Computer-as-appliance is a bit of an ideal that's still a long way off, and gets further out exponentially as people try to do more and more with them. I can't foresee a time where general purpose computers don't require a degree of skill be acquired on the part of the operator.
Thanks for the recommendation - maybe Mr Norman can pursuade me otherwise.
But in your example, you're not actually trying to fly the plane.
The people under discussion here are trying to use a complex piece of computing machinery and expecting to be able to use it out of the box, without putting any effort into learning how to operate it effectively.
I had this exact discussion with Comcast just last week. In the end I gave up trying to convince them that my router isn't the problem when my cable light is flashing, hung up, called the television cable support people and told them my picture was fuzzy (it really was). Within an hour, t.v. and cable modem were both fixed.
Ah yes, when computer magazines weren't 90% ads, and contained genuinely useful and interesting, intelligtently written articles covering a myriad of topics both popular and obscure.
once ACCESS IS GRANTED you should of course be treated to a fabulous 3D display of a bank vault opening followed by a further 3D rendering of the machine's contents. To truly complete the Hollywood PC you also need a large flying envelope when email comes in.
Well I ran Slackware for years (now use Gentoo/Debian/Redhat in various different systems), read my mail in mutt, and reboot into Windows XP to play one of several favourite games. I use Linux because I like it and because it's the geek thing to do. Guess that makes me Geek number 3?:-)
Personally I don't see what people get out of cheating like this. Where's the fun? Where's the challenge? If you make it so easy you don't need to work or think at the gamem, what's the point?
Not to mention if they got the monitor used they won't necessarily have a manual. And don't tell me they could check on the web... they may not necessarily have a web connection either.
The point he misses is the net is a tool. Use it when it makes sense to use it. When it would make your life somehow easier - not just for the sake of using it. Doh.
Ah, but what if vi, emacs, more, less and every other program capable of viewing source is altered to automatically filter out the monitoring sections of the source code, huh? Huh? What about that then... damn the man...
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Couldn't agree more.
Computer-as-appliance is a bit of an ideal that's still a long way off, and gets further out exponentially as people try to do more and more with them. I can't foresee a time where general purpose computers don't require a degree of skill be acquired on the part of the operator.
Thanks for the recommendation - maybe Mr Norman can pursuade me otherwise.
Yes, the dumb shooty things are better.
But in your example, you're not actually trying to fly the plane.
The people under discussion here are trying to use a complex piece of computing machinery and expecting to be able to use it out of the box, without putting any effort into learning how to operate it effectively.
Maybe I'm just another jaded support tech.
So a PC then?
Max Payne is $20 brand new... it's in the Greatest Hits series. I'd say you got ripped off.
I had this exact discussion with Comcast just last week. In the end I gave up trying to convince them that my router isn't the problem when my cable light is flashing, hung up, called the television cable support people and told them my picture was fuzzy (it really was). Within an hour, t.v. and cable modem were both fixed.
Amen. Nicely put. And me with no mod points today.
Ah yes, when computer magazines weren't 90% ads, and contained genuinely useful and interesting, intelligtently written articles covering a myriad of topics both popular and obscure.
:-(
Where did you go?
I feel the same way about my custom bash prompt. A new installation is not complete until it's in place. :-)
On the other hand, my desktop is plain black.
once ACCESS IS GRANTED you should of course be treated to a fabulous 3D display of a bank vault opening followed by a further 3D rendering of the machine's contents. To truly complete the Hollywood PC you also need a large flying envelope when email comes in.
Well I ran Slackware for years (now use Gentoo/Debian/Redhat in various different systems), read my mail in mutt, and reboot into Windows XP to play one of several favourite games. I use Linux because I like it and because it's the geek thing to do. Guess that makes me Geek number 3? :-)
Looks like you could use an editor with a decent spell checker... ;-)
Yeah but if you back up / then your private ssh key gets stored nicely on the remote server and you blow your security. ;-)
It's called "stopping the rot before it starts"
I wanna see it!
I often wonder why it is Microsoft has never chosen to integrate Zip compression into the OS. Seems like an obvious step.
Personally I don't see what people get out of cheating like this. Where's the fun? Where's the challenge? If you make it so easy you don't need to work or think at the gamem, what's the point?
Not to mention if they got the monitor used they won't necessarily have a manual. And don't tell me they could check on the web... they may not necessarily have a web connection either.
Mmmm... and Windows comes with such fine printed documentation. Don't see them bashing Windows now, do we?
Microsoft started that horrible CD-documentation trend years ago.
ALRIGHT! EVERYBODY STOP SAYING LEGOS!
It's Lego! Bloody Americans.
There. I feel better now.
The point he misses is the net is a tool. Use it when it makes sense to use it. When it would make your life somehow easier - not just for the sake of using it. Doh.
No problem here on Win98 or Suse 6.2 running 2.2.13 with a 1371 - PII 450 with 128mb. Plug it in, compile the kernel and you're done.
Um... ZipSlack?
Ah, but what if vi, emacs, more, less and every other program capable of viewing source is altered to automatically filter out the monitoring sections of the source code, huh? Huh? What about that then... damn the man...