Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1487 mails)

[Anton Aylward <anton.aylward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Adam Tauno Williams said the following on 08/06/2010 02:29 PM:
> On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 09:28 -0400, Anton Aylward wrote:
> > James Knott said the following on 08/06/2010 08:48 AM:
> > Here, we're "rational technocrats".  Joe Sixpack isn't.  He's not
> > interested in "protocols" and "FTP'.  To him NAT is just another
> > tick-off item on a feature list.  He's not interested in being able to
> > access any machine on his home network and wouldn't understand the
> > issues we're discussion here.  He might even be upset with IPV6 because,
> > even though he doesn't understand what it is,
>
> And he understands what IPv4 is?  "Bogosity is at 107% captain!" 
>
> Mythical [and just as non-existent] Joe Sixpack WILL care with his VOIP
> doesn't work, he can't file-transfer through his instant messenger, his
> BitTorrent client won't seed, and this new MMORPG client just times out.
> All because of this crazy thing called NAT that he doesn't even know
> what it is.

Indeed.  And he doesn't know what an operating system is either.
But he does know that Microsoft is to blame when things go wrong.

You and I know that while Microsoft has many shortcomings, we can't
blame them or NAT, but so what?  Joe and his kids believe the Disney
version of Grimm, too.

No, what worries me about Joe is that he might believe that symbol on
some web pages that assert the site is safe ...

-- 
The bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of
meeting schedules is forgotten.
   --Kathleen Byle, Sandia National Laboratories
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