22 Apr
2002
22 Apr
'02
2:14 a.m.
On April 22, Richard Erlacher wrote:
Most of the people I've met who use UNIX/LINUX in
their home-computing
pursuits do it because they've nothing better to do. You may not fit that
model, but these guys figure out ways to make their computers more secure,
more complicated to use, and often have to type for several minutes to find
out whether a copy of a file on their local hard drive is available on that
other box down the wire. When my machines are all turned on, I can do that in
less than 15 seconds, and that long only because I can't remember the file
name.
This is the one of your trolls that I think I'll ignore.
I just want (1) for my computers to act in concert to
present me with a
convenient interface and (2) for them to work as expected. They seem to do
that most of the time. In recent years my cars have been more reliable than
my computers, but that wasn't the case some years back when I used Detroit
iron. When my computers become as reliable as my telephone, which may happen
not because the computers get better but ... then I'll be happy enough, I
I suppose I'm more demanding than to accept my computers working as
expected "most of the time". My computers are much MORE reliable than
my telephone. But then, I don't use PeeCees, and I don't run Windows.
I suppose it's just an issue of personal/professional standards and
expectations. If I had a hammer that randomly jumped off of my
workbench and flew through a window, I'd throw it in the trash and get
a better hammer. I did exactly that with my computer a very long time
ago.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire "Mmmm. Big."
St. Petersburg, FL -Den