From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!rabbit!jss Newsgroups: net.micro Title: Re: Jerry Pournelle"s Disappointment - (nf) Article-I.D.: rabbit.694 Posted: Wed Aug 11 11:21:25 1982 Received: Fri Aug 13 06:34:18 1982 References: uiucdcs.344 IF computer programmers built programs like IBM builds computers, the first hypercritical hacker would bitch and scream at us too. For god's sake - In the time it takes to learn that ytou have to stretch your pinky a little bit, you might have lost a grand total of 5 whole minutes out of your life. Aren't users supposed to be nominally adaptable? This is a nominal adaption. Like it or lump it, but quit complaining.