Why do computer geeks feel they were born in the wrong time?
This is a response to a now nuked write-up by one of our valued e2ers in which a repugnant attack was mounted against those who have chosen to not be technical. While that write-up is gone, the point I was making remains as important as ever. Yes, there was a time in which we geeks didn’t have to deal with all of those lusers. There was a time when computing was pure, unsullied by the hands of the huddled masses. There was a time when these tools were the exclusive domain of several dozen spoiled, upper-class preppies-gone-bad at places like MIT, Stanford, and CMU. Thankfully, those times have passed. Now, every day, several thousand more people get the opportunity to interact with this device that has changed every aspect of my life for the better. It’s not just me who has the ability to reach out and shape the world of software I inhabit–now it’s my mom, my wife, and my daughter. Now, every day, several thousand more people who before had to be content with finding ideas and talking
