Martin 53N 1W wrote:

So are some people really so emotionally opposed to any form of change?
Or is all this angst just a kick-back from missed stats goals or a
disrupted personal routine?

All of the above.  There's also the feeling of loss of control.  I
figured I may as well be assimilated sooner rather than later, so I
downloaded BORG in 2004.  The software is ugly and obtuse, but like a
persistent rash, you get used to it.  If I could go back to my good ol'
CLI + SETIStash routine, I would in a shot - at least I felt in
control.  After all, it is *my* computer.  But, oh well, no point
kicking up a fuss.  If participating in S@H meant that I had to wear a
bucket of shit over my head, I'd do it because I would like to know if
we have cosmic company.  After all, if we never search...