"I think the people that first encountered computers when they were relatively simple and constrained have a huge advantage over the rest of us. Today, (almost

"I think the people that first encountered computers when they were relatively simple and constrained have a huge advantage over the rest of us. Today, (almost) everyone knows how to use a computer, but very few people, even in the computing industry, grasp all of what is going on inside of any single machine." An astute observation: I see a lot of complexity in IT today which obviously comes from not having a clue how the hardware functions and how it's efficiently programmed. The complexity, performance and resource hits grow with every layer of abstraction. Convenient for those who write software, very bad for users who then needlessly suffer.