> An interesting thing to observe is that while everyone uses tech ever day the "mass" is getting further away from having a good understanding of it instead of having a better understanding.
IMO that's mostly because earlier technology required a greater degree of dedication and study and troubleshooting. Back In My Day when I wanted to play computer games I had to check my IRQs and configure Sound Blaster.
Oh that is a blast ( happy coincidence ) from the past. I remember the first time I saw autodetect. What a time saver that was. And don't get me started on getting the memory in batch set up just right for moonstone.
Things are a lot easier now, but it getting easier made us forget how complicated it is underneath it all.
IMO that's mostly because earlier technology required a greater degree of dedication and study and troubleshooting. Back In My Day when I wanted to play computer games I had to check my IRQs and configure Sound Blaster.