Computers
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
Compatability
One of the main problems of computers is the issue of "compatability". Instead of one person making a computer and saying "I know! This will be the only way computers will be made, the only system on which they can operate (which is hopefully as far from a microsoft opperating system as possible) is this one and the only language they can be programed in is this one." in actual fact we are faced with about 27 different operating systems (25 of which are unix derivatives), 2 million file types, an infinate number of system configurations, because each one is unique, and two basic computer types. This leads to lots of frustrated people, especialy programers and tech. support guys, and was probably a bad idea in the first place. It also leads to hundreds of problems when you try to send a file from an IBM to a mac.
AI
By AI, I am infact refering to "Artificial Intelegence" This is possibly one of the worst aspects of computers because it makes them think they know best. Where as, the don't. They will inevitably give you what they think you want, when infact you want the complete opposite. This also leads to lots of people shouting and wishing they were back in the good old days when there were no "wizzards" or the dreaded "plug and pray" hardware instalation.
This quite nicely leads onto the third section:
Jargon
Like any complex subject, the world of computers has inevitably now got lots of jargon that IT professionals use just to confuse idiots. Plug and Pray infact refers to the dreaded Plug and play wizzards, which instal your new hardware without giving you any say in who, what, when, where, why. or how. Another peace of jargon is the acronysms, such as CDR Drive 8 by 4 by 32, which the unsuspecting person may take for measurements but are, infact, measurements of speed. (The exact meaning is irrelevant.
Computer Users
Computer users are possibly the biggest dissaster since sliced bread. The trouble with computer users is that 99.9% of them have not got a clue what they are doing. This leads to two things:
1) A highly profitable market where you can spurt bable about "Megahertz this" and "Mebibytes that" and charge them double the price they should be charged.
2) Lots of people who have no idea what the're doing, doing something, getting it wrong and then blaming the technical support people who they phone up to fix it. This is another cause of great stress on Earth1
Key Facts About Computers
- They have flashy lights
- They make "beep" sounds
- The cause lots of trouble
- They have artificial "intelegnece"2
- They have lots of complicated jargon
- They are completely incompatable with each other, and should on no acount be allowed out of the house after 8pm
- Computers, unfortunatly, have "users"3
- They are a major contributor to planet wide stress
1Stress is now a problem effecting lots of people turning them into nasty shouty things2They actually have no intelegence3Causing even more problems
