Rajko M. wrote: > Doctor that doesn't know plumbing is not considered as unusual, but in your > opinion the same doctor that doesn't know how to use computer is?! > What's wrong in this picture? > > Computers are far more complex than plumbing, even in the most rudimentary > use. Book that describes computer basics has few hundred pages. How many > pages is needed to describe plumbing from A to Z ? >
Probably quite a few, if you include all the specialized knowledge needed for all areas of of plumbing. It take someone several years to become truly skilled in the trade. But you do make a good point. Even "computer basics" is a really broad area of human endeavor. I've been a software developer for 20+ years, taught assembler and several higher languages at the college level, wrote three books on programming, and authored 20 or so magazine articles on computer topics. But when it comes to IT stuff, or internet security, or even serious DBA work, I can be pretty helpless at times. Those aren't my areas of expertise. There's just SO much to know, it's hard to expect any one person to know it all. So when YaST tells me, "You must restart your system ...", I don't question whether I really must. I just do it. (However, I'm going to be careful not to mention it here!) Happy Solstice, everyone! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
