From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 15 22:48:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net (harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D27537B405 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 22:48:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pool0568.cvx40-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([216.244.44.58] helo=mindspring.com) by harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 178E7o-0001Cj-00; Wed, 15 May 2002 22:48:29 -0700 Message-ID: <3CE3480E.F0997173@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 22:47:58 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Clark Cc: Nils Holland , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The road ahead? References: <20020516004909.A9808@daemon.tisys.org> <20020515210834.I1282@darkstar.gte.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Robert Clark wrote: [ ... the "myth" of the "paperless" office ... ] > If I recycled the unncessary paper in my office, it would be almost paperless. > When you get paid to push buttons, paper is a waste of time. An anecdote, FWIW... After almost 22 years since someone first paid me to bang on a computer keyboard, I have bought my first printer. I use it to print driving directions, and to create things like non-disclosure agreements, invoices, and purchase orders. Mostly, it's for driving directions. > Will computers become so common that only the lower classes have anything > to do with them? > > Will the offshore coding hordes tire of piecemeal work and turn their > sights on knocking humpty off the wall? Only if they become much, much better at coding, and establish strong intellectual property laws... English speakers also seem to have the edge when it comes to the science of C.S.. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message