A little less of your ego and you might actually consider what I'm saying. We, you and I have no idea what technology will be here in a decade, two decades, longer..it is presumptuous to assume you are just smarter than the previous generations and will just grok it.
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:25 PM, b_s-wilk <[email protected]> wrote: > mike escribió: > > > >> I get the feeling Betty is that farmer on the side of the road 100 years >> ago >> ridiculing his neighbor for using a fancy tractor with one of those >> engines >> to plow his field instead of the tried and true mule or team of horses. >> Sure the next few years...decade...the horse was pretty reliable, but it >> didn't take long before that farmer was left behind still crowing about >> how >> bad those jalopies were. >> >> I think back to teaching my great uncle the computer basics, a man with >> two doctorates, a world traveler, decorated officer in WW2, >> composer...friend to several presidents. The computer was just beyond >> him...technology had grown from his grasp of the age he was born in. Will >> we be like that when our children or grand children are running around >> with >> the newest tech? >> > > > Hej sonny boy. Old folks in your great uncle's generation--and > older--invented computers. > > I studied programming long before PCs. I've worked for companies via the > Internet and never met any other employees in person. My brother and I built > a mechanical computer as a school project [after the 5 foot slide rule was > done]. There are sensible uses for technology, fun things to do, expensive > business applications, and pie-in-the-sky geek fantasies. > > It makes sense to use redundant remote storage for business. It's overkill > for an individual to store all personal files remotely. It's also stupid. > Why? The Internet isn't everywhere, so your files are locked away in the > "cloud" until you can get them. I store duplicates of important files on the > Internet for when we're traveling. Most of the time I can't access them from > our remote locations, so I have to carry cryptic info with me. > > Put your imagination to work on something more useful. Why not write some > viruses? That's a fun hobby. > > Betty > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
