New subject: car computers

15 Aug 1998

At 12:46 PM 8/14/98 -0700, you wrote:
...
 I fell very truly sorry for you.  In a computer you
have such an awesome
and powerful device, which can educate you in more than a few ways.
Newer equipment to a lesser degree, it's all black-boxes and corporate secrets
...
 now, but older gear is perfect for finding out how
things work.  It's a shame 
A quick question...  How many people know how to work on their cars?  How
many drive older vehicles without as much "black-box" stuff?  

I think that automobiles are similar, in that knowing how they work, and
how to work on them, is really cool, and yet, a lot of us drive modern
machines (<20yo) and take them to mechanics, without ever thinking about
them.  That's not wrong, but if you can see the similarity, it may help to
understand those who use computers without caring about how they work, or
without wanting to work on them themselves.

(P.S., I drive a '59 Land Rover(s) and my girlfriend's '89 Mazda.)

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