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Disadvantages of Technology: Love/Hate Relationship With Machines

Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by Ashwin in Blogging Elements

Yet another disaster with a Windows Machine and this time; it hit me right on my stomach. Next week is important for us here at Blogging Elements since Mike and I have been thinking of launching an awesome free report for the blog for the benefit of our readers. Just when I was getting ready for the big week, my laptop crashed again. I have no idea what happened to it since it just won’t start. The most irritating thing about all of this is the unpredictability: just yesterday night, it seemed to be working fine and now it just went belly-up. I have been thinking of the love/hate relationship I seem to be developing towards technology now-a-days. The reasons why I love technology is obvious, but why hate it?

Riding on Unknowns: I have no idea what might happen to the machine I am blogging from, right now. I don’t know what went wrong with the other laptop. I have my files stored in multiple locations thankfully, but how safe and reliable are the USB external hard-drives, online back-up systems and the hard drives on our own machines? Do I really trust these things to keep my files safe? Doing anything online or on computers reminds me so much of the 60 minute( or perhaps more for you?) commute to get to work. What can you predict about your fate on smoke-filled, overcrowded expressways and roads?

Technology is all pervasive: In spite of everything, we still depend on technology for everything. I hate it, but I can’t do without my laptop and the Internet connection. If there was no Windows, Mac or Linux, I wouldn’t be able to work on any computer. If there was no online back-up system, I will need to rely on my HDD ( which can get busted) or my USB external hard-drive which can go kaput or might get stolen. Internet connections can be unreliable but can you imagine e-commerce without it? I can’t breathe if I can’t check my mail.

Working on PC is still the best; cloud computing is still running to catch up: The new laptop I was talking about is a Windows 7 loaded Dell Inspiron. I don’t have Microsoft Office Installed on it. The other laptop (actually an Asus Eee PC 1000H netbook) has Office 2007 loaded on to it. The ease with which I can work on Microsoft word or excel just doesn’t seem to come off on Google Documents or even on OpenOffice. Mircosoft sucks, but I need to live with it.

I hate to do this; I don’t like to depend on anything unreliable. Internet and technology are really moody and cranky. We still learn to live with this bad behavior though and tolerate it all. Have you gone through problems like these? Do your machines trouble you? We would be glad to know.

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Tags: Disadvantages with Technology, Microsoft sucks