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I did like their term of "netcast" because podcasts grew way beyond the iPod. But like with many terms nowadays it seems Podcast was the one to catch on as the generic term. Leo Laporte even mentioned that they gave up on "netcast" because it was obvious it would never happen and it was causing a lot of confusion with new listeners.

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the mechanical cash register sound effect is still used to represent money in media despite the fact that the kids these days have never seen a mechanical cash register and have no reason to be able recognize that sound from real life.

I wonder what percentage of the world's population was born after new computers stopped shipping with 3 1/2" drives. Probably at least 25%.

The one that comes to mind for me is the floppy disk icon for Save.

and it's called "floppy" even though they weren't "floppy" anymore!

And we still call "hard drive" that because they weren't floppy even while floppies weren't floppy!

And we call it a "drive" after the tape drive motor from reel-to-reel tape storage!

The actual magnetic media encased within the hard plastic 3.5" shell was "floppy".

I’m 38 and I doubt I’ve ever seen a “cha-ching” style cash register in active use either. Didn’t those get phased out in like the 60s?

Maybe when you say “kids” you’re talking about me though!

I didn't mean "kids these days" to be taken exactly literally. I'm not at all sure in which decade digital cash registers became overwhelmingly common.

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