I think that I might be the tech-saviest of the lot at work. Now, since I'm older than some of the 'gers, I'd think that I'd be the slower poke, but no. They are as wit' it, on 'puters as Buddy Epson was on Park Avenue. I'd suspect, hidden deep in the small town mind is "Green Acres". Ed-Earl, Ed, Edd, and Eddy, Bill, Ed and Ed (Newhart), and the like. "That's the way it's always been", has been uttered more than once.
So ... I guess the time of the pen and pencil will remain in this untouched world. I think (again of Trek) the prime directive of not altering the course of a planet's development. It's just sad to see it limp around like it does. That's not like Nemo's "special fin"! That's intentional self-binding and blinding!
"Oh, bother." - Pooh Bear, c/o Milne
Friday, April 06, 2007
thinking ...
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I've witnessed this phenomenom myself. While I HAVE met the next generation of bad-ass computer users, they're few and far between--I think most the kids use them as an appliance with e-mail, instant messaging and web surfing for predators. We didn't have those things, and we chimed it very close to the origin of the home computer, so we've seen things like DOS, and in observing the progression, we understand them better. That's my hypothesis. That fact that those kids are impressed with my meager talents is testament to that. I always expect the kids to be spinning their laptop on their finger like Meadowlark Lemon.
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