PC was a Gateway 2000 (in 1991). The provided Anykey
           | keyboard was awesome. I loved its ability to record and
           | playback macros.
        
         | acheron wrote:
         | I remember the old one but I've never seen that one. That's
         | great.
        
         | neilv wrote:
         | What is the appeal of either of these?
         | 
         | For young children, what's the developmental impact?
        
           | electrondood wrote:
           | Introducing children to the concept of computers.
           | 
           | Keep in mind that Sesame Street basically pioneered
           | children's educational programming.
        
           | hiimshort wrote:
           | It's a harmless bit. The joke (if I remember correctly) is
           | that these two creatures are aliens that pop up and don't
           | know what the thing in front of them is. For children (and
           | adults) it is silly because, of course, we know what a
           | computer is - we've seen one dozens of hundreds of times!
           | Compound that confusion with a silly way of speaking to
           | reaffirm that they're not from earth and it makes you giggle.
           | 
           | As for the developmental impact, I think it's quite positive.
           | Sesame Street has been and continues to be a great source of
           | knowledge and useful lessons & morals for children. Adding in
           | some silly situations like this helps keep them engaged and
           | develop their sense of humor.
        
           | trebligdivad wrote:
           | It doesn't show the year; but assuming this was about 1980,
           | home computers were only just starting to appear - many kids
           | wouldn't have seen them; and you've just told taught them
           | computers do what you tell them to do, and not by themselves
           | and also told them what the flashing thing is. For Sesame
           | street that's more than enough for a little sketch. (And that
           | the computer guy fixes everything....)
        
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