Back to the 1980's/1990's

Recently I've come across this really funky artist. He pretty just writes songs with 8-bit tracks. It's truly phenomenal. I would usually just download his stuff rom media fire or youtube, but i realized that this guy did a lot of work. That's why i'm proud to say that I paid $6.00 for his $4.00 album. You can listen to it here. It's really nostalgic. Kind of reminds me of playing NES.

Laptops vs. Desktops

Often times when people are going to buy a new computer, they'll ask me about recommendations. This, and real statistics based off of the 4th Quarter Apple shares from 2010, is how I've learned that laptops control the market. But do they really? Laptops may be for the home, but i can assure that more companies and private industries and especially public companies use desktops. Here's the thing though; as i said in my last post, laptops make no sense to me. They're illogical (for the most part). My opinion on the whole scenario is that laptops are good for the traveling individual. And by traveling, I mean you go out of town more than 3x/year. Other than that, don't waste your money on an electric heat pad. Besides the fact that desktops way out-last laptops, they are more efficient. Especially if you do a lot at home and never travel (like me). For students to buy a laptop computer for use in middle school and high school, that's stupid. You will never benefit from it, and you'll end up leaving it on the couch uncharged, making it inconvenient for everything else. If your in college, Laptops are a must. From what I hear my siblings say, they would be doomed if they couldn't record their classes. But anyway, that's just my input, and this can be argued for hours about which one is better, but personally, i like desktops.

Peace.

Working in the Help Desk

If there's one thing about working in a help desk, it's explaining problems that I don't even comprehend. However, what i've come to realize is that people are so clueless that you can pretty much tell them anything, and they'll buy it as long as it sounds reasonable. Another thing I've iFigured (haha) out is that it's particularly the fact that we have laptops that we have so much. If we had 1,300 desktops, things would surely be better, because, let's face it, desktops are just better machines. I feel bad for anyone who has a laptop as his main computer. That's miserable. If i'm going to waste countless hour behind the screen, i'm going to want a power house with good sound, screen-space, a proper keyboard, and a legit mouse. Think about it.

-SpenceMachine

Why this Article is Wrong

So I kind of raged and went off of the deep end earlier today. Please read this link and then come back and read my response.

I would also like you to comment with your opinions on the subject.

First off, we don't all talk like 8th graders. When we text, we typically use proper English. This guy seems to stereotype all teenagers as stupid kids who don't know how to write. His line about how half of today's students don't read books except when they're made to really bothers me. I'm sure half of the kids of thirty years ago didn't read books, unless they were made to, either. Besides that, there was also a lot less to do around that time period -- of course the internet wasn't even thought about, TV only had 5 channels, and pay phones were still a common thing. "Especially terrifying to me as a professor is the fact that two thirds of college freshmen read for pleasure for less than an hour per week. A third of seniors don’t read for pleasure at all." Well perhaps this is because you load them down with so much crap that they don't have time to read. I've had four old siblings go to college, three of which have already graduated, and I know that they have a busy schedule. College is a lot of work, and they surely aren't going to waste their valuable free time reading useless ish that they can't even comprehend without and English teacher making up excuses for every piece of symbolism in the book (E.g.: The curtains are blue. What your English teacher thinks: 'The curtains represent his immense depression and his lack of will to carry on.' What the author meant: The curtains were blue.). Today's kids don't like reading because it's a waste of time. And who can blame them? With the internet out, why would I read about some made up character, who I don't care about, and who will never exist, whenever I could be sharing information and learning about new technologies online? As a closing remark, from this guys picture, I feel it's logical to say that he is probably a pretty old. If teenagers in this generation don't like reading, then just step back and look in a mirror, buddy, because you raised them.

Thanks, Spencer