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NPR/Face the Nation-anyone hear it? PC stuff

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Orkrist the Cleaver, Aug 14, 2001.

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    [​IMG] I wqas listening to NPR today (yes I'm still unemployed and don't start school for one more week) and it was about the 20 yr birthday for the PC. There were a few guests, one of whom spoke about the decay of society and the connectedness of social systems due to the internet, and how he doesn't know anyone who tells great stories anymore (can you believe it?) and there was a time when you could work on your own car if you wanted to (you had to, they broke all the time). Anyway, I tried to call and get on there but it was busy. So, I listened for a while and shut it off.
    Anyway, what are your thought on the internet, the future of computers, and what the PC can do for you? Personally, I love them. I used to hate them, but I've grown more familiar with them and I'm always learning how to better use them and their capabilities. I remember working on TRS-80's in grade school and learning BASIC. I'm not too big on PCs in schools these days because I think they learn how to use them, but they don't learn how they work or the language they understand and why. The end result are students who know how to go online and be advertised to and go shopping or play Tribes! But, by and large, I love computers. I love the fact that I finally bought one a few years ago. Not just for the games and the internet, but for all the time it has saved me and the fun it provides just checking it out and tinkering and so on.
     
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    [​IMG] Orkrist, I'm in agreement with you. So many people today can use computer but don't know why things happen, i.e. how they work. BASIC or DOS were great languages because if you know how to write the command the computer would do what you wanted. Today in a window environment many time things don't work because the designers did 'think' of doing things that way and thus did not code it into the system. You are limited by their creativity.

    Windows don't teach you the technology just a process. So many users don't know why things happen and if anything goes wrong they are at a loss.
     
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