I trust my mailman to deliver; he always has. Computers fail alot either from upgrades or they just die then I don't get my bill to pay on time. I'm old with luck I'll die before we all go paperless.
DS On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:42:41 -0400 dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 11:17 AM, Dale E Sterner > <sunbeam...@juno.com> wrote: > > I get paper statments for everything and they now > > all charge me for the paper version. The bank is $3 > > and the phone is $5 for paper. I pay because I trust > > paper. Computer software is in constant flux. > > One day it works then over night they upgrade > > and you also have to upgrade to read it. Some times > > upgrades are easy but it usually means buying something > > new. If you buy something new they'll just do it again. > > You want to do everything the way you've been doing it for decades, > and not have to change what you do and how you do it. You want to > stay put where you are. What will you do when that's no longer > possible? > > In service of that you must jump through hoops and perform all > manner > of labor others have the computer do for them. It will become > increasingly harder as you go along. At some point, you may have no > choice, and simply have to do it differently because what you need > to > do can no longer be *done* the way you're doing now. Resisting > upgrades is storing up trouble for the future. When you finally > *have* to upgrade, it will be an order of magnitude harder than it > could have been because so *much* will change. > > What value do you place on your *time*? Everyone I know would look > at > what you've recounted as your process and say "That sort of stuff is > what a *computer* is for!" > > Personally, I think "doing it the way you've always done it" is more > important than "trust in paper" for you. > > > DS > ______ > Dennis > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ [Watch] What Happens Right Before a Heart Attack PhysioTru http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5ae347139de4b471379abst01duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
