Public Interest
Jun. 16, 2000
Cyber-Pets
Dicta: By Paul O'Brien The computer - love it or hate it - is likely the most genuine reflection of our age. This comes from one who is decidedly a hack and not a hacker. I hesitantly navigate the simplest searches. I cannot "surf" it, so I boogie-board the Web for fear I'll drown in its endless seas of information or crash in its shallowest waters. And yet all this high technology fascinates me, especially in the way it has endeared itself to us like a stray pet.
By Paul O'Brien
The computer - love it or hate it - is likely the most genuine reflection of our age. This comes from one who is decidedly a hack and not a hacker. I hesitantly navigate the simplest searches. I cannot "surf" it, so I boogie-board the Web for fear I'll drown in its endless seas of information or...