Re: Apple II: Second Best Tech Product of All Time!

["mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Apr 6, 4:12 am, aiiad...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Apr 3, 3:08 pm, Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumf...@xgmail.xcom>
> wrote:
>
> > > TiVo HDR110 (1999),
>
>   Why would you watch that crap NOW, or record it for LATER viewing?

Round here, we primarily use the HTPC to timeshift current affairs,
documentaries, etc off the public television stations. Something I
have no ethical dilemma with whatsoever since I'm funding it :)

>   An amazing invention thousands of years ago was the book.  This is
> usually sheets of paper with words written on it, telling a story
> about something.  You don't need to record it for later...  you
> already have the recording if you have the book.

Hopefully this holiday period I will finally be able to finish
Hofstadter's GEB :-)

>   throw away your TV's.  Stop being programmed.  Sit in front of your
> Apple II and be the programmer, not the programmed.

Ouch! Mate, I know how you feel, but seriously, try to accept the
reality of Sturgeon's Law: 90% of everything (including books!) is
crap. As free thinkers we can separate the wheat from the chaff.

If you boycott communications mediums, you risk becoming the very
prisoner you seem to be trying to free :-)

Matt