: About Me

I am a Libertarian writer hailing from the Texas Panhandle. Gideon MacLeish is my pen name, and can be found on various blog sites.

I am an activist and in 2006 ran for the Texas State House of Representatives, gaining 15% of the vote in my first time up with no money and no name recognition. I came to Helium to expand my audience and possibly to make a little money on the side.

Computers & Technology > Computers & Technology (Other) Why computers are frustrating

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I work as a support technician for an Internet service provider. One of the most common elements of my job is dealing with people who are frustrated with their computers. Computers are frustrating because we expect them to work. Period. We live in a world of convenience where a pizza's as simple as a phone call or a stop at a website and the transaction can be cleared with a credit card. Where our appliances work at least until we can replace them with something better. Computers, we believe, should be different. The problem is, owning and maintaining a computer is not as simple as flippin...

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