aimcompute wrote: > Access to a computer does not translate to wanting to use it, or skill in > doing digital processing. Most people just want to take photos and show > them to friends or send them to relatives. A computer can facilitate this, > or, if the reciving party does not have one, hinder it. There are A LOT of > people out there that couldn't care less about computers (my father in-law) > and don't want to use or understand them. There are others who can't afford > them
Agreed. My sister has a computer, although she got it mainly for her daughter to use for school work, research, and the like. The computer is an older one, a gift from our brother. Sis knows little about the fine points of using the machine - she can just barely send e-mail, knows little or nothing about how to add or delete programs or files, and has little or no enthusiasm for learning. She, as a parent of a young daughter, has more important things to do. Half the time I send her a photo by email she can't read it for some reason. She doesn't know why. While she is educated and has a good income, computers and all that go with them are of little concern for her. She likes to take family pictures, and sends them to me and others in our family by regular mail. There's no hurry for her to do that. She's got no deadline. And frankly, I like getting pics in the mail. Although they can be sent via email, I'd then have to by a printer to see them other than on a screen, and I'd have to learn another program, and maybe buy a new computer, and rearrange my office to make some space for the printer, and then buy paper and ink, and I don't know what all else. It ain't worth it for a few snap shots. She mails a pic, I look at it, if I like it I put it in a frame and stick it on my dresser, and I can see it whenever I want. Sometimes people get pretty hung up on using technology to do a something very simple. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/enter.html http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/cameras/pentax_repair_shops.html - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
