Subj : Re: Exploring BBSes
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : NANCY BACKUS
Date : Thu Oct 31 2019 14:45:00

-=> Quoting August Abolins to Joe Mackey on 10-23-19  20:24 <=-

 JM>   Nancy is our resident Luddite, still using DOS.  :)
 AA> According what I found in the 'net:

The 'net isn't always right, or at least, not always complete... ;)

 AA> What does it mean to be called a Luddite?
 AA> 1. A Luddite is a person who dislikes technology, especially
 AA> technological devices that threaten existing jobs or interfere with
 AA> personal privacy. 

I don't exactly dislike technology, just don't see any reason to embrace
it totally and whole-heartedly... Technology is a useful tool, but
doesn't need to be used for everything.... :)

 AA> 2. A Luddite is someone who is incompetent when using new technology.
 AA> The word Luddite has an interesting origin in pop culture of the
 AA> early 1800's. 
 AA> Is Luddite an insult?
 AA> Today, it's an insult to call someone a Luddite. But that's not fair
 AA> to the original Luddites - cloth workers who launched a war against
 AA> the machines that were taking their jobs.

If one is using it in the second sense, I suppose it could be considered
an insult.... 

But it isn't really an insult when someone takes it for themselves...
I'll readily agree that I have Luddite propensities... I don't take
quickly to new technology, and see no need to invest myself in
technology just for the sake of technology....

I have no interest in today's various social media like Twitter,
Facebook, Instagram, etc, etc...  I'm happy using older social media
such as BBSing....  :)   I have no interest in getting a smartphone, but
do use a cell phone to be able to connect as needed when away from
home...  I don't need the latest and greatest in computers or operating
systems, and I don't do well with the various pointing devices needed
for graphic interfaces.... but I'm happily using my '95 Pentium (with a
slot for 5 1/4" floppies, a slot for 3 1/2" floppies, a Zipdrive, and a
CD-Rom drive) with DOS, text browser (Lynx), a text editor (MicroEMACS),
an offline reader (Bluewave), and various other programs and
utilities... So, in some respects, I'm happily a Luddite, but in others
I'm sufficiently technically advanced... :)

And I know that Joe wasn't using it as an insult, just as a statement of
fact...  ;)

ttyl       neb

.... How can I run amok? I don't even own one.

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