On 11/27/2014 10:28 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote: > As far as i'm conerned thatas what's missing from modern devices the > sense there kind of like a partner on your journies.
Well said. I really like the ability to swap out ROMs, poke around and build my own image, modify the boot scripts, etc. I do think it's a bit antithetic to the "just works" sense, though. Different people have different expectations about whatever they're handling at the time. I have low expectations... it has to just do something... then it has to evoke, to me, the impression that it could do more ... which is not hard because I'm gullible. Having something that "just works" in every sense of the concept kinda puts up a wall between me and my imagination. If the device and workflow are too opaque... require too much engineering or wizardry, then I don't care if it works or really what it does... it puts me off. I'd much rather have a crusty, almost broken thing that is more transparent and provokes my imagination. I also like science fiction space ships that have lots of bumps and peculiar devices poking out of them, too. ;-) And the Borg were always more aesthetically pleasing than the Federation drones. -- ⇒⇐ glen e. p. ropella In this world where I am king ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
