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Posted by mv on 10/05/06 16:26
>> Oh dearie me. You are about to get a dozen conflicting answers to
>>this one, maybe half will be backed by misdirection of the inept
>>taking their own sorry cases for a generality.
>>
>LOL!
>
>Bloody 'ell John. Did you get out of the wrong side of the bed this
>morning?
>
>:)
It's the old 'codgers v callow youth' thing.
Reminds me of the Cargo Cult people of New Guinea. Long before they ever
even knew of the outside world and the white mans alternative reality
these folks had seen aircraft. The Pilots had noted the remote
communities deep in the jungle and started parachuting tools and
utensils down to them as a means of opening up a dialogue. Unhelpfully
though these gifts co-incided with the aborigines praying to the
aircraft they thought were gods. So they then believed that the 'gods'
were rewarding them for their prayers, hence the 'Cargo Cult' became a
major religious belief for a while. The moral of the story is that from
a better perspective, as opposed to a perspective provided by what seems
to be a majority of ones peers at lower level, things are not
necessarily what they seem to be.
The old Avid and nothing but an Avid days are long gone. Indeed it's got
to the point where only those raised on the exceeding awkwardness of
Avid really believe in its assertions. If I need to open a door I
prefer to grab the handle and open it, as opposed to walking to another
room, turning the lights on and off then going into the kitchen, making
a bacon sandwich and only then being able to open the door. Clearly only
the most sycophantic follower could ever really believe that the latter
method was somehow better. It would be foolish these days to rely on a
presumption whose currency is based merely on the fact that the
dinosaurs of the increasingly passé establishment prefer one type of
system over another. It's becoming more evident that the old guard and
their cap doffing retainers talk a lot of bollocks, though with the
astonishing and confident aplomb of the door to door encyclopaedia
salesman who in an age of limitless on-line data can also sell fridges
to igloo dwelling Eskimos.
These media moguls are losing the plot big time and only maintain way
today by virtue of the inertia of their gargantuism. Some of them are
haemorrhaging money so fast that it's only that same gargantuism that's
kept them from bleeding to death already. Imagine an enormously fat
oversized pig with it's bowels cut open, parading around with its nose
in the air wearing unintentionally transparent and frilly knickers,
whilst debating with others on how to look cool and keep fit.
In terms of PC Mac debates, I'm more impressed with the opinions of
those who currently use both platforms rather than those who have
already signed up and delivered their souls to one camp only.
--
John Lubran
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