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US's Slow Embrace of Information Technology

Posted by kdawson on from the it's-Windows-isn't-it dept.

mattnyc99 writes "To motivate his new column, Popular Mechanics' Glenn Derene takes research data from a discussion here of his last column. He analyzes a new study released this week — revealing that fully 49 percent of Americans 'only occasionally use modern gadgetry' — to compare the rise of the PC with that of the TV and ask a big question: What keeps the most important and powerful communication tool since the telephone from being universally embraced?"

6 of 210 comments (clear)

  1. Why, you ask? by beavis88 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it's because, at the end of the day, both computer hardware and software are generally troublesome pieces of shit.

  2. I'm going to go with... by Moggyboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Terrorism.

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  3. I was going to say "Windows" by benjcurry · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe it's because, at the end of the day, both computer hardware and software are generally troublesome pieces of shit.
    I was going to say "Windows," but I see you beat me to it.
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  4. I was going to say "Windows" by benjcurry · · Score: 5, Funny

    Terrorism.
    I was going to say "Windows," but I see you beat me to it.
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  5. There is a reason. by mlush · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup

  6. Re:Blindingly obvious by nschubach · · Score: 3, Funny

    But he would have never received the research grant money.

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