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I have... started a second accounting class.
The textbook for this one has
when was this written? who was this written for?
As a very tail end millennial who sometimes feels more like a zillennial, I don't think I knew what "microcomputer" even exactly referred to until I got into computing history, and using it outside the specific context of computing history definitely feels like an outmoded or at least retro term1, but disambiguating memorabilia as "swag" feels ah... almost excessively targeted at the young'uns?
Also I am reminded of OWL at like, every turn. 🙃 Ah, cengage...
(oh and uh... previously, in the first accounting class implied by the opening statement, I encountered an example problem where everyone and the company were named after alcohol brands (although I had to look one of them up to know that)... except the petty cashier. Who was he, you ask? Eminem! How?! why?)
1: granted, I fairly routinely watch videos about minicomputers, but that's unusual.
The textbook for this one has
- referred to "microcomputers"
- I quote, "when a mass producer of memorabilia (or swag)"
when was this written? who was this written for?
As a very tail end millennial who sometimes feels more like a zillennial, I don't think I knew what "microcomputer" even exactly referred to until I got into computing history, and using it outside the specific context of computing history definitely feels like an outmoded or at least retro term1, but disambiguating memorabilia as "swag" feels ah... almost excessively targeted at the young'uns?
(oh and uh... previously, in the first accounting class implied by the opening statement, I encountered an example problem where everyone and the company were named after alcohol brands (although I had to look one of them up to know that)... except the petty cashier. Who was he, you ask? Eminem! How?! why?)
1: granted, I fairly routinely watch videos about minicomputers, but that's unusual.
