

| 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. > -- Thanks, Jeff '90 Carat (Grover) '86 (We call this one Parts) '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
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