I love logic. I love computers. I dislike control oriented programmers! I have spent 4 days installing a new server at the store. The installation went easy until it came to the tag printer. For many years we have shared the tag printer among 4 computers. Now, the jewelry software people want to sell me a printer for each computer and have programmed the software to no longer share. I hired my brother to do a work around, but so far it has failed to workaround the software. (We did find a mechanical work around.) The programmers tell me that it is for my own good. They tell me that if each computer has it own printer I will waste less tags. (Seriously!!) They also tell me that the fact that they just added ads to my jewelry software homepage is customer service. I think it is control. Does everything in life come down to control? Why can't I decide how many tag printers I need? Why can't I decide to opt out of homepage ads? Is the motto of control "It's for your own good"? What is "my own good"? Is it a way to service your need for control? How does the logic of computing stand up against the emotional needs of the programmer for control?
I see this a lot in computing. Steve Jobs could not give up control of anything, so the Ipad does not have the "flash" software. Does the phrase, that software is intuitive, mean that the programmer tried to be less controlling of the user?
Everyday, I think of control. Am I trying to control the urge to control? If I use logic, where do I lose emotion?
If I become less emotional and more logical, in order to be less controlling, do I lose my emotional ability to love fully?
I was told many years ago to "Let Go Let God". Does that mean letting go of logic? emotion?
I am letting go of the computer issues. I will use the software with logic and less emotion.
It is what it is.

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