On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:22:42 -0700, Patrick Elliott wrote:

> True, some people, like a certain niece of mine, can't even figure out
> that, "You need to change the oil once in a while."
> 
> But, cars you at least "can" do maintenance on, or have other people do
> so, and you don't generally, on having them do that, find that 90% of
> the "experts" you might want to take them to are going to either a) be
> unable to fix a broken taillight wire, or b) do so without stealing
> every single things you had in the trunk, and throwing it in a dumpster,
> because it was "unfixable" with all your shit still in the vehicle. PCs,
> especially, tend to exhibit both traits....

No, those who want to learn how stuff works can, even with PCs.

But a microchip is just a tad more complex than a combustion engine, 
too.  The same holds true for magnetic recording media, storage devices, 
etc.

Jim

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