Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 22 December 2007 18:06:37 Stevens wrote:
On Saturday 22 December 2007 10:30, Rajko M. wrote:
Catering to idiots only encourages them to continue
their idiotic behavior.
Insulting 90% of people doesn't help to make your case.
You have to understand that not everyone has the same goals in life as
you, and also that different goals doesn't mean they are wrong.
<blah, blah, blah, touchy-feely b.s., blah, blah>
Having different goals does not change the fact that they are still idiots.
Nobody said they were wrong, just that they are idiots. If they did not
exist I would go broke because I make my living from idiots who pay
me to fix their stuff that they were too stupid to fix themselves
You need to look up the definition of idiot. Nobody can know everything
True. We're using it in the colloquial sense, that being,
"People who know far less than what the can REASONABLY be
expected to know." Most computer users' behavior is
equivalent to drivers who are not yet qualified to have
a license...they need constant supervision.
Why?
Because they *REFUSE* to learn even basic principles
of effective computer USE and self-protection (the
equivalent of "don't drive through red lights").
None of these accountants and other office workers
are professional drivers, but I can damn well assure
you that NONE of them drives around town committing
actions that one would expect from a car with a big,
yellow "Student Driver" sign on the roof.
And yet, using a computer *IS* part of their job,
but most refuse to learn diddly-squat unless the
threat of being fired is held over their heads --
that's one thing I have really enjoyed about being
a Unix systems admin/engineer.. most of the user
base is engineers (mechanical, or whatever), and
they see learning to use the computer as PART of
learning to do their work....even if they prefer
Windows over Unix. It's completely antithetical
to the technology-hostile attitude of most of the
Windows userbase (although how much of this is due
to Microsoft's own user-enfeeblement attitude,
I can't say for sure.)
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