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Henry wrote:
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> I don't think that was funny. Computer should and will start by a voice
> command.
>
> In the same way I laugh when people are saying that web design should be
> made in Notepad.
>
> Yeah... I would add, use abacus as well and welcome into Flinstone era.
>
> Install Linux and sped few days how to put video card driver or mount
> floppy disk.
>
>

Most users have had twenty years to learn MS commands.

You install Linux and then are not happy because you are not immediately
proficient?

Mark Parnell wrote:
> Previously in alt.html, Henry <> said:
>
>
>>If the husband hates his wife, installing for her Linux
>
>
> I installed Linux for my wife (who I most certainly don't hate), and she
> loves it.
>
Ditto! I don't have to speed thousands of dollars to purchase software
either.

Wayne wrote:

> Most users have had twenty years to learn MS commands.
>
> You install Linux and then are not happy because you are not immediately
> proficient?

My preferred analogy is the pencil.

Measuring from the moment you picked up your first pencil to the moment
you could write with "good" handwriting (whatever that is) and correct
spelling, how long did it take you to learn to use a pencil? Twelve years?
Perhaps longer?

A pencil is just a stick of graphite surrounded by a bit of wood. A
typical modern desktop computer is, shall we say, somewhat more
complicated.

Do you really expect to sit at a computer first time and understand how to
use it straight away? If so, then why the **** did it take you so long to
learn to use a pencil?

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Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
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While sitting in a puddle Toby Inkster scribbled in the mud:

> Measuring from the moment you picked up your first pencil to the moment
> you could write with "good" handwriting (whatever that is) and correct
> spelling, how long did it take you to learn to use a pencil? Twelve years?
> Perhaps longer?

Must gave been about 4 when I first picked up a pincil. Still can't spell or
write good enough so anybody can figure out what I wrote. Guess I'm just a
slow learner.

--
Duende (irregular)
Friends help you move.
Real friends help you move bodies.

Without quill or qualm, rf quothed:

<previous soliloquy>

I dare/defy you to say that verbally.

--
Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

Without quill or qualm, rf quothed:

> neredbojias
> > Without quill or qualm, Duende quothed:
>
> > > Just because neredbojias has a weird name does'nt mean he's dumb.
> >
> > Yeahbut if I'm so smart why ain't I rich??
>
> Nobody can remember how to spell your name so they can fill in the cheque
> correctly?

I'd be happy to phone them at the happy moment. (Collect.)

--
Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

Without quill or qualm, rf quothed:

> neredbojias countered:
> > Without quill or qualm, rf quothed:
>
> > > Phew. For a minute there I thought you were just making up these words
>
> >
> > I did and some guy put it in a book and disseminated it without my
> > permission. However, I suppose you could say it's a bit like getting
> > laid vicariously.
>
> I dunno about vicarious but these days getting laid is serendipitous.

Actually, it just gives me shortness-of-breath and a deplorable feeling
of futility. If women want equal rights they should do more of the work.

--
Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

While sitting in a puddle neredbojias scribbled in the mud:

> Without quill or qualm, rf quothed:
>
>> neredbojias
>> > Without quill or qualm, Duende quothed:
>>
>> > > Just because neredbojias has a weird name does'nt mean he's dumb.
>> >
>> > Yeahbut if I'm so smart why ain't I rich??
>>
>> Nobody can remember how to spell your name so they can fill in the cheque
>> correctly?
>
> I'd be happy to phone them at the happy moment. (Collect.)
>

But they would just hang up after hearing your name thinking it was a very
dirty word.

--
Duende (irregular)
Friends help you move.
Real friends help you move bodies.