MAC and IBM Computer – Same? – Different?

MAC and IBM Computer – Same? – Different?

 

Deaf and Hearing people – Same? – Different?

This is my analogy about how Deaf and Hearing adults or children or babies are created differently just like a Mac or IBM. They, hearing and deaf people are the same in very way just like a Mac or IBM. But the only difference is the software program. The software disc that you put in the Mac or IBM computer got data information that the Mac or IBM understands what it written(embedded) in it and functions according how you communicate with the keyboard. The software disc could be Word processor program, accounting program, video game program, drawing program like Photoshop, etc. 

Hearing and Deaf people are human bionic-computers. Before I go any further explaining more about what I will write on this post, you might ask this question, what is a bionic-computer?

Bionic-computer is a human being that its brain can compute to do things such as like calculating the coordination while walking or picking things up, etc. Your brain is always computing like a calculator doing the adding, subtracting, etc while controlling your balance, reaching for something, jumping or hopping over something, etc.

No one was born as a full functioning bionic-computer human being. Keep in mind that we all had to learn to crawl, walk, talk, sign, run, respond, think, etc since the day we were born. Our parents were the main educators, motivators, etc in the beginning of our lives. Then teachers, your peers, people, media, TV, etc became additional educators, motivators, etc. This process is the education of our bionic-computer body(mind) that goes on until the day we die.

One more thing that I want to say about the terminology of the two words;

Software and Hardware.

The computer that you are using right now while reading this post is call hardware.

The disc that you put in the computer contains data so you can watch movies or video game or Microsoft Word is call software.

The Human Bionic-Computer is the hardware of the human anatomy. This would include the brain, internal organs, and other human organ systems such as Cardiovascular, Endocrine, Immune, Muscular, nervous, Reproductive, Respiratory, Skeletal and Urinary systems.

Your bionic-computer has stored program properties and self- metaprogramming properties, with limits determinable and to be determined.

You might ask, what is metaprogramming?


Metaprogram is defined as a set of instructions, descriptions and means of control of sets of program.

How did we get the metaprogramming properties?

You got them since the day you were born, from your parents, teachers, etc. It is the software education that you have and it is stored in your brain.

Now, let’s go back a little about what I wrote above;

The bionic-computer has stored program properties and self- metaprogramming properties, with limits determinable and to be determined.

You might ask, what you mean by with limits determinable and to be determined.
It means that it depends on how you have been educated, how much data flow you have gotten or able to receive from your parents or teachers in early childhood, etc.

It could also means that it depends on if you are deaf or hearing. In this society now days, a deaf person will have a good chance to get into the phrase of with limits determinable and to be determined.

This is very, very important to keep this in mind as you read on in my post.

The title of this post is

MAC and IBM Computer – Same? – Different?

This is the same as if I had said,

Deaf and Hearing Babies – Same? – Different?

What is really the different between a Mac and IBM computer?

They both look alike, same hardware, functions the same. They both have low level, average level and high level performance.

Just like in the society, we have low level, average level and high level minded human beings. You might ask, why do we have three levels.
With the computers (Mac/IBM), it depends on the speed of calculating, the amount of ram memory and the software program.
With human being (bionic-computer), it depends on the early childhood of language foundation, how much you’ve learned the software program.

You might ask, what was our human software program?

Well, for a hearing baby, it was the data flow of informations that enter through the ears.

And for the deaf baby, it was the data flow of informations that enter through the eyes.

This means that the hearing baby and the deaf baby, both have different type of software input for eyes or ears.

The software makes our bionic-computer to function and the more data flow of informations that each receives through its eyes or ears, will categorize each of us accordingly as low level, average level or high level minded person.

Macintosh are the Deaf baby.

IBM are the Hearing baby.

Hearing and Deaf babies, both require different software to be able function for its highest potential capability to learn… the earlier, the better.

This is why Deaf babies and children must have bilingual education- ASL/English(reading and writing) to be able learn to achieve the level at its highest potential capability.

These Eye software input bilingual education program are for babies that don’t have the natural Ear software input capability.

Over the years, we, the deaf people, or should I say, the Mac computers have been using the IBM “ear” software indoctrinated by the so-call-experts ( i.e. AGBell ) thinking that we deaf (Mac) people could hear and speak 100% like hearing (IBM) people.

 

The Deaf babies have been deprived of having the use of appropriated software program to be able to function fully like hearing babies since 1880.

Parents of Deaf children need to grasp this simple concept.

John F. Egbert

12 Responses to “MAC and IBM Computer – Same? – Different?”

  1. I enjoy reading your web site sooo much I feel the same thing as you did as we grew up..

    I was raised to be Oralist myself at my mainstreamed schools in Miami, FL until I learned to use ASL during my first year of Jr. High School and I still use my ASL since.

    Your analogy is PERFECT example on your web site, as I did have the same response to their questions often: “What’s different between MAC and PC? and Why can’t the software makers develop any game program for MAC like PC does have. I always have answered to this: We are the MAC users in the PC world like we are the Deaf people in the HEARING world! It is time for us to educate the PC users/Hearing people about understanding our needs.

    I also strongly agree with you about your comment on the Oral is just “access” not language.

    Thank you

    PMRjr

  2. Paul Robertson,

    Thank you for your nice comment.

    Have a Great Year of 2008!

    John

  3. Not to nitpick, but everyone, it’s Mac, NEVER MAC. Mac is short for Macintosh, not M.A.C. PC is an acronym for Personal Computer and IBM is an acronym for International(?) Business Machines, hence all capitals.

    Mac has always been, and just is, Mac.
    Thank you.

  4. Observer,

    By all means, I deserve this input from you and I appreciate it.

    I did spelled Mac but then I figured out of respect to the word IBM, I thought that Mac maybe should be caps but I was wrong.

    Thank you for educating me.

    John

  5. I think IBM created the universal PC architecture, but now it is considered universal and should be called “PC”. Right? IBM lost control of it.

  6. Yes John– People are people whether hearing or deaf, black or white, Christian or Hindu, fat or thin, rich or poor, gay or straight, male or female. . .people are people are people. Our hearts are what matter.

  7. Good anology, John!

    And this is the sad part - like the hearing 98% of the world uses PC software and the others use the other software. Of course, AGBell uses the most popular and everyone knows about it. Not many know the other software even if it is better. Let using ASL as extra communication mode.

    It all sucks, but hand in there cuz Apple did and they are growing in power as you will.

    Best of luck!

  8. I meant your organization in general, not you personally, sorry for the typo. Your organization can only get stronger with a lot of patience and hard work.

  9. Brian,

    Yes, Lot of patience and hard work.

    This is also my 2008 resolution.

    Brian, I wish you and your whole family a Merry Christmas and a wonderful year of 2008

    John Egbert

  10. Many people do not realize that the PC computer system including the IBM computer software systems have to run on Mac operational software system anyway.

    So all the PCs are relied upon the Mac operational system anyway.

    RLM

  11. I saw a hot topic about this issue on deafromance.com ,(yeah, am a member of this pretty deaf dating site). There also have some pretty blog!

    Happy Holiday!

  12. Your article made a connection to what the researchers had mentioned when presenting abt how memory works differently for the Deaf and hearing. I will comment this in my vlog someday.

    Brian,

    Just need to clarify that ASL is not considered as a communication mode but a language. A communication method or a mode identifies with S.E.E, PSE, etc. This was what I had learned from the professors when taking Structure of ASL in case you wanted to know the source.

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