2 Nov
2003
2 Nov
'03
5:27 p.m.
In message <Pine.LNX.4.33.0311022228170.16501-100000(a)siconic.com>
Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> wrote:
You've just pointed out one of the biggest
problems facing our society.
When general knowledge of technology is lost, what then? Are all the
high-tech jobs going to be in India and China within 20 years? If so,
what will we be doing here in the US, and probably in Europe too?
I know the
feeling. ATM I'm at college (studying computer programming, but
that's another story). I did mention briefly to someone that I was interested
in electronics, specifically as a hobby. His response was "Oh, so you're one
of *those* weirdos are you?" (his emphasis, not mine). This same person later
joined an amateur radio group - the universe has some strange way of
balancing itself out :-)
I find it ironic that he picked a hobby that is incredibly closely related to
electronics, yet he still seems to consider electronics to be "a whole load
of crap". I'd like to see what he'd do without his precious alarm clock, TV
or video recorder :-)
The only people who will still know how all this crap
works is the people
here on this list.
And maybe some of the guys in sci.electronics.repair. Maybe.
Later.
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