┌DOWNLOAD FROM E-MAIL BY SLEEPWALKER┐ └───────────────────────────────────┘ John Dvorak Seven deadly sins in the age of computerization Sinful man! Ask any preacher. Ask from any SINNER preacher. The Ten Commandments define your posthumous fate, the seven deadly sins entail punishment already in this world. These terrible everyday sins Far from disappearing, they burden us to this day. Users of modern computers often don’t even They suspect how these sins ruin their lives. Let's see how it all happens. Sin number one: laziness. Few users can resist this very thing terrible and exhausting of sins. Remember when you for the last time I managed to force myself to read the documentation for software? Laziness? Thought that was all unimportant? What about wiping a dirty screen? When was the last time you talked yourself into doing this stupid thing? work? Some users never bothered to highlight 15 minutes required to replace your DOS with the latest one version, and continue to work with DOS 2.0. “Oh, well, why worry, I’ll wait for DOS 5 to appear.” Sin number two: greed. Have you ever come to your friends with a secret desire? obtain smuggled copies of programs that are all equalswill you never need? You only need copies because you “must have a copy!” Some are obsessed greed, lost souls spend all their time collecting programs received even from the devil, even if they never won't look at them. "More, more, more!" And here is the retribution: full disks and wasted communication costs electronic bulletin boards. Sin number three: jealousy, envy. You're upset by a friend who has the latest AT-486. You must have one, and it doesn’t matter whether you need it or no. You're losing sleep and money. Sin number four: gluttony. You have a 200 MB hard drive, of which 198 MB filled, mostly with garbage. Unfamiliar files mysterious utilities, programs that are good for nothing. Well, can you bring yourself to erase all this? “It’s possible that this will come in handy someday.” And you buy another 200 MB disk. Sin number five: anger. This sin is a consequence of a wasteful attitude to time. when working on a computer. You spent the entire afternoon reworking some document, "trying to get what necessary." Or you were under the hypnosis of Tetris all day and now Upon returning home, you give your dog a kick in your hearts. Sin number six: lust. You spend your time immersed in computer magazines and looking atall the latest products. You dream about them. You trying to persuade your spouse to get her consent to their acquisition. From one type of advertising in PC Magazine you my mouth is watering. (But is this sin really that great? Some of these money also falls to us, journalists...) Sin number seven: pride. You are devouring your equipment with your eyes. You brag to your friends. You are proving that in reality it is not them, but you who have more fast computer. You show them the shelves filled with DOS descriptions, and you squeal joyfully about the fact that you know all the subtleties and tricks. You have at work you are the main expert. If anyone wants to know something, you will give your opinion on this issue, regardless from your true awareness. You've turned into a talker. There are few computer sinners today who would burdened with all sins at once. But most of us is influenced by at least one. That is, everything except me. Why should I worry? I'm getting unverified copies of software and hardware to give your conclusion based on them. Send everything! This way I can put it on the shelves and show off everyone's eyes, watching, how shy they are in front of my powerful 486 PC and a giant color monitor. Pride? Gluttony? Greed? AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT ME?PC Magazine, December 25, 1990, p. 81
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