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In article <cogline-030895001436@d69.net.interaccess.com>,
Steve Landon <cogline@nexchi.org> wrote:
>
>One last thing I have noticed is this.   Through the years, cars have gone
>from backyard projects to complex machines.  In the old days, you could
>tune your carbs and set your distributor for performance or economy, now,
>you must bring it to a mechanic to fix if something goes wrong, and unless
>you are pretty good with cars, you are better off keeping your hands behind
>your back and watch the pros.  The same is with computers,  I only wonder
>why in a industry so advanced, you can have something so stupid as an IRQ
>conflict.  I mean, when are we going to mess our computers up for the last
>time and just let the guys who know how to do their job have at it?  Maybe
>this shadetree mechanic thing is good for some time in any industry, by I
>think personally that we would be better off keeping out hands out of our
>computers, and let the guys who are paid and trained to do such a thing
>have at it. 

  It must be an interesting world you live in, but I wouldn't want to
visit there..  I guess all those years of depending on Apple to build,
distribute, sell, diagnose, and repair your computers for you eventu-
ally take their toll and build up a dependence of sorts.  I suppose 
you would also like to see the government take responsibility for your 
everyday life?  After all, the government is your friend.  Trust the 
government.  The government knows what's best for you.  Just leave it
all in their able hands. 

  "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an 
invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write 
a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort
the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, work alone,
solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program
a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects."
  -- From _The notes of Lazarus Long_, Robert A. Heinlein

  Automobiles are not as far beyond human ken as you suggest,
either.  While one can't reasonably expect to repair everything
that happens to your car by yourself, you *should* be able to 
repair it yourself if you need to.
-- 
Bill Moyer <ttk@rahul.net>