On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:10:12 -0700 Max OrHai <max.or...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A computer is a necessary tool for engaging with the modern world > of human knowledge and culture. A truly personal computer should be fully > understandable and extensible, inside and out, by its individual users, > without the users having to devote a disproportionate amount of effort to > this understanding. If these users thereby become more "productive", that's > great too, but I don't think that's the major goal. (devil's advocate) That's precisely why I wash my clothes by hand. (my competence in mechanics, electrotechnics & thermodynamics is far too limited to fully master a washing machine -- not to speak of embedded digital control systems) Denis ________________________________ vit esse estrany ☣ spir.wikidot.com _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
