Quote Originally Posted by Jimaz View Post
It used to be that when someone asked you if you can work well with computers they meant "Can you get these computers to do something useful for us?"

Today it means "Can you cope with all the obstacles these computers cause and still get anything done?"

In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams wrote a funny bit about how automatic doors were programmed to say pleasantries to whoever used the doors. Instead, everyone was annoyed by it — and they couldn't shut it off!

Adams was a prophet.

Good one, Jimaz.


That funky future that sounded a tad pushy in the deft hands of anticipators seems rather apt now.

I felt that jolt of creepy futuramic insult at the checkout counter yesterday. The young lady at the cash had to listen to a femrobot thank customers for using the "self-serve checkout". Imagine doing an eight hour shift having to hear that you are redundant times ten…