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Wow, poor guy! (none / 0) (#1)
by wantobe on Mon Oct 11, 2004 at 02:27:18 AM PDT

I'm no rocket scientist like the above reader, but if I were having as much trouble with technology as he's having, I think I'd take the last step and just move into a cave! After all, if his broadband, PDA, cell phone and online payments are all going so wonky (and apparantly it's happening all the time, and all at once) what's to keep his stove, dishwasher and vacuum cleaner from turning on him? Assuming it isn't a wood stove, he doesn't wash the dishes by hand and he uses the most primitive broom he can find.

Fortunately for me, I have nowhere near the problems he describes. In fact, I know very few people who have the problems he describes in a year, much less "when they least can afford the cost or delay." Sure, problems happen from time to time, but I know a lot of business people who use, consistently reliably, the technology they paid for, and it saves them a bundle in productivity time.

But again, none of us are rocket scientists. That must be the difference.

Rob Miles
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There are 10 kinds of people in the world; those who understand binary and those who don't.



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