Let's go back in time

I know there's a lot of very heavy stuff going on in the sector, and I could very rightly be accused of being overly negative and pessimistic, so mea culpa. But it's nearly Friday, so let's forget all that and enjoy a little nostalgia, returning to a simpler time, when we didn't have to think about the "database of intentions" or deep packet inspection, but we were definitely in search of something more (though I am amazed that the obsession with remote control of domestic appliances apparently goes back some 41 years, at least). And people wrote letters...