What a surprise! Despite having used telnet a number of times throughout my professional career, I had no idea that it was capable of such psuedo-animation as is displayed at blinkenlights.nl. Telnet obviously has many more capabilities than I am aware of!
I think what has been accomplished at this telnet site is a wonderful case in point about advances that are made in knowledge or technical capability. While technological advances by themselves often lead to enhanced productivity or creativity, I think what is more interesting is when a new, novel, application for a particular technology or tool is stumbled upon.
As well as being forward looking problem solvers, it appears that humans are also quite adept at looking backwards, at where they have come from, and applying new knowledge or techniques to old tools or applications. This 360-degree approach to knowledge has benefitted humans immensely throughout our history, as I am sure it will continue to.
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