29 May
2024
29 May
'24
11:50 p.m.
I apologize for my active participation in the offensive thread.
Yeah, I just couldn't get past his insistence that method of purchase was
more important than use.
Yes, CHATGPT could probably give a definitive answer to "When did Steve
Jobs invent the personal computer?"
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
On Wed, 29 May 2024, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
> On Wed, May 29, 2024, 6:49 AM CAREY SCHUG via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
>> something can be BOTH a "personal computer" *AND* "industrial
computer"
>> (or whatever term you want to use)
>>
>
> So now you've incorporated "industrial" into the mix in order to
extend
> this stupid debate out even beyond the ridiculous place it is now.
>
> You are conflating and making dichotomous terms that aren't: "personal"
vs.
> "business" is not a valid comparison here.
>
> "Personal Computer" is in fact a careless marketing term with no fixed
> and/or coherent meaning.
>
> I recommend you move this debate to ChatGPT. It has endless patience for
> this nonsense. I don't.
>
> Sellam