Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Anders Johansson wrote:
You need to look up the definition of idiot. Nobody can know everything
True. We're using it in the colloquial sense, that being, "People who know far less than what the can REASONABLY be expected to know." Most computer users' behavior is equivalent to drivers who are not yet qualified to have a license...they need constant supervision.
Why?
Because they *REFUSE* to learn even basic principles of effective computer USE and self-protection (the equivalent of "don't drive through red lights").
None of these accountants and other office workers are professional drivers, but I can damn well assure you that NONE of them drives around town committing actions that one would expect from a car with a big, yellow "Student Driver" sign on the roof.
And yet, using a computer *IS* part of their job, but most refuse to learn diddly-squat unless the threat of being fired is held over their heads -- that's one thing I have really enjoyed about being a Unix systems admin/engineer.. most of the user base is engineers (mechanical, or whatever), and they see learning to use the computer as PART of learning to do their work....even if they prefer Windows over Unix. It's completely antithetical to the technology-hostile attitude of most of the Windows userbase (although how much of this is due to Microsoft's own user-enfeeblement attitude, I can't say for sure.)
I have to agree. I have provided software support at IBM and have found some users could avoid a lot of their problems, if they'd just learn to use their computer properly. You don't find many carpenters who don't know how to use a hammer and saw. A computer is a tool for people do to their work and it's their responsibility to learn how to use it properly. In my book, anyone who refuses to learn is refusing to do their job. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org