Whenever I heard people talking about a computer "interface" I thought they were talking about smileys [ ;-) :-P etc.] because I thought "interface" was short for "internet face".
A childhood belief about technology
others believed things like this
- I heard my mum talking about foreign people, and I later asked, "have you ever been to Foreign?"— Kia
- I used to believe the people of television were talking to me alone !— Margaux, a French student in eighth grade
- That people older than me knew what they were talking about.— Mark
- When I was younger - I used to believe my stomach rumbling was little people in there talking to me.Anon
- I used to think people didnt actually kiss on tv,i thought that the computer just made it look that way.— deanna
- Until about age 9, I thought there was a country called "Operaland" where everyone sang instead of talking.Anon