Madame Pandora
Deliciously Aware of Impending Sins
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Weird Harold said:
Harold you are so patient. Such a grandpa. No wonder you don't look out of place at Disney.
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Are You Afraid Of Your Computer?
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Harold you are so patient. Such a grandpa. No wonder you don't look out of place at Disney.
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Weird Harold
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Madame Pandora said:
Since Walt was nice enough to open Disneyland on my sixth birthday, I could never look out of place there. It is the Happiest Place On Earth, built for children of all ages. I'll never be too old to have a happy childhood, so I just have to fit in there.
As far as patience goes, I'm not afraid of computers because I know just how stupid they are, People are easy to be patient with. I've only met one person that was right when he thought his computer was smarter than he was.
Everyone else just needs to remember that computers only do exactly what they're told. Unfortunately, what they are told to do, isn't always what we want them to do.
ShyGuy68
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Ohh I do like my computer, and I think I use the abilities it have pretty well.
What I don't like it the way it's nessesary to delete windows and reinstall it again now and then, that's a pain to do, especially installing all the software afterwards.
What I don't like it the way it's nessesary to delete windows and reinstall it again now and then, that's a pain to do, especially installing all the software afterwards.
livin_simple
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But it LOOKED like a Coffee Cup Holder!?!
True confession coming up. In my profile I claim to be a techno-nerd, the exact flavor is software engineer for a small high-tech company. I work all day trying to beat the stupid things (yes, Weird Harold is right) into submitting to my will. I only unpacked my personal computer last night, seven months after moving into the current abode. Then while loading some software, a new toy - the real reason for unpacking the beast, I had lots of time to reflect upon how obsolete and slow the two year old (300Mhz P2) machine has become. Also had some philosophical musings about the Kansas native who received the Nobel Prize this year for inventing the Micro-chip thus beginning this entire electronics revolution.
Ahh, but I'm rambling.
I believe that in many ways the computer has become the new Idiot box. Only it is far more interactive than a television remote can ever hope to attain. The vast majority of people barely skim the surface of their computer's capabilities. The internet has gone the next step toward the empowered Idiot revolution by allowing people to think Access to Information is the same as Posession of Knowledge.
OK, now I'm ranting and raving.
I think the love hate relationship has come about because the free market did not ensure the survival of the best operating system, only the best marketed operating system. The lobotimization (wow did I get that right?) of Microsoft could be the greatest thing for computer users since the move away from the DOS operating system.
True confession coming up. In my profile I claim to be a techno-nerd, the exact flavor is software engineer for a small high-tech company. I work all day trying to beat the stupid things (yes, Weird Harold is right) into submitting to my will. I only unpacked my personal computer last night, seven months after moving into the current abode. Then while loading some software, a new toy - the real reason for unpacking the beast, I had lots of time to reflect upon how obsolete and slow the two year old (300Mhz P2) machine has become. Also had some philosophical musings about the Kansas native who received the Nobel Prize this year for inventing the Micro-chip thus beginning this entire electronics revolution.
Ahh, but I'm rambling.
I believe that in many ways the computer has become the new Idiot box. Only it is far more interactive than a television remote can ever hope to attain. The vast majority of people barely skim the surface of their computer's capabilities. The internet has gone the next step toward the empowered Idiot revolution by allowing people to think Access to Information is the same as Posession of Knowledge.
OK, now I'm ranting and raving.
I think the love hate relationship has come about because the free market did not ensure the survival of the best operating system, only the best marketed operating system. The lobotimization (wow did I get that right?) of Microsoft could be the greatest thing for computer users since the move away from the DOS operating system.
