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[edit]How apartheid affected people's lives and how people respond
[edit]Group areas act(1950) 41.114.250.185 (talk) 19:01, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- Your question is unclear but have you read our extensive article on apartheid? Shantavira|feed me 19:11, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- Please do your own homework. 41.23.55.195 (talk) 06:40, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- @41.114.250.185: The OP's first language is obviously not English, and possibly not their second language either. How many languages do you speak? Why don't you create a WP account rather than carping anonymously from the sidelines? I'm sure you failed some homework assignments yourself. MinorProphet (talk) 19:14, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- This is the Computing Reference Desk. HiLo48 (talk) 06:49, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- Well spotted, top marks! Hurrah! This is indeed the Computing Reference Desk. In 1995 (nearly 30 years go) I was fortunate and privileged enough to be in the group of the very first technical instructors from IBM to present that company's latest hardware offerings (laptops, desktops and PC servers) after the general international embargo ended, the same year when SA won the Rugby World Cup at home. I wasn't employed by IBM directly. It was a joyous occasion, taking place immediately after the 1994 South African general election. South Africa was open to the world again. But all the white people drove around in cars, including the taxi-drivers, and all the black people walked. That's how apartheid affected people's lives. All the techies I taught were white as well. MinorProphet (talk) 19:14, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- "At least that's slightly relevant to this page. I'll keep it that much off topic by saying that in 1994 I (on behalf of my employer at the time) was one of the first customers for IBM (not Lenovo) ThinkPads in Australia. I still have two of them and they still work!!!! (On mains power of course.. The batteries are long gone.) HiLo48 (talk) 21:24, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yah, but can you still source those replacement red nipples? They wear out, you know. The feel of a brand new one under your fingertip is simply astounding. MinorProphet (talk) 02:28, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Do you mean the red nipples that everyone I know immediately removes? Martin of Sheffield (talk) 14:22, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- Yah, but can you still source those replacement red nipples? They wear out, you know. The feel of a brand new one under your fingertip is simply astounding. MinorProphet (talk) 02:28, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
- "At least that's slightly relevant to this page. I'll keep it that much off topic by saying that in 1994 I (on behalf of my employer at the time) was one of the first customers for IBM (not Lenovo) ThinkPads in Australia. I still have two of them and they still work!!!! (On mains power of course.. The batteries are long gone.) HiLo48 (talk) 21:24, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- Well spotted, top marks! Hurrah! This is indeed the Computing Reference Desk. In 1995 (nearly 30 years go) I was fortunate and privileged enough to be in the group of the very first technical instructors from IBM to present that company's latest hardware offerings (laptops, desktops and PC servers) after the general international embargo ended, the same year when SA won the Rugby World Cup at home. I wasn't employed by IBM directly. It was a joyous occasion, taking place immediately after the 1994 South African general election. South Africa was open to the world again. But all the white people drove around in cars, including the taxi-drivers, and all the black people walked. That's how apartheid affected people's lives. All the techies I taught were white as well. MinorProphet (talk) 19:14, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- We have articles on the Group Areas Act, and apartheid, and Category:Apartheid in South Africa lists many other relevant articles. If you have more questions, then the Humanities Reference Desk is probably the best place to ask. DuncanHill (talk) 23:18, 24 July 2024 (UTC)