23 Feb
2013
23 Feb
'13
9:58 a.m.
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 11:09 AM PST Murray McCullough wrote:
Should we be surprised at how and why
classic-computing, this site in
particular, is so popular amongst the hobbyist/experimenter community
today? There is a modicum of control that?s lacking in today?s
computing, or computing-like, technology. Granted it?s ?easier? to
use/employ, nearly by all; everything, or almost, done without
consumer input but turning the infernal beast on. Or, maybe not with
the ?intelligence agents? been employed today! And even our computers
I dare say going this route. Automatic updates, etc., etc.,
happen?Making a computer or otherwise do what you want it to do,
rather than say an Apple or something akin, is fast becoming a thing
of the past. Freedom. Let?s hope it?s not pass? either!
Murray--
For a lot of people in the various seasons of life, being acquainted with every aspect of
their machines just isn't practical. Most people don't even care, much less have
the background to understand what's going on/wrong and what's needed periodically.
OS's are way too complex (MS-DOS was complex).
Linux is everywhere these days. Yet even it has effectively been hijacked by a malicious
corporate monster (in Android). I bought a tablet a few weeks ago, and one of the initial
setup screens declared "I agree to accept updates from Google". Apart from
hitting "Learn more", and that's only a possibility, don't know, thought
of utilizing that after the fact, I had no way of opting out. I won't use the thing on
the internet until I figure out how to disable that.
Freedom has a price.