Philip Chee wrote:
On Wed, 26 May 2010 11:47:43 -0400, Phillip Jones wrote:
Philip Chee wrote:
Is it also irresponsible to be unemployed and so poor that they can't
even afford the few $ to upgrade their computer (or that the few $ is
the difference between their kids going hungry)?
I hope your making a joke. I am unemployed but I am because I am retired
due to disability.
I'm sorry, I forgot that Americans don't understand irony.
I plan to upgrade some of my equipment when I've got enough bucks saved
in my retire fund to do so.
I know someone in your situation (retired due to disability). She's
smart, very smart. But her area of expertise is in the area of European
languages. Give her a classical Latin text to translate into Modern
English and she'll have it done in no time. However her mind just
doesn't work on technical matters and computers are a total mystery to
her. It's totally incomprehensible. However when it comes to almost
anything else she can run rings around you.
Phil
That wouldn't be hard to do. I worked hard through school and tech
school and it was rare to an A and B's were hard to keep. I was
responsible before forced retirement:
worked on Computer, Video Monitors, TV, Radios, PA systems, Intercom
systems, MATV (Master antenna Television ) systems, 16 MM projectors, 25
mm slide and film projectors, CD and DVD Players a laser Video Disc
Players (used a disk looked like a DVD only about the size of 33-1/3 LP
record), VCR's both JVC type (kind that most everyone used up until last
few years) Betamax, and U-Matic Looked like standard VCR only used 3/4
inch tapes and cartridges about 3 time the normal i1/2 video tape. The
machine them selves weight close to 100 pound s piece. Finally Computers
fro TI-88 to commodore 64/128, IBM PS1 and 2, Epson equity (Dos
computers) Winn (a private branded 286/386 computer tat could run
Windows 3.1.1-Windows95)
I was the sole technician to do this and at the beginning I had 25
schools all over the county plus school Board and the County Administration.
Now the only brush I had with Greek is the Greek symbols used in
Electronic Formulas. Some have different talents. Your friend may be
able to run rings around me reading and translating Latin or even
Physically, but at one time I could run rings around her when having to
do wit electronics. I could do one thing she couldn't. read and
understand the Japanesed English used in manuals that came with VCR's.
If your no familiar with that. That is the version of English written
in instruction manuals for VCR's and TV, that was written by Japanese
technical engineers. While they knew the words and possibly the meanings
they didn't know how words were actually used in the English language
--
Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it"
http://www.phillipmjones.net mailto:[email protected]
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