^ Yes the transparent invoking imagination thing On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 5:30 AM, glen <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/27/2014 10:28 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote: >> As far as i'm conerned thatas what's missing from modern devices the >> sense there kind of like a partner on your journies. > > Well said. I really like the ability to swap out ROMs, poke around and build > my own image, modify the boot scripts, etc. I do think it's a bit antithetic > to the "just works" sense, though. Different people have different > expectations about whatever they're handling at the time. I have low > expectations... it has to just do something... then it has to evoke, to me, > the impression that it could do more ... which is not hard because I'm > gullible. Having something that "just works" in every sense of the concept > kinda puts up a wall between me and my imagination. If the device and > workflow are too opaque... require too much engineering or wizardry, then I > don't care if it works or really what it does... it puts me off. I'd much > rather have a crusty, almost broken thing that is more transparent and > provokes my imagination. > > I also like science fiction space ships that have lots of bumps and peculiar > devices poking out of them, too. ;-) And the Borg were always more > aesthetically pleasing than the Federation drones. > > -- > ⇒⇐ glen e. p. ropella > In this world where I am king > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
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