OT:techology

[woodelf]

Tony Duell wrote:

>>I'm baffled by those who would gladly spend months searching for the 
>>right NOS replacement part for a 20-year-old computer, and who would 
>>cheerfully build their own computer out of sand and bamboo on a desert 
>>island given a proper vacation, or who've memorized the arcana of all 
>>mechanical and electrical technology in the last 100 years, or whom
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Hmm  sand and bamboo  how would you do that  ?...

>I am not particularly scared of new technology. I am scared (or rather I 
>object to) using inappropriate technology. For the <nth> time, just 
>because something is new does not automatically make it better than that 
>which came before. Classicmp'ers more than anyone should realise that.
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Well I tust visible techology as compared to hidden or controled techology.

>I learn something every day too. The day I stop learning is the day I am 
>6' under in a pine box.
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Well don't snore TOO loud ... you might wake the other dead.

>-tony
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