Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The Technology Civil War

I'm a 18 year old white male. In the grand scheme of things I'm pretty lucky, the world is really geared towards me. I'm more likely to; get a better job, make better money, and to not be followed in a store when "window shopping". I am however a refugee.

I would like to place myself within the upper class of refugees. I've never been raped, plus! I live in a house with my family, not oppressive soldiers, thanks Third Amendment! I can also cast an independent vote, regardless of how blue my state is. I am not a refugee of a war nor of genocide. I am not a pawn of a coup d'etat. I do not cower in fear at the mention of, Stalin, Mussolini, or Hitler.



Steve Jobs is my oppressor and Bill Gates is my messiah.


Or, am I constantly put down by Bill Gates and welcomed into the pure white 'iArms' of Steve Jobs?


Some of you will scoff at my claim and pass by, mocking my utter confusion. Others will slowly wipe a tear, reliving their repressed memories of their time served in the technology war. Honor these men and women on Veteran's Day for they have wage wars against progress bars and constant user interface updates.

I was a General in the Technology War-I've since retired. I had my family's desktop, my own laptop (both PC). But I fought myself and had all of Steve Jobs love children, iPods, iPhones, iTunes. Holidays were a constant exchange of gift cards with those intolerable lowercase "i's" on the front. My mind was at a cross roads, and my soul had lost the map. With each new iPurchase would come new iApple stickers which i dare not stick as they would only read "iHypocrate". I hate vista but i like my red X to be in the upper right corner and not the upper left.

Apparently the inerface is getting better, but i'm still looking for my GI Bill to cover my iPhone bill.





2 comments:

  1. go medial capitals or CamelCase!

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  2. Well if you don't like Vista, but still feel loyal to Microsoft, you could try a Windows 7 beta, or fall back to xp. Or, you could declare your independence, and try one of the many flavors of Linux out there. Contrary to popular belief, they do have their x's in the upper right corner, and with the help of wine, they can run Windows programs.

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