I'm one of those fossils, and agree 100%. Governing the country is best done by someone who has a vested interest in the future. I barely have a grasp on the present. This is a Windows 7 Computer, with a mouse. I don't have a cell phone, nor a tablet, I don't do social media and have no need or interest. The acronym's I use on the interwebs are relics of the past, like ROTFLMAO.
My first computer was a 286AT, the hard drive weighed 10 lbs, the operating system was DOS, and my internet connection was via a 2400 Baud dial up, the forum I used was the WELL, Whole Earth Lectronic Link out of Sausalita, on the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge.
We communicated via FTP, upload and download conversations. Then came Windows 3, then Win 3.1, and some genius invented an Email program he named after his mother, Eudora.
Then Windows 95, and gasp Netscape Navigator, then even had a book Netscape for Dummies, hog heaven. then forums, like Liberty Forum and Anomalies and Enigmas.
When Gates made Win95 obsolete with Win98, I quit trying to keep up. I stayed with Win98, until I could no longer use by browser, becaue they went from 64 bytes to 124 bytes, I bought a new computer with Windows 7, and there I stand.
I understand the Windows 10, is now obsolete and the latest is Window 11, and now you have to subscribe annually.. Highway robbery, Microsoft Office, so I hear is an annual subscription.
Better to have a sharp mind than an updated operating system :) Not a techie, but switching to a MAC, got an offer I could not refuse. Their OS is free (for now).
I bought my Mom an old Apple computer (she died in 2000), and the mouse didn't have a right click, so that was a loser for me. Plus I don't want to learn new architecture, like where files are stored, finally I have too many peripherals, scanners, printers, that probably are not compatible with MAC.
Also, I find that the older I get, the less patience I have. Which is the reverse of what intuition suggests.
Exactly. If Biden doesn’t last another 4 years at least we get Harris, someone younger than these fossils that are continuously becoming President.
I'm one of those fossils, and agree 100%. Governing the country is best done by someone who has a vested interest in the future. I barely have a grasp on the present. This is a Windows 7 Computer, with a mouse. I don't have a cell phone, nor a tablet, I don't do social media and have no need or interest. The acronym's I use on the interwebs are relics of the past, like ROTFLMAO.
My first computer was a 286AT, the hard drive weighed 10 lbs, the operating system was DOS, and my internet connection was via a 2400 Baud dial up, the forum I used was the WELL, Whole Earth Lectronic Link out of Sausalita, on the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge.
We communicated via FTP, upload and download conversations. Then came Windows 3, then Win 3.1, and some genius invented an Email program he named after his mother, Eudora.
Then Windows 95, and gasp Netscape Navigator, then even had a book Netscape for Dummies, hog heaven. then forums, like Liberty Forum and Anomalies and Enigmas.
When Gates made Win95 obsolete with Win98, I quit trying to keep up. I stayed with Win98, until I could no longer use by browser, becaue they went from 64 bytes to 124 bytes, I bought a new computer with Windows 7, and there I stand.
I understand the Windows 10, is now obsolete and the latest is Window 11, and now you have to subscribe annually.. Highway robbery, Microsoft Office, so I hear is an annual subscription.
I still use Office 2007, works just fine for me.
Better to have a sharp mind than an updated operating system :) Not a techie, but switching to a MAC, got an offer I could not refuse. Their OS is free (for now).
I bought my Mom an old Apple computer (she died in 2000), and the mouse didn't have a right click, so that was a loser for me. Plus I don't want to learn new architecture, like where files are stored, finally I have too many peripherals, scanners, printers, that probably are not compatible with MAC.
Also, I find that the older I get, the less patience I have. Which is the reverse of what intuition suggests.