On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:17:58 -0700
John Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On September 23, 2003 01:24 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
> 
> >
> > Thank you for a great exposition of adult learning.  Why
> > *should* it be more painful than this?  Is it just to protect an
> > elite?
> >
> Way way back there was a computer priesthood.  Computers were
> these strange things that took up whole floors and were tended on
> by short haired guys in lab coats who, by the 70s, were joined by
> geeky hippies.
> 
> These are the guys that wrote man pages.  And they wrote them for
> each other.
> 
> In short....yes :-)
> 
> ttfn
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
Note that if you do your nix learning on the newbie list it may take
a few years, and you may bump in to an Aussie or two, but sooner or
later it all comes here.

Lee

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