Comment Re:Riven came out in 1997 (Score 1) 184
See "Subsequent Message". I believe my recollection to be
correct, and that has corroborated it, inasmuch as matters of
fact are subject to democratic vote. You are confusing the
concept of "using Google to check the internet before asking a
dumb question" with inappropriate use of technology. I wasn't
asking about it; I already knew myself. There is a lesson here
about appropriate use of technology. Why would you disbelieve me
and believe some remote yahoo whom you found using Google? (I
would actually call "Riven has been released since last Christmas
1997" as perhaps not exactly contradicting me). Why don't you go
"*Ahem*" at *him*, and quote *me*? The answer is that you are
crediting technology (of Google) with some strange mystical power
of validation that you believe is somehow superior to a person's
reinforced memory. Especially in the subsequent message, pHatidic
remembered correctly because his memory was reinforced (my memory
was reinforced by repetition and wasn't quite as good -- I only
remembered "October 1997").
Therefore you are confusing the concept of "using Google to check
the internet before asking a dumb question" with inappropriate
use of technology.
I'm reminded of my friend who checked my directions to my place
using Mapquest, and got lost because he believed it over me, when
Mapquest happened to be mistaken about my local area. He
committed inappropriate use of technology in believing it was
some magical spell and not something made up by fallible people
somewhere.
I'm also reminded of the play "Sorry Wrong Number", which may
have come out in the 1950s; I'm not sure (this discussion could
go on for a while...). Inappropriate use of technology -- the
belief that the technology of the telephone was a substitute for
human values -- led to the tragic death of the main character at
the end.
----Subsequent Message-----
Myst and Riven (Score:2)
by pHatidic (163975) on Saturday September 03, @08:31PM (#13473527)
(http://www.alexkrupp.com/)
I remember I bought a new computer just to play Riven. We
upgraded from our LC to a Performa. The day it came out
(Halloween) my friend and I had "Riven Day" instead of going
trick or treating.
correct, and that has corroborated it, inasmuch as matters of
fact are subject to democratic vote. You are confusing the
concept of "using Google to check the internet before asking a
dumb question" with inappropriate use of technology. I wasn't
asking about it; I already knew myself. There is a lesson here
about appropriate use of technology. Why would you disbelieve me
and believe some remote yahoo whom you found using Google? (I
would actually call "Riven has been released since last Christmas
1997" as perhaps not exactly contradicting me). Why don't you go
"*Ahem*" at *him*, and quote *me*? The answer is that you are
crediting technology (of Google) with some strange mystical power
of validation that you believe is somehow superior to a person's
reinforced memory. Especially in the subsequent message, pHatidic
remembered correctly because his memory was reinforced (my memory
was reinforced by repetition and wasn't quite as good -- I only
remembered "October 1997").
Therefore you are confusing the concept of "using Google to check
the internet before asking a dumb question" with inappropriate
use of technology.
I'm reminded of my friend who checked my directions to my place
using Mapquest, and got lost because he believed it over me, when
Mapquest happened to be mistaken about my local area. He
committed inappropriate use of technology in believing it was
some magical spell and not something made up by fallible people
somewhere.
I'm also reminded of the play "Sorry Wrong Number", which may
have come out in the 1950s; I'm not sure (this discussion could
go on for a while...). Inappropriate use of technology -- the
belief that the technology of the telephone was a substitute for
human values -- led to the tragic death of the main character at
the end.
----Subsequent Message-----
Myst and Riven (Score:2)
by pHatidic (163975) on Saturday September 03, @08:31PM (#13473527)
(http://www.alexkrupp.com/)
I remember I bought a new computer just to play Riven. We
upgraded from our LC to a Performa. The day it came out
(Halloween) my friend and I had "Riven Day" instead of going
trick or treating.
