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Article #80Re: Too Much Computer is Bad
From: A Kashko
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 1990 23:47
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 1990 23:47
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This phenomenon also occurs outside the computer realm. For example claiming some territory by personalising the space. These behaviours can be explained in sociological terms. I got the impression Mr. Polvino would have prefered users who lack creativity and initiative and just did exactly what they were told. I agree there is soemtimes an embarrassment of riches in the software available, but hoarding is not confined to computer users. My complaint is not with people personalising their workspace, but with people who use coding as a substitute for thaught, and those employers who encourage counterproductive programming by introducing programmes to measure productivity by counting keystrokes for each user. A Kashko
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!wuarchive!decwrl!limbo!taylor From: egnr76@castle.ed.ac.uk (A Kashko) Newsgroups: comp.society Subject: Re: Too Much Computer is Bad Message-ID: <904@limbo.Intuitive.Com> Date: 27 Jun 90 23:47:16 GMT Sender: taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com Organization: Edinburgh University Computing Service Lines: 17 Approved: taylor@Limbo.Intuitive.Com