Re: [TCLUG:12329] Bill Gates

["Eric M. Hopper" <hopper@omnifarious.mn.org>]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2000 at 05:55:33PM -0600, Scott wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Eric M. Hopper wrote:
> 
>> 	Ahh, so unless you can diagnose problems in complicated
>> electronic gadgets, you're helpless?
> 
> 	When I first started out playing with this kinda stuff I
> didn't know my ass from my elbow.  That didn't cause me to just give
> up and have everyone do it all for me.  Sure there's lots of stuff I
> still don't know, but I at least try to figure out problems myself
> instead of letting other people deal with them.  Of course those
> kinda people are probably the ones that keep me in business, so
> let's just keep this post nice & quiet.

	*grin*

	I usually try to operate under the premise that people are
fairly bright (may not be true I know), but not really interested in
investing an enourmous amount of time in learning the nitty-gritty
details of electronic gadgets or software.  I _especially_ keep that in
mind when designing user interfaces.

	One of my main beefs with Windows is that it's philosophy is to
design user interfaces not as if people had an important job they wanted
to do, and didn't want the computer to get in the way, but as if people
were stupid.

> 	Since I've been reading slashdot from almost day one of chips &
> dips, I was under the impression it's whole point from day one was to
> post stories about nifty new technology & the like.  I was not under
> the impression it was there for in-depth commentary on how gross the
> world is.  Besides, I already know what a messed up place it is, don't
> need yet another person telling me so.

	*nod* I can see that point of view.

	I, personally, use it as my main news source.  Kinda sad, but
it's the only news source that's fairly interactive, and has a lot of
people interested in determining the truth.  I don't watch TV.  I don't
listen to the radio.  I rarely read the newspaper.  This is because I
have very little trust in most of our mainstream news media.

	That being said, John Katz is very valuable to me on there.  I'm
not only interested in technology stories.  I don't trust the mainstream
news media to tell me what other stories are important, but John Katz
has had a good record so far.

Have fun (if at all possible),
-- 
Its name is Public Opinion.  It is held in reverence. It settles everything.
Some think it is the voice of God.  Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet
broke a chain or freed a human soul.     ---Mark Twain
-- Eric Hopper (hopper@omnifarious.mn.org  http://omnifarious.mn.org/~hopper) --

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