Re: Have We Entered a Post-Literate Technological Age?

Subject: Re: Have We Entered a Post-Literate Technological Age?
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:25:00 -0700

That's quite true. When a modern car won't start, typically they have
to hook it to a brand-specific computer to see what's wrong.

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 12:16 PM, <Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com> wrote:
> Increasingly the manufacturers of machines do not design them to be
> repaired, and so it is often cheaper and easier to throw the mobile
> phone, fridge or toaster away rather than repair it."
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Re: Have We Entered a Post-Literate Technological Age?: From: Ned Bedinger
RE: Have We Entered a Post-Literate Technological Age?: From: Brian.Henderson

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