Subj : Luddites (was: Exploring BBSes)
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : JOE MACKEY
Date : Fri Oct 25 2019 06:40:08

  Aug asked --

>  JM>   Nancy is our resident Luddite, still using DOS.  :)
> 
> According what I found in the 'net:
> 
> What does it mean to be called a Luddite?

  Its just that Nancy is the only still using DOS and joking that she's in
the past.  Its all in fun.
  Just as I'm a Luddite with comes to smart phones.  I don't live on mine,
use it for everything, etc.  To me its a telephone with text ability.
  Other than that I seldom use it for the other features. 
  Nor do I carry it with me at all times.  Unless I'm at work (where I
might need it), it sits on the desk until I call/answer someone.  When I am out
and about, its still at home.
 
> Today, it's an insult to call someone a Luddite. But that's not fair to  
> the original Luddites - cloth workers who launched a war against the  
> machines that were taking their jobs.

  An effort in futility.
  Joe
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