Resistance is Futile!
By Kenneth K. Whiteman
Well this week’s installment is a bit tongue-in-cheek. Sure this is a Star Trek reference, but in many cases, I have considered it par for the course in a lot of areas.
Take Microsoft’s path changes in the last few years. We have had to retire most of our Windows XP machines, many of which were still perfectly operational. But because of no further support from Microsoft, they have become a virus & hackers liability. If you’re like me you probably still have an old system around and still use occasionally. I offer this: taken for what it is, we learned a lot about what we should have done in the first place.
Microsoft is no exception. Does anyone remember the DOS 4.0 debacle? I spent hours poring over books trying to figure out if it was possible to rebuild a FAT table. No such luck…
Were you one of the many whom had decided to go with the BetaMax option only to discover that VHS was the chosen one? And when we did finally accept VHS, they replaced it with DVD’s, and are now in the process of replacing those with Blue Ray!
And yes, I still have vinyl and cassettes (dare I say 8-tracks?) around here somewhere. Ugh…makes my head spin.
But you know, technology is a wonderful thing. The new operating systems look and promise to be the best they have ever been. I do not miss having to rewind video tapes. The music sounds way better and no popping sounds! I no longer carry a pager, and I keep my life on my smart phone. I haven’t sent a FAX in so long, I don’t even know where to go to have one sent!
Oh, how I long for the simpler days. Waiting for the mailman to bring me import news and information. The newspaper was the best source of local, national and even world news and events. The Sunday comics read in bed with Mom, Dad and all the siblings. Fun times. Easier times.
So now I just face life head on and take it as it comes, because as I said, resistance is futile!
See ya next week!
Ken