No kidding. Folks often refer to thier computer in terms of what they use
it for most.
I often hear folks refer to thier computer as a "modem". I suppose they
do this because that is the main function of the machine for them - being
spammed by AOL.
Some call it thier 'hard drive'. Some call it thier 'Windows'.
I was lurking a bit today and saw some messages in this thread which
touched on this peeve of mine:
A quote from someone somewhere not on this list:
"Any sufficeintly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
I suffix this with: "If you don't look under the hood".
Most people today use technology continuously but accept those
technologies as facts of nature. To most, the telephone alone - a pretty
simple peice of gear, has no underlying explanation other than magic
because they are too stupid or complacent to observe the roots of the
technology and understand it.
The herd mentality is killing creativity and hampering our understanding
of our social being. You will find many millions who say "nuclear power
and nuclear bombs are bad", but you will find that nearly noone can draw a
crude diagram of a gun-type fission bomb, explain what fission is, or
explain how a nuclear power plant works. This ignorance, in my mind,
invalidates thier opinion on any aspect of technology.
If you are illiterate, you will have a hard time voting if you get my
meaning.
Regards,
Jeff
In <000901c0c06c$6430e1e0$9515a38e_at_98box>, on 04/08/01
at 04:58 PM, "Lanny Cox" <chronic_at_nf.sympatico.ca> said:
>Seriously though, this is an increasing problem. Many supposedly educated
>computer types still refer to a tower as a "hard drive" and a processor
>(be it whatever it is) as a "Pentium".
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