Computer literate? Is that another way of saying the thing is a pain in the butt to operate? Do you have to be able to go 3,000 miles cross country on a 1950's vintage Ural doing all your own maintenance and repair to be motorcycle literate?

The PC is prone to bugs, viruses, freezing up for no discernible reason and a myriad of other quirks. The fact that a PC user has to learn a laundry list of work arounds, precautions, short cuts and emergency procedures is not exactly a point in it's favor.

Saying that a PC is superior because of all the stuff you need to know is like saying a Ural is superior to a Triumph since Ural riders know more about their bikes because they've had to fix practically everything at least once.

Like my motorcycle, I want my computer to run with as little fuss as possible. I think the fact that I don't need to do a lot of housekeeping to keep it operating is a plus rather than a minus.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.