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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 02 May 2025 00:15:49 GMT
Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

> >> I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my
> >> telephone. =20
> >
> > Anybody else remember a time when columnists would write =E2=80=9CI wis=
h a=20
> > computer was as easy to use as driving a car=E2=80=9D?
> >
> > Thankfully, they stopped with that. =20
>=20
> "It's all computer!"
>   -- DJT on the Tesla sales lot (a.k.a. the White House lawn)

Luckily, I will never have to worry about my '73 Volkswagen getting
bricked by a firmware update - or, for that matter, turned into an
autonomous 5,000 lb. crowd-seeking death missile by a malicious actor.