[geeks] State of IT

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Thu Aug 1 15:38:59 CDT 2002


On August 1, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > >   C'mon, Josh.  You don't have a reputation for being a wimp.
> > 
> > You know, computing took a big slide when the computer's construction was
> > cheapified to the point that instead of thinking about hitting the
> > computer and realizing how much damage you could do to yourself, you could
> > actually hit the computer and damage it.
> 
> Yes.  But then, people would move enmass to crap leaving us fun
> affordable toys.  What are Octanes down to now?

  Josh makes an excellent point here.  The morons can use the cheap
commercial trash, leaving the real computers for those of us who
appreciate (and know, and have needs for) them.

      -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire                     "...it's all pants, all the time."
St. Petersburg, FL                                   -Joshua Boyd



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