Re: [AFMUG] why do the tech averse buy so many tech toys?

2020-10-13 Thread Jaime Solorza
BFM On Tue, Oct 13, 2020, 3:50 PM Bill Prince wrote: > It's not tech. It's magic. People like magic. > > -- > bp > part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com > > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 2:28 PM Adam Moffett wrote: > >> I'd be inclined to shun almost any Internet enabled device. Until proven >> otherwise,

Re: [AFMUG] why do the tech averse buy so many tech toys?

2020-10-13 Thread Bill Prince
It's not tech. It's magic. People like magic. -- bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 2:28 PM Adam Moffett wrote: > I'd be inclined to shun almost any Internet enabled device. Until proven > otherwise, I'd assume all the software is a Jenga tower of Java libraries > and code

Re: [AFMUG] why do the tech averse buy so many tech toys?

2020-10-13 Thread Adam Moffett
I'd be inclined to shun almost any Internet enabled device. Until proven otherwise, I'd assume all the software is a Jenga tower of Java libraries and code snippets copied off the Internet. On 10/13/2020 4:34 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: I just can’t figure out the people who profess to have no

[AFMUG] why do the tech averse buy so many tech toys?

2020-10-13 Thread Ken Hohhof
I just can't figure out the people who profess to have no understanding or patience for technology, and get all frustrated if you use techie terms like "router" and "WiFi", yet they have 25 Internet enabled devices in their house from coffee pots to picture frames to doorbells to game consoles and