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Subject:Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
From:Jeff Lincoln
Date:Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:58:54 -0500

Great point.

>
> Would you feel comfortable replacing your computer's RAM, hard disk,
> CMOS battery, cabling, expansion cards, operating system, etc etc? The
> situation is similar in modern cars as it is in modern computers:
> people expect them to be "black boxes" that just work. For cars and
> computers that are extremely well-built, this isn't an issue.
>
> I suppose not knowing how to fix your own stuff plays well into the
> modern disposable mindset.
>

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Thanks,

Jeff
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