Late Adopters Prefer the Tried and True

smooth wombat writes "There is a fairly significant portion of the population which does not go out and grab the newest OS, gadget, web browser or any other technology related product. Why? It's not because they're luddites but rather, they are comfortable with what they know. Take the case of John Uribe, a 56-year old real estate agent who still uses AOL dial-up and only recently switched to Firefox after being prodded for weeks by an AOL message telling him that on March 1st, AOL would no longer support Netscape. Why did it take him so long to stop using Netscape and make the switch? From the article: 'It worked for me, so I stuck with it. Until there is really some reason to totally abandon it, I won't.'"

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Re:Enterprises & Browser Stats

[GeneralPayne]

True stats according to W3Schools Enjoy

criminals love guns

[circletimessquare]

so do fascists

i don't see those with firearms as protecting me from fascists and criminals. i see those who crave guns as the spirit of the will to power via force that is the genesis of criminality and fascism. what part of your mind do guns appeal to? not your noble part, that's for sure

the very people that guns are supposed to protect us from crave these tools. they appeal to those who wish to undermine civil society, not be a part of it, or protect it

if one uses a gun, one does so with great sober reserve, as a last resort. not as a first line. that is why i view with great suspicion those who champion guns in civil life. these people are the soldiers of fascism and crime, not our saviors from it. carry around a gun, have a gun in your house, and a gun replaces dialog in moments of confusion and passion, moments that no one, no one is immune from. a gun in your house does not promote peace, it promotes tragedy

and i see in those running to and embracing and worshipping guns in their lives the same genesis of fascist thinking and criminal thinking: "i must make my point via force of arms, rather than via my force of thought." people with such a fetish therefore undermine civil society, not protect it

for every act of crime that guns save us from, another 9 situations occur where the gun is the creator of the crime

guns are a dimwit's and a fool's and an evil man's tool. not the protector of civil society. an underminer of it

when i encounter someone who evangelicises the positive role of guns in their lives, i see a fascist, and i see a criminal. a real noble man goes to deadly force with great reserve and sober and grim last resort. they don't put a smile on their face and show it around as their public face to the world. this betrays a lack of character

to depend upon deadly force, rather than the force of your mind and your word, is the sign of an evil man, a dumb man, and an insecure man