Re: Cory Doctorow on iPad, Apple ][+

["Don" <numberfiveplusone@gmail.com>]

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> There remains the point that Apple seems intent on delivering
> technology that "is indistinguishable from magic"...  ;-)
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I think most technology is going that way ... even the lowly light bulb has 
morphed from a device [the incandescent lamp] that can be understood by any 
high school graduate to a new form [CFL] that requires a bit more than 
knowledge of basic electricity to fathom the workings of. :-) [I took one 
apart and was amazed at the dense packing of electronics embedded in the 
little screw-base.]

OTOH most people are not Geeks and don't care if they understand *how* it 
works so long as it let's them check Aunt Bessie's Facebook page. :-)
-- 
be seeing you ... Don
Don Melton, Sr. Consultant, Vatic Technologies Limited