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Bulletproof Tool For Golden Age Browsing?
An anonymous reader writes "I work in a retirement/assisted living home. Many of the residents had never used the Internet but really find it fascinating once they are given a little training. However, I've stopped introducing it to them because of the drain it puts on me. There are a million and one things that a computer novice can screw up, and I don't have time to solve all of them. These folks don't need any sophistication. and they need only the most basic options. Adjustable text size would be nice, but otherwise — no email, no word processing or editing, no printing — just Internet browsing. This may not seem like a big market, but it's getting bigger every day! Is there an absolutely fool-proof device that can provide this without requiring virus scanners and constant attention?"
show them lemonparty. They won't be interested any more. (then again, maybe they will).
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
Get a Damn Small Linux CD.
Boot off CD, to RAM if possible, and enjoy the internet.
100% worry free computer usage.
If they want the computer to do more than just the internet, tell
them the instructions are available, on the internet. Have fun.
Write a simple program that calls off to their favorite sites and prints them out. Then give them paper version of what they like.
Then they can pass it around, etc. Sort of like bookmark sharing.
"If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer
What is it about all the "use Linux" posts on slashdot? Jeez, this is one of the most biased communities on the internet when it comes to operating systems. Everyone knows that Windows provides the most user-friendly browsing experience on the face of the planet.
SRSLY.
Your post, however, now that's right on the fucking money. He kind of did mention it would severely reduce functionality though. But I like yours better still. A sentence, a sentence fragment and not a singly fucking reinforcing point. Well argued, sir!
Now you listen up sonny, when I want to get on them thar intertubewebs on this computing contraption, you darn tootin better give me a web looker-loo-browsing app thingamajig with static typing in its scripting! None of this manifest type stuff, and I'll break out my horsewhip if there's any of them implicit casts in there! Now higher order types with functional dependencies would really crank my buggy up, but I'll take anything with hindley-milner inference.
Now where's my dentures, boy?
(BTW, that was a not half bad troll you did. typing systems, that's a good one.)
Microsoft Bob should do the trick.
with a 21 inch monitor (nice big text by default), OpenBSD, no X, just a terminal. What's not to like?
"These folks don't need any sophistication. and they need only the most basic options."
If I have seen further it is by stealing the Intellectual Property of giants.
So, you must get so confused when you leave your basement.
Just then the floating disembodied head of Colonel Sanders started yelling Everything You Know Is Wrong!-Weird Al
Have you seen random young people try to use the WiiMote to type and point?
now amplify times old people shakes, not good solution.
Wow, sent an e-mail as suggested when clicking on "use classic" banner, and got a fast response that addressed my msg
I'm going to go vandalise Metamucil on Wikipedia and say it's commonly used to poison unwanted older relatives.
(hey, if Nigerian scams work...)
> I have not heard a peep since.
When was the last time you checked on her?