Date   : Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:48:31 -0000
From   : mark@... (Mark Usher)
Subject: [OT] Who'da thought...

> Yet, you know what? I kinda miss the simplicity of the BBC era machines.
That's why *we* still tinker with them... I don't miss the limitations of
what it is capable of though :-)

> well... chance of repair is going to cost more than a
bin-it-and-start-again
> approach. Today's hardware isn't designed to be understood. It is designed
> to allow the drooling masses to gawk at kittens and naked asians. And play
> inane games on Facebook.
The price of convenience. Do you really want to spend time trying to fix
things, or swap it out for something that works. It depends on your goal -
understanding how it works, or just using it. Disposable culture started
over 100 years ago with the razor and ball point pen. Are we bothered about
the mess the ink makes, changing nibs or do you simply want to just write
something down. I use the iPhone touch screen for that now anyway ;-)

//M