I've been using computers for 15 years and the constant arrogance of my friends and colleagues is something I've grown use to.
It seems that more and more of us are becoming uneasy with this arogance lately because the days of my friends boasting about their latest Amiga demo or kicking people off IRC has turned into calls for retricted access to both computing and the Internet until 'they' are 'ready for it'
We already earn more than others, enjoy our jobs and bask in the glow of our percieved importance to society. What more do we want? What do we think we are entitled to? Super citizen status?
Perhaps Mr Katz can start a topic that will really throw the cat amongst the pigeons "Is our power corrupting us?"
It will happen. Out of the Box firewalls will be the virus software of the next Decade.
And as for those Geeks who think we 'earn' the right to more bandwidth or computers are becoming 'too easy', remember we are nothing more than the car mechanics of the 21st century. Some of us will work for Ferrari most of us will restore old C64s in our garage.
Look, most of us are geeks and we have all fixed computers belonging to Mums, Dads autie beryls and fred down the street because that's what we do.
As long as Linux is stable, has an easy GUI and can be used with Micro$oft products then it becomes a viable alternative. The same goes for the "killer apps". They don't have to be BETTER than Micro$oft because they are FREE.
When was the last time your mother installed a hard drive?
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I still think given the guys age and the seeming lack of knowledge of current pop culture, that it is named after Ginger Rogers because it has legs.
I've been using computers for 15 years and the constant arrogance of my friends and colleagues is something I've grown use to.
It seems that more and more of us are becoming uneasy with this arogance lately because the days of my friends boasting about their latest Amiga demo or kicking people off IRC has turned into calls for retricted access to both computing and the Internet until 'they' are 'ready for it'
We already earn more than others, enjoy our jobs and bask in the glow of our percieved importance to society. What more do we want? What do we think we are entitled to? Super citizen status?
Perhaps Mr Katz can start a topic that will really throw the cat amongst the pigeons "Is our power corrupting us?"
However you spell it, 'elite' is a shitty word.
It will happen. Out of the Box firewalls will be the virus software of the next Decade.
And as for those Geeks who think we 'earn' the right to more bandwidth or computers are becoming 'too easy', remember we are nothing more than the car mechanics of the 21st century. Some of us will work for Ferrari most of us will restore old C64s in our garage.
Look, most of us are geeks and we have all fixed computers belonging to Mums, Dads autie beryls and fred down the street because that's what we do.
As long as Linux is stable, has an easy GUI and can be used with Micro$oft products then it becomes a viable alternative. The same goes for the "killer apps". They don't have to be BETTER than Micro$oft because they are FREE.
When was the last time your mother installed a hard drive?
The Register has a very interesting take on the reason for Bill stepping down
Sorry to point out the obvious, but you didn't PAY for the badsoftware website.
If he CHARGED for legal advice and then had the disclaimer, fair 'nuf.