You've apparently never met my 89 year old father. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/28/2010 12:04 PM, Jan Steinman wrote:
>> From: Moose<olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> ... she has no concept of the filing system on her Mac
>>
>> Why should she have to, if the OS is truly intuitive and user
>> friendly
>
> Oh c'mon, Moose. That's a bit like saying, "Why should anyone have to
> have any concept of addition or subtraction, if The Universe were
> truly intuitive and user friendly?"
>
> If you want to balance your chequebook, you need to have a smidgeon
> of maths. And if you expect to make all but the simplest use of a
> computer, you need to at least understand the "folders and files"
> concept of a hierarchy.
>
> Except for that dude who sold his Mac because his desktop filled up,
> I've never met a person who couldn't understand the concept of a
> hierarchy, AND how it applies to a computer file system. Those that
> don't generally just don't care, and they need to take responsibility
> for that when things go wrong.
>
> ---------------- There is only one thing more powerful than all the
> armies of the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. --
> Victor Hugo :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::
>
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