Re: [HoE] What you got in there?

[Doug Stalker <dougs@technologist.com>]

Scott Hacker wrote:

> Okay, I've been thinking about something for a while,
> and I'd like your collective opinions:
> Now, according to The Junkman Cometh, every bit of
> technology has a spirit in it; a microwave has an
> appliance spirit, a Yugo has a car spirit, a spatula
> has a tool spirit.  The question is, what kind of
> spirit does a MS' gizmo have?  A normal tech spirit?
> A manitou?  Something else?  Your thoughts, rants, and
> deluded fantasies are welcome.

Windows is run by gun spirits.  It's the only explaination for those darn blue screens. :)


Remember that mass produced crappy things have almost no spirit, while things lovingly
hand-crafted (linux?) have far more power.  It could be argued that each software application
has 1 spirit, but it is distributed among all copies.

-Doug