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Re: Every incident is an opportunity (was Re: Hackers hit key Internet traffic computers)
From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks () cadence com>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:44:24 -0800 (PST)
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:38:10 -0500 From: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy () druid net> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:51:38 -0600 Dave Pooser <dave.nanog () alfordmedia com> wrote:Marshall beat me to it. I have a T-shirt that says "Mac: So simple my parents can use it." It's funny because it's true.Why do I keep hearing "My parents are stupid" in these sorts of comments? Just wait. They get smarter as you get older.
My father was NOT stupid. He could use several of the more popular "word processors" (Wang being the last one he had used) but he could NOT, for the life of him, get used to using MS Word. Or anything else associated with Windoze. The command sequences just "didn't make sense to him ("Why do I have to go push "start" when I want to shut the system down?") --------------------------------------------------------------------- I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely learn a great deal today. "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision." - Benjamin Franklin "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton
Current thread:
- Re: Every incident is an opportunity (was Re: Hackers hit key Internet traffic computers) Brandon Butterworth (Feb 12)
- Re: Every incident is an opportunity (was Re: Hackers hit key Internet traffic computers) Barry Shein (Feb 12)
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- Re: Every incident is an opportunity (was Re: Hackers hit key Internet traffic computers) Gregory Hicks (Feb 12)