2 Aug
2004
2 Aug
'04
7:25 a.m.
On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Teo Zenios wrote:
I wasn't talking about the kids. The kids are all right. It's the adults
that bother me.
That's
pretty much the same siutation with most electronics surplus
stores. It's a sad fact: kids are, indeed, not building anything anymore.
We're raising a nation of end-users, thanks to a number of factors, all
boiling down to selfish indifference.
I think there are alot of kids designing websites, programming, hacking, and
making the occasional virus. The fact that they put away the soldering iron
and took up the keyboard doesnt mean they are selfish or not creative, they my other hand was on the keyboard, ESD), equipment was
expensive. Today if a
pc card breaks its cheaper to chuck it and get a new/used one then it is to
even think of looking for the parts to fix it, same with all other
This is the biggest aspect of the problem. But if that's all it was, it
would be easy to solve. The main issues are that we have a) dumbed-down
school and educational requirements, b) stifled creativity in ways too
numerous to mention (i.e. kids being arrested for writing fantasy essays
about killing other students, teachers, etc.), c) have gotten so busy in
life that we have little spare time for hobbies, d) removed the hands-on
science classes from school because of budgetary reasons, e) generally
de-emphasized do-it-yourself and supplanted it with "Collect all 8! BUY
ME NOW YOU MINDLESS CONSUMER!!"
I'll bet an electronics surplus store would be very successful in a
third-world but emerging country like China for instance. India for sure
I'd imagine (John?)
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