Comment Re:What???? (Score 1) 256
WHAT????
the notion that disposable computers are a bad idea because they will *contribute* to waste is completely absurd. just consider the ramifications of creating computing so cheap that it becomes DISPOSABLE; computing would become UBIQUITOUS!!! i sympathize with the underlying concerns with a "'disposable' culture," but honestly, how pessimistic and cynical can one be? our waste production won't increase at all; we'll just have smarter garbage. even if it DID increase, should computers be made artificially expensive and rare out of the fear that they may add to the garbage heap?
the notion that disposable computers are a bad idea because they will *contribute* to waste is completely absurd. just consider the ramifications of creating computing so cheap that it becomes DISPOSABLE; computing would become UBIQUITOUS!!! i sympathize with the underlying concerns with a "'disposable' culture," but honestly, how pessimistic and cynical can one be? our waste production won't increase at all; we'll just have smarter garbage. even if it DID increase, should computers be made artificially expensive and rare out of the fear that they may add to the garbage heap?
