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The Sunday 2007-12-23 at 16:26 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
The problem is (to use my automobile analogy again), we
have users who can't even be bothered to learn the
difference between the brake and accelerator pedals, and
do the equivalent of driving around with the parking brake
still set, and then complain loudly that the rear brakes
were destroyed when they caught on fire.
I sincerely have no sympathy for people who remain
ignorant by choice.
I've taught users how to write simple shell scripts,
and modify them to experiment (making the originals
Writing simple shells scripts is rather like learning how to change the
oil yourself, or a punctured tyre - and I know of people that call the car
insurance if they get a puncture because they don't even know where the
spare tyre is; nor do they need to, they prefer paying a professional. And
yet they are very good drivers doing a hundred thousand kilometers a year
without a single accident.
The equivalent to driving a car in computers is using a word processor,
for which task there is no need at all to know how to write even simple
scripts.
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Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
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