I think that there will always be people that drag their feet on stuff. There are alot of people out there that could benefit from learning more about the software and hardware that they use, but they never take the time to learn. My ex was like that.
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > As for tech-savvy, the crowds I run with are surprisingly near-Luddites. > Many of them own more than one computer, and have no clue as to how to use > them, beyond basic work functions. Their kids have to help them out. > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: hellomahog...@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:29:41 -0800 > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Are humans holding back technological > development? > > > I think that people are becoming more tech savvy. They may not be at the > Star Trek level of common knowledge but we're getting there. The problem > that I see is that people tend to think price, then style, then > functionality and performance. That hurts us all over the years. Especially > if you protract it over several generations. > > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Martin Baxter > <truthseeker...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > > Mr Worf, I really have to say no, because I see all of the Average Joes > running out to pick up those Bluetooth gizmos and HDTVs, half of them fully > clueless as to how to use the stuff. A couple of weeks ago, I upgraded my > mobile broadband service, and had to go into the Sprint Store to do so. > There was a guy there who'd bought some iClonePhone just the day before, and > had to bring it back to the store because he wiped out all of the > programming the second time he tried to use it. (Though I could use that as > the basis of a "yes" case.) > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > ------------------------------ > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > From: hellomahog...@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:00:43 -0800 > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Are humans holding back technological development? > > > Human behavior seems to have a big influence on if an invention will be > popular enough to exist and become ubiquitous or not. Often it is not the > want for a better technology, but for what is the cheapest technology that > really drives the market. For example, a few years after the incandescent > light bulb was invented, the florescent light bulb was created. Although it > is a better technology, it took nearly 120 years before the florescent bulbs > caught on. > > Here is a second example. The electric hybrid car was invented in 1899 by > Ferdinand Porsche. In the beginning the technology although in its early > development stages proved that the technology worked, but was also reliable. > Porsche's electric hybrid technology went on to be used by trucking > companies in France and Germany. It took 100 years later for it to make > inroads to being mainstream. > > We have seen it played out over and over again. For example, VHS over Beta, > Coke over Pepsi, PC over Mac, Atari over Amiga on and on. Many technologies > that were skipped over or forgotten in the beginning end up finding a new > life many years later down the road where scientists had to make a U turn > and start down a new path. > > Are we, the human collective, our worst enemy when it comes to our own > development? > > -- > Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > ------------------------------ > Chat with Messenger straight from your Hotmail inbox. Check it > out<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.aspx?ocid=PID23879::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-ww:WM_IMHM_4:092009> > > > > > -- > Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > ------------------------------ > Windows Live Hotmail gives you a free,exclusive gift. Click here to > download.<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.aspx?ocid=PID23879::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-ww:WM_IMHM_7:092009> > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for over 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
