{"id":413,"date":"2004-02-05T12:22:44","date_gmt":"2004-02-05T12:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.m3ntalcontraband.com\/?p=413"},"modified":"2020-11-10T21:37:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T02:37:33","slug":"the_digital_divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/?p=413","title":{"rendered":"the digital divide"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ current selection<\/b> | the beatles \u2013 penny lane<\/i> ]
[ feelin\u2019<\/b> | need\u2026.lunch<\/i> ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

yay! the digital divide is widening! according to a ny times article<\/a> today anyway about how the technologically savvy are getting fed up fixing the problems of the technologically stupid. this digital divide has become even more prevalent recently as the mydoom<\/i> virus is tearing thru peoples emails. \u201chmm\u2026look honey, three emails from bob saying \u201chi!\u201d, and hes added an attachment! i wonder what it is dur dee dur dur\u2026<\/i>\u201d while i dont profess to be all tech-knowing, i do get the occasional question from friends and family to help with problemos, which i still gladly do. but ive been there before yo\u2026its pretty easy to become frustrated at how being technologically unsavvy can equate to lacking common sense. i was \u201cfortunate\u201d enough to be a computer lab monitor during my semester in roma\u2026watching over old-school powermacs. wow, that was fun. fyi, you might want to read this post<\/a>. anyhoo, i was all cheery and helpful the first month or so. when we werent out getting trashed, we were in the studio\/lab (long story\u2026another day)\u2026so id even help out when i wasnt on duty. over the months tho, impatience and intolerance slowly took over, and i started getting miffed at the endless stream of retard questions i was getting daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cyea, when it says to load paper\u2026you might want to you know, add more paper<\/i>.\u201d
\u201cno, you only have one mouse button.<\/i>\u201c
\u201cstop using the cd tray as a cup holder.<\/i>\u201d (and people thought that one was just a myth\u2026)
\u201cyea, you can use your zip disk more than once\u2026were you serious?<\/i>\u201c
\u201cno, you cant change the desktop wallpaper<\/a>.<\/i>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n

it got to the point where i would literally have a sign over my computer announcing that i was not<\/u> on call and that i would hurt anyone who asked me questions. this was all compounded by the fact that we were using out-dated powermacs (we had g3\u2019s back on campus), and an equal number of photoshop questions were tossed my way. new versions of photoshop + old powermacs are not a pretty site. 15 minute filter renderings rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

so anyhoo\u2026after all that, i personally share the view of the article that instead of always relying on \u201cthat friend\u201d or whatnot to fix your problems, to at least try and learn how things work\u2026and accordingly, how to fix your own problems. people like miriam tauber, who was quoted as saying, \u201cThere are these MP3\u2019s and PDF\u2019s and a million other things that you don\u2019t even know what they are\u2026I don\u2019t feel like I need to figure out computers, because my instinct is there\u2019s just no way.<\/i>\u201d have absolutely no hope. theyre like evolutionary speedbumps. cripes woman, try a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

> learn or log off (via ny times)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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