Re: old fashion

[Peter Evans peterev@xxxxxxxx]

Morris Krok:

> 
 Now with the computer,
> the scanner, lazer and colour
 printers and of
> course, the wonderful word processing
 language
> of XyWrite we can all consciously create
> and
 emulate the geniuses of classical
> thinking.

This is technological determinism run riot. Letters, spreadsheets,
corporate profiles, etc., may be produced more quickly, more prettily, or
maybe even freer of errors than thirty years ago, but I haven't noticed any
additional literary or verbal creativity that's attributable to the word
processor. And while the scanner is a very handy tool (I have and use one
myself), I don't see it as at all creative. Am I overlooking something?

> 
 Our search should be for
> that single thought that is so
 profoundly all
> encompassing that it will reverberate around
 the
> ethers of the world for aeons to come.

I humbly proffer my single thought of the day: "Eschew simplistic
pseudo-solutions to complex problems."

> 
 I am old fashion guy who
> prefers dos to windows.


OK, but then why on earth use MS Outlook Express, or append (or allow that
proggie to append) a screenful of junk -- viz.

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> DELETED - Identified as Kak Worm
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etc. etc. -- to the end of the message?
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Peter Evans