Punish Your Fucking Machine
So I was enjoying Sunday
brunch this morning at a semi-local diner restaurant. Next to me at the
counter were two twenty-somethings talking about electronic music,
dropping names of effects, software and hardware that I'm relatively
familiar with. My curiosity was peaked and I felt compelled to ask them
what they're doing with all this gear. From the conversation I heard,
they seemed quite knowledgable about all the features and functions
inside and out. When faced with this question, their answer was simply
"house music." This made me sad, I didn't tell them this directly, but
it reminds me of my days working for an ISP doing tech support. When
the brand-spanking new all-powerful Macintosh G4 came out, the
possibilities were seemingly endless. I was always curious to know what
people were doing with such an expensive and powerful hunk of machinery
the government wouldn't even let out of the country. Much to my dismay
most of the customers were just rich people who love blowing their cash
on useless things - "we're using it at the home for our spreadsheets
and to browse the web." This is the time of year for giving and
receiving, so with this in mind, be sure that if you've been good and
get some wonderful gear (you can treat yourself, too, you know) USE IT!
Scientists say that humans only use a small percent of their brain,
don't do this with your gear.