Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 19:15:39 -0500 From: Kelly Hendrix <kelly@slackwit.com> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> Cc: Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: EzBSD aint for me! Was: A breath of fresh air.. Message-ID: <20011213191539.C16491@www.slackwit.com> In-Reply-To: <003401c18428$60ca1820$0a00000a@atkielski.com>; from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com on Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 11:49:07PM %2B0100 References: <20011211140107.A67653@FreeBSD.org><0112071641320B.01380@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><01121010202100.00345@stinky.akitanet.co.uk><20011211144049.A14693@acidpit.org><20011211214943.A4489@tisys.org><15382.29599.349155.309028@guru.mired.org><20011211230257.A5157@tisys.org><4.3.2.7.2.20011212181551.015734a8@threespace.com><15384.11772.363959.693167@guru.mired.org><003701c18398$07091d30$0a00000a@atkielski.com><15384.17244.476714.955574@guru.mired.org><004901c1839d$b273c440$0a00000a@atkielski.com><15384.19146.990082.336336@guru.mired.org><005201c183a1$39ae92c0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15384.20874.658211.478300@guru.mired.org> <008401c183a5$1f1cace0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011213164109.A16491@www.slackwit.com> <001601c18420$6777f820$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011213171513.B16491@www.slackwit.com> <003401c18428$60ca1820$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 11:49:07PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Kelly writes: > > > How do you figure? > > Just having any computer at all in those days set you apart from the crowd. > Computers as a common household item are a very recent phenomenon. > > It's rather like people who buy sports cars: They may not be expert > mechanics, but overall, they tend to know significantly more about cars than > the average person. To paraphrase Harry Hogge, a character played by Robert Duvall in "Days of Thunder", "The only thing more ignorant than a driver who don't know nothin' about cars is a driver who thinks he does." Of what significance is his knowledge if he can't fix his car when it breaks down? It'll cost him the same to get it fixed as it would someone who presumes no knowledge. That means what he knows amounts to squat. When I got my first PC in '96, even though I'd used that 64 all those years ago, it amounted to squat when I fired her up for the first time. My 8 year old daughter had to practically grab my hand and show me what to do with the mouse. I gained no practical experience with my first computer, nothing that would give me an edge over anyone who'd never used one before. Also, by the time I'd purchased my 64, there were several other computers on the market: Apple IIe, TRS-80, VIC 20, TI, Atari, and IBM. Now if I'd purchased an Apple or IBM, well, that'd been the stuff. But the 64 was considered by most to be just a glorified Atari 2600/5200. I was considered more of a gamer than a computer user, and in all reality, that's what I was. Kelly -- ______________________________________________________________________ | There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a | | miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. | | | | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) | |______________________________________________________________________| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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