RIP - Doug Englebart

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RIP - Doug Englebart

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RIP
He was quite the visionary in the early computer days.

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I remember seeing an early mouse at a computer store in what had to be around 1980. I remember thinking it would never be nearly as useful or widely used as the joystick.

In my defense I was like 6 or 7 at the time.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.

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Before GUI the mouse as next to useless.

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They should have right clicked and saved him
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Too late... He's clicked the bucket!
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