7 Mar
2005
7 Mar
'05
8:20 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Hmm sand and bamboo how would you do that ?...
I'm baffled
by those who would gladly spend months searching for the
right NOS replacement part for a 20-year-old computer, and who would
cheerfully build their own computer out of sand and bamboo on a desert
island given a proper vacation, or who've memorized the arcana of all
mechanical and electrical technology in the last 100 years, or whom
I am not particularly scared of new technology. I am
scared (or rather I
object to) using inappropriate technology. For the <nth> time, just
because something is new does not automatically make it better than that
which came before. Classicmp'ers more than anyone should realise that.
Well I tust visible techology as compared to hidden or controled techology.
I learn something every day too. The day I stop
learning is the day I am
6' under in a pine box.
Well don't snore TOO loud ... you might wake the other dead.
-tony