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A computer is a machine to get another task done

The problem with computers is that they have a "correct" way to use them. They should be a background assistant that I do not have to think about. Like in the picture, the child is reading a book. The point of the activity is reading a book, not how to get the computer to show the book. Thinking the child needs to know how the computer works is about as progressive as me needing to know how to print a bind a paper book in order to read it.

It's this kind if thinking that stops us from progressing and it's a lack of standards that keeps us reinventing the wheel instead of achieving the computing potential.

BTW, it could be said that a person does not understand a computer if they don't program in assembler. I put this statement on the same level as yours...

Posted by: happyharry_z   Posted on: 05/22/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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