I was a Linguistics major, and most CHinese keyboards have a tablet. You write the character on the tablet, and it "types" it out...MUCH faster than going through 13 levels of function keys and to rememebr where that ONE character is....
> a recipe Well, If I'm COOKING something, I'm going to read the recipe >clothing that's not the same..I buy what I like...I throw on a shirt...it works:) >fine art If I'm a t a museum, or if I COLLECT art, I would obviously know about it >elected Representative Cheryl Stone..which I am voting OUT this November...damn commie liberal!;) >orgasm Of course, if I want to keep my wife, it's in my best interest
My friend (Heavy online gamer, knows NOTHING about computers though), just called me to ask me to walk him through setting up the router he just bought. I asked him why he thought he needed a router. He has one computer. He said a friend told him he needed one. Why didn't that same friend help him install it? He said he didnt know how (The blind leading the blind here.)So, he wanted me to WALK him through installing his router...I would not. (I dont think I can walk someone through it anyway). I asked him look in the manual. He said "that'll take forever!". I told him it would take me forever to install it if I had no idea what he was using it for...he got the idea, and promptly returned it.
I agree...I drive a stick for the same reasons.."I" want to control what my car does..just like I want to control what my computer does. I had to LEARN how to drive a stick (taught myself thru trial and error) to get the most control. Just like I had to learn my computer to get the most control.
Since I'm the local tech support for my TOWN, and I haven't used Windows in over 3 years, I get alot of people asking me questions about stuff I've never touched. For example, I was at a friends house, and he asked me to explain how something works on XP. Now, I had never touched XP up to that point. I told him "read the help file", he said "But you're here", then I said "what if I wasnt here", he said "Well, I'd have to do without , I guess". After literally 10 seconds looking it up in Help, I figured it out. I said "How hard was that" he said "you're a computer guy, you're supposed to know this stuff". So, by being a "computer guy", I have tgis inate ability to figure out things I've never seen before?
Before I got married, we lived in an apartment, and it has an oven that came with the place...the oven clock kept blinking 12 as well, fofr months...when my wife asked me to fix it, i fiddled around with it for about a minute (what does THSI button do, etc), and fixed it....it wasnt rocket science.
To tell you the truth..I understand this completely...When I firsy touched a REAL computer (A VAX back in the early 80's) at my local university (I was a kid at the time)I asked for the manual...they laughed htinking it was way over my head..but I knew how to READ...I brought the manual home and learned VMS. So when I got an account ot the school, I knew my way around...the CS students at the time were asking ME for help..I rolled my eyes because I couldn't believe tey didnt undertsand the concept of an INDEX! I would say "Hold on", look it up in the index, and do it for them...thye thought I was a genius..at 12 yrs old, I KNEW it wasn't magic,but I felt like these guys were stupid. They were in COLLEGE, taking Comp Sci and didnt understand the concept of an INDEX! I just introduced a friedn of mine (who's an economics professor) to Linux..he uses KDE. I get more calls on how to do things like (How do I center the text in KWord?). I tell him look in the help file...he gets PISSED when I say that. I say, ever use MS Word? It's 95% the same, so what do you THINK you should do..he figured it out after I said that.....
I'm a Christian and I support the death penalty..punishment is not used to deter..it's to PUNISH. Read the report in the defense of the death penalty at http://www.crimeagainstamerica.com
That's THEIR problem, not a problem with Christianity.They are weak in their morals and really don't believe what they hear, hence they'll run for the mighty dollar.
It's the employees own fault...your job sucks? Leave...ESPECIALLY in the dot bomb era! You had your pick! No one can take advantage of you unless you let them
We spent a solid year trying to get VC money...after bending over backwards giving htem everything they wanted, they gave a guy w/ the SAME business model money because he had a better car! Sheesh!
Then you haven't used either nT or 2k enough. Sure, I havent seen BSOD's either, but they are different in the NT world. Ever have a hive corruption in 2k?? Not very pleasant
After spending a grand on VS6 Enterprise, and a grand on Delphi/Kylix I refuse to spend a grand on.NET when VS6 is still useable....but I do 95% of my devel on Linux now anyway. If there exists a cost-effective.NET IDE for Linux, I'll get it. To even LEARN.NET I have to spend at least $500...and unemployment sort of makes that an impossibility
Can anyone hear actually admit that they can UNDERSTAND a Scottsman speaking?? I've seen some of those scottish movies, and damn it, they have SUBtitles! Trust me, they're needed!
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I was a Linguistics major, and most CHinese keyboards have a tablet. You write the character on the tablet, and it "types" it out...MUCH faster than going through 13 levels of function keys and to rememebr where that ONE character is....
> a recipe :) ;)
Well, If I'm COOKING something, I'm going to read the recipe
>clothing
that's not the same..I buy what I like...I throw on a shirt...it works
>fine art
If I'm a t a museum, or if I COLLECT art, I would obviously know about it
>elected Representative
Cheryl Stone..which I am voting OUT this November...damn commie liberal!
>orgasm
Of course, if I want to keep my wife, it's in my best interest
My friend (Heavy online gamer, knows NOTHING about computers though), just called me to ask me to walk him through setting up the router he just bought. I asked him why he thought he needed a router. He has one computer. He said a friend told him he needed one. Why didn't that same friend help him install it? He said he didnt know how (The blind leading the blind here.)So, he wanted me to WALK him through installing his router...I would not. (I dont think I can walk someone through it anyway). I asked him look in the manual. He said "that'll take forever!". I told him it would take me forever to install it if I had no idea what he was using it for...he got the idea, and promptly returned it.
I agree...I drive a stick for the same reasons.."I" want to control what my car does..just like I want to control what my computer does. I had to LEARN how to drive a stick (taught myself thru trial and error) to get the most control. Just like I had to learn my computer to get the most control.
Since I'm the local tech support for my TOWN, and I haven't used Windows in over 3 years, I get alot of people asking me questions about stuff I've never touched. For example, I was at a friends house, and he asked me to explain how something works on XP. Now, I had never touched XP up to that point. I told him "read the help file", he said "But you're here", then I said "what if I wasnt here", he said "Well, I'd have to do without , I guess". After literally 10 seconds looking it up in Help, I figured it out. I said "How hard was that" he said "you're a computer guy, you're supposed to know this stuff".
So, by being a "computer guy", I have tgis inate ability to figure out things I've never seen before?
Give me an example of a complicated conf file? (Don't use Sendmail as an example :))
I think conf files are EASY if you do a man blah.conf
Before I got married, we lived in an apartment, and it has an oven that came with the place...the oven clock kept blinking 12 as well, fofr months...when my wife asked me to fix it, i fiddled around with it for about a minute (what does THSI button do, etc), and fixed it....it wasnt rocket science.
To tell you the truth..I understand this completely...When I firsy touched a REAL computer (A VAX back in the early 80's) at my local university (I was a kid at the time)I asked for the manual...they laughed htinking it was way over my head..but I knew how to READ...I brought the manual home and learned VMS. So when I got an account ot the school, I knew my way around...the CS students at the time were asking ME for help..I rolled my eyes because I couldn't believe tey didnt undertsand the concept of an INDEX! I would say "Hold on", look it up in the index, and do it for them...thye thought I was a genius..at 12 yrs old, I KNEW it wasn't magic,but I felt like these guys were stupid. They were in COLLEGE, taking Comp Sci and didnt understand the concept of an INDEX! I just introduced a friedn of mine (who's an economics professor) to Linux..he uses KDE. I get more calls on how to do things like (How do I center the text in KWord?). I tell him look in the help file...he gets PISSED when I say that. I say, ever use MS Word? It's 95% the same, so what do you THINK you should do..he figured it out after I said that.....
Very true....and that number is double what an MCSE is worht :)
Anyone know how to sync the system date w/ the hardware date on Netbsd? (or any of the BSD's?)
I have a Solaris Time Server getting the time every hour, and my LAN gets the time from the Solaris box....everything works nice-nice
Isn't DEATH a little extreme for a spammer? I mean, they are scum, but DEATH??????
I HAVE a pirated version of XP...I still use Linux...I loaded XP on a spare box of mine and despised it.....put FreeBSD in...ahh..much better :)
I'm a Christian and I support the death penalty..punishment is not used to deter..it's to PUNISH. Read the report in the defense of the death penalty at
http://www.crimeagainstamerica.com
The crusades were caused by corrupt men. Do you actualy think Christ himslef condoned that?
That's THEIR problem, not a problem with Christianity.They are weak in their morals and really don't believe what they hear, hence they'll run for the mighty dollar.
It's the employees own fault...your job sucks? Leave...ESPECIALLY in the dot bomb era! You had your pick! No one can take advantage of you unless you let them
My job would exist without him. I don't owe him SHIT!
I've been unemployed for 8 months with a mortgage , wife and kids......I won't work for an MS shop because I'm a UNIX guy.....
That's why I'm being asked by alot of companies to install ThinCLients. The only thing employees have is a browser and OpenOffice :)
No relation to Powerpoint, but my company's clients WERE the dotcoms. (I had a datacenter). In almost one week, I lost half my clients.I had to sell :(
We spent a solid year trying to get VC money...after bending over backwards giving htem everything they wanted, they gave a guy w/ the SAME business model money because he had a better car! Sheesh!
Then you haven't used either nT or 2k enough. Sure, I havent seen BSOD's either, but they are different in the NT world. Ever have a hive corruption in 2k?? Not very pleasant
After spending a grand on VS6 Enterprise, and a grand on Delphi/Kylix I refuse to spend a grand on .NET when VS6 is still useable....but I do 95% of my devel on Linux now anyway. If there exists a cost-effective .NET IDE for Linux, I'll get it. To even LEARN .NET I have to spend at least $500...and unemployment sort of makes that an impossibility
Can anyone hear actually admit that they can UNDERSTAND a Scottsman speaking?? I've seen some of those scottish movies, and damn it, they have SUBtitles! Trust me, they're needed!