On Sunday 13 May 2001 06:23, Togan Muftuoglu wrote:
* Purple Shirt
[010513 14:18]: Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ and for that very reason you are using a web based MUA based on closed source.
DOH!!! (or was that DOS?). Sounds a little arrogant to be honest, to be saying that having a basic gui interface to setup some needed features unwarrented and that setting up such features should be left to the realm of a professional (and yes patients learn to run their own IV - at home, etc. Just not in the hospital where trained personal are available). The human being learns best through multiple modalities - lexiconal, Iconal, auditory, and tactile - hence why gui's are a viable interface for the end-user. And yes the console is a useful and needed feature. The biggest problem that I have is with the current state of documentation. I wouldn't mind setting up a firewall from scratch if the documentation was written with so many assumed givens (and not out of date). It's not about trying to dive into the complexities of Linux, it's about the time to sort through vague and poorly written docs and then spending not just hours or days, but weeks hunting down adjunct documentation on a given subject to get the fulliest understanding (beleive me hunting down documentation is my middle name and part in parcel to my profession - and Latin aint no stranger to me either, try doing DNA and biochem/physiol/anatomy........). Its about time vs returns for expenditures. I would love to just sit down and spend all the time I wanted learning to run my Linux box, go to all the LUG meetings I could, and maybe hire a Linux guru to come over once or twice a week to teach me. Unfortunately, that aint gonna happen - too busy, too many things to do otherwise. I want a reliable system (hence my interest with Linux, or disgust with M$) and I want it safe and secure and to be able to set it up myself. I just want something that will make it easier to understand and more accessable.