Comments on: Late Adopter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:21:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Freiddie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/comment-page-1/#comment-47266 Freiddie Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:46:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/#comment-47266 Lenz's Law. Lenz’s Law.

]]> By: Sili http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/comment-page-1/#comment-47243 Sili Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:18:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/#comment-47243 NO! <a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=8" rel="nofollow">CHANGE IS BAD</a>! Do not want! NO!

CHANGE IS BAD!

Do not want!

]]> By: gopher65 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/comment-page-1/#comment-47224 gopher65 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:54:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/#comment-47224 I'm wired the other way around. I like small changes in my life: little tech changes, occasionally walking to work on a slightly different route, etc, but I am not at all adventurous when it comes to larger things. The idea of a new job scares the crap out of me, and I can't even contemplate switch hair dressers. I’m wired the other way around. I like small changes in my life: little tech changes, occasionally walking to work on a slightly different route, etc, but I am not at all adventurous when it comes to larger things. The idea of a new job scares the crap out of me, and I can’t even contemplate switch hair dressers.

]]> By: Julianne http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/comment-page-1/#comment-47207 Julianne Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:39:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/#comment-47207 Yup Luis, that just about sums it up. The one limitation though, is that if you try to hold on to your stable system, you're eventually screwed by everyone else upgrading theirs. With the old laptop, more and more things started breaking because no-one else cared about making things compatible with the dusty old OS I was using. Yup Luis, that just about sums it up.

The one limitation though, is that if you try to hold on to your stable system, you’re eventually screwed by everyone else upgrading theirs. With the old laptop, more and more things started breaking because no-one else cared about making things compatible with the dusty old OS I was using.

]]> By: Luis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/comment-page-1/#comment-47204 Luis Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:19:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/#comment-47204 Late adopters, you will all love reading this: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000606.html Late adopters, you will all love reading this:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000606.html

]]> By: Diane http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/comment-page-1/#comment-47105 Diane Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:15:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/#comment-47105 I still have windows 98 on some of my computers around here... I still have windows 98 on some of my computers around here…

]]> By: Phil Plait http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/comment-page-1/#comment-47087 Phil Plait Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:34:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/11/14/late-adopter/#comment-47087 Welcome to the club. :-) Welcome to the club. :-)

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