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I am very afraid of the day where I can't get a general-purpose computer anymore. The best pocket machine I've ever had was a Nokia N900. I strongly believe in
by voltagex_ 12y ago
I am very afraid of the day where I can't get a general-purpose computer anymore.
The best pocket machine I've ever had was a Nokia N900. I strongly believe in "if you don't have root, you don't own it".
- Tloewald 12y agoI'm sure there are people who thought the same of microcode, bootstrap code, or whatever. We all operate at some level of abstraction.
- prutschman 12y agoIt's an important distinction whether the abstraction is designed to facilitate the user's operation of the hardware or interfere with it.
- Tloewald 12y agoDefine "facilitate" to everyone's satisfaction. By my definition, Apple has done more to facilitate people's use of computer hardware than any other single company.