12 Feb
2013
12 Feb
'13
1:01 p.m.
On Mon, 11 Feb 2013, Murray McCullough wrote:
Back in the early years of mass-computerism you had to
be a
hobbyist/experimenter with good soldering skills to make computers do
what you wanted them to do. Today they do it without your input and/or
knowledge.
"Today they do IT"??!?
What is "IT"?
Does that actually reference "what you wanted them to do"??
They certainly do things without input and/or knowledge, but not
necessarily what you wanted them to do!
Is that not scary? Were there prognosticators who
predicted
what would be now, 35-40 yrs. on?
Didn't we all?
". . . They will be everywhere, and in everything. You'll have
computers in watches, rings, earrings, fillings in your teeth,
and IMPLANTED. cf. "President's Analyst" And, if the SUITS
get control, they will do all sorts of things you don't want
and don't know about."
Vintage/classic computing were the
safer years, maybe not as exciting! Maybe part of the answer is not to
be connected but we would lose out on participating in this forum and
so much more.
Much more exciting. Current stuff is locked up - it is DIFFICULT to make
anything new or change anything existing. We are being forced into a role
of CONSUMERS (product for advertisers?) instead of artists and creators.
We don't even know WHO TPC is, anymore.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com