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Irrespective of technological hurdles, it takes money for the future to arrive, and "good enough" is often good enough. I still slap myself in reminder that we

Irrespective of technological hurdles, it takes money for the future to arrive, and "good enough" is often good enough. I still slap myself in reminder that we actually landed on the moon... and came back alive.

agumonkey 11y ago
Yet no man can install a printer. Let's think about that for a minute.
- dsr_ 11y ago
  I've never had a problem installing and using a printer with all of these critical features: - uses wired ethernet - listens to CUPS or LPR - speaks PostScript or a highly compatible clone
  - agumonkey 11y ago
    Write a paper about this and enjoy your Fields medal.
    - dsr_ 11y ago
      Sadly, I am no longer qualified to win the Fields medal. I do have 28 years of printer installation experience, though.
      - agumonkey 11y ago
        > I do have 28 years of printer installation experience, though. That makes you a semi-god though.
- DiabloD3 11y ago
  I have a modern Epson Workforce networked printer. Windows automatically detected it via "Hi, I'm here" broadcast and installed the drivers. So did my MBPr. Making a scan happen from the printer's tiny little touch screen works fine, both my Windows and Mac show up in the list of computers to send the scan to. So, yeah, if a $150 printer can do it, so can everyone else.
  - agumonkey 11y ago
    Humor mostly. And enjoy your bliss while it last, my printer doesn't work anymore on Win10 because of reasons. I had to pray Siva for 2 hours before a hack solved the situation. Side note: I find it utterly amusing that the 20MB android app from HP is smaller, faster, stronger, leaner at almost everything the Windows drivers+app (over 80MB if I recall correctly).