Linked by Ioan-Alexandru Lazar on Mon 23rd Oct 2006 14:58 UTC
Among the few things I'm proud of in my life, not having had contact with Windows when I first "met" a computer is somewhere around the top. Indeed, the first computer I used ran Unix, and I have been using Unices myself for some time.
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2005-07-06
How does reading the manual != learning on your own?
I'm not sure, but most people seem to think that computers need to be simpler than toasters and that a chimpanzee should be able to use one.
Learning how to use a computer to it's fullest potential is frowned upon, because it shatters the myth that pointing and clicking is more than enough to reach that potential.
People don't like to be outclassed, but geeks show them otherwise. Deep down they hate the geeky kid who cleans up after their malware infected mess. They know they can't get by with just clicking and that they are dependent on the ones who know more than just click.
So any signs of elevated skill level will bring out hostility.