The trouble with technology and technocrats

So here comes another weekend....and I'm still sitting on my arse working when just about everyone else I deal with is at home catching up on their winks....

What's the deal? Jeezz..

So then my mom just bought a new PC, Core 2 Duo and all that crap, and I bet the first question she will ask me is....."Win, how do I turn it on?!"

So for all the advanced technology in the world, Dell still cant teach a person how to turn it on....LOL

And so here goes the main topic of the day....

In a sense of the word, it seems that there are still so many of us who prefer the old way.
So what if we have 3G, video calling, blah blah blah....
99% of cellular phone users buy a phone to just .... well.... phone. 3G? hello?....

A lecturer of mine recently told us this story that really provoked my thoughts on this. Even though his lecturing was an ass....

See, in the shipyards in the 70s, notes and memos were passed around by hand (no email then). So Person A would pass a memo to B telling him to follow up on something.
And B would then reply on the same sheet telling A what he had done.

Or in the case of a drawing, A would pass it to B and to C and to whoever was involved, all the while having comments written on the same sheet of paper.

Fast forward back to the 90s.

What do we do now?

We send email.

We CC the entire world.

We dont get an answer

So we CC the entire universe in the next email.

Then the other person gets it, replies and CCs the entire universe as well.

We fire arrows electronically without even realising the true implications of those arrows.

And in the end.....

The two parties involved make a phone call, meet up, and settle the matter.

Making the thousands of emails, letters, memos (electronic), blah blah absolutely irrelevant.

Ok.....that's enough ranting for the week.

Now, while I'm at it now.....

Watching Music and Lyrics for the 2nd time tonight....

LOL...

Its really nice though, this show. Even though the story is a little lame, the soundtrack rocks. and that;s really what carries the show throughout.

The upcoming singer portraying Cora Corman in the show looks to have a sure bright future though. Watch for the jibes at Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

LOL

Check it out.