On 17 Dec 2005 11:01:26 -0800, astronomer@mailinator.com wrote:

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...

For all the bitching about "having to change" to new software........I
wonder how many of the whiners are running it on Windows
3.1.........change "is".....embrace it or become extinct.