BretLudwig
May 18th 08, 01:14 AM
I use the word here in its canonical technical sense. As an example, Apple
Computer when it introduced the Macintosh did not include a character based
interface, requiring the user to do everything through the GUI whether he
wanted to or not. This was a deliberate decision on the part of Apple and
particularly Steve Jobs, an autocratic martinet who forty years earlier
would have found the government of either Stalin or Hitler quite amenable.
This was referred to as "fascist" by programmers, although many fully
understood that fascism was an economic system and therefore not germane
to a computer interface per se. Eventually, Apple was forced to provide an
environment called Macintosh Programmer's Workshop, or MPW, which provided
a text interface much like that of Unix. However, MPW was quite expensive
and therefore (by intent) unavailable to most Mac users.
Recently I spoke to an ardent audiophile who had his house remodeled
extensively after a flood. he had had one, and only one, high amperage
four connector 230 VAC range connector put on one wall. No other outlets,
110 or 220, anywhere in the room.
This actually makes perfect sense. Now, all power has to come off this
one outlet. He simply built a power strip with both 110 and 220 outlets.
Now ground problems are pretty unlikely.
It may be technically fascist, but, it works.
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Computer when it introduced the Macintosh did not include a character based
interface, requiring the user to do everything through the GUI whether he
wanted to or not. This was a deliberate decision on the part of Apple and
particularly Steve Jobs, an autocratic martinet who forty years earlier
would have found the government of either Stalin or Hitler quite amenable.
This was referred to as "fascist" by programmers, although many fully
understood that fascism was an economic system and therefore not germane
to a computer interface per se. Eventually, Apple was forced to provide an
environment called Macintosh Programmer's Workshop, or MPW, which provided
a text interface much like that of Unix. However, MPW was quite expensive
and therefore (by intent) unavailable to most Mac users.
Recently I spoke to an ardent audiophile who had his house remodeled
extensively after a flood. he had had one, and only one, high amperage
four connector 230 VAC range connector put on one wall. No other outlets,
110 or 220, anywhere in the room.
This actually makes perfect sense. Now, all power has to come off this
one outlet. He simply built a power strip with both 110 and 220 outlets.
Now ground problems are pretty unlikely.
It may be technically fascist, but, it works.
--
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