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Posted Oct 1, 2002 3:26 UTC (Tue) by rknop (guest, #66)
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Parent article: "World's largest display" lights Paris skies (and runs Linux) (LinuxDevices)

You're not worrying over nothing, you're just making the most natural extrapolation given our society today.

Combine in-your-face excessive nonstop marketing with a need for constant sensory overload, and what do you have?

Luddism, I guess. I feel that way some days, anyway, even though I'm a technophile. Think of it. A technophile luddite.

-Rob

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Posted Oct 1, 2002 8:37 UTC (Tue) by beejaybee (guest, #1581) [Link]

You aren't the only one...

Technology is fine. But sometimes the use to which it is put is ridiculous.

Why can't I buy an automobile with manual windows any more? Faster, much more intuitive and therefore safer than those fiddly electric buttons, also won't burn out and/or destroy the rubber seals if the window happens to be frozen. I think the reason is that aftersales make a fortune out of repairing electric windows. (And all the other electric/electronic guff fitted for no good reason). And air conditioning - unneccessary in many markets, increases fuel consumption by ~10%, big bills for repair or replacement force down trade-in prices & contribute to early replacement of vehicles on the principle of "uneconomic to repair".

Yeah, I'm a technophile luddite, too.

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Posted Oct 1, 2002 11:30 UTC (Tue) by Wol (guest, #4433) [Link]

Here's yet another ...

Techno-Luddites

Posted Oct 1, 2002 16:37 UTC (Tue) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054) [Link]

I've been calling myself a techno-luddite for years now.

Maybe it's time to start some sort of organization. :-)

- another Rob