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To: mountainlion

I have news for you:

A truck is not a computer, and, driving hasn’t changed in the last 100 years; nor does it need to change.

Technical devices are in constant evolution, but in general, they get easier each new iteration. Driving involves a vehicle with 4 wheels and an engine and a drive shaft and steering mechanisms. Most of what a driver needs to know, is how to put in in gear and press the gas or brake pedals. The other stuff is hidden from the driver, and he/she doesn’t really need to know them.

In a computer, there are more things that an owner can manage and manipulate. It’s not as simple as turn it on and go. Information has to be retrieved, and oftentimes, stored. And, along the way, manipulated and analyzed. And, in the end, it’s supposed to feed the brain with more useful information. It’s a complicated set of processes which bring together all the pieces of what comprises a computer, and it’s actually being made quite simple for people to use those devices. A car, although a very complicated piece of machinery, doesn’t do much, other than to get people from point a to point b. A computer’s task is much more demanding, and thus, there will continue to be new ways to make things happen, but, they are continuing to get simpler. Heck, communicating with a computer is as simple as typing and touching and lately, even talking to it and having it “read” or follow your eyes.

A TV set is a very simple device to use. But lately, with he many new attachments and peripheral devices which complement TVs lately, they are not so simple anymore. Though simplicity might be the desired goal, functionality might make simplicity not as easily implemented. Driving a truck is not anymore complicated than it was 50 years ago, but, the insides have become a bit more challenging and a bit more busy. Now we have GPSes and computer screens and connectivity for smartphones and other devices. Driving is still simple, but, using the entire vehicle’s set of features is not as simple as in the past.

So, even your truck analogy is flawed, when one starts to look at it in detail.


85 posted on 03/23/2013 11:30:29 AM PDT by adorno (Y)
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To: adorno

I don’t think we will come to agreement.

You have provided no evidence however that I do not like windows 8.


90 posted on 03/23/2013 4:18:28 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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