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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Member since:2006-09-24
Member since: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.
Member since:2006-01-19
So you are proud that you couldn't figure out how to use a computer on your own, and had to use a manual?
Don't sound like a fool. If you never make the first step of "admitting you have a problem" you will never be anything more than just another user for whom the machine works by magic. RTFM is the most important skill a computer user can learn.
edit: forgot to quote.
Edited 2006-10-23 16:17
Member since:2006-07-28
Don't sound like a fool. If you never make the first step of "admitting you have a problem" you will never be anything more than just another user for whom the machine works by magic
Most likely, the microprocessor that runs your computer is pretty much "magic" to you.
RTFM is the most important skill a computer user can learn.
I must be a genius, because I never RTFM for my browser or most of the software I have on my system.
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2005-07-06
So you are proud that you couldn't figure out how to use a computer on your own, and had to use a manual?