Re: Playing the numbers

[Allen Brunson <brunson@techcontrol.com>]

Alexander --

> Tastes are really different... I think there is a lot of truth in 
> "Deeper understanding" - of course it only shows the dangers involved 
> with computers, but it's all true nevertheless - true maybe in far too 
> many cases...

Hello, and thanks for letting me get in the debate even if I HAVEN'T 
heard "The Dreaming" yet ....

I didn't make myself very clear.  I don't mind the "isolation" and "i've 
chosen a bad thing to obsess on" themes of "Deeper Understanding."  It's 
the DETAILS she gets wrong.  "I was loading a new program" -- uh huh, 
lots of computer users say THAT ... and "press Execute" ... Um, let's 
see, was it the Lisa that had an 'execute' key?  The Ti-99?  Can't seem 
to remember ....  And naturally we HAVE to have the little synth-y beeps 
and boops, *everybody* knows computers make those kinds of noises, 
silly.  I don't watch TV, but if there was a video, let me guess: There 
were rotating, spinning wireframe models on the screen.  Cliches, 
cliches, cliches.

Allen
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I don't trust you
Why should you trust me?  -- The Clash