On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 11:01:03AM EST, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Lisi wrote: >> On Wednesday 05 January 2011 15:15:43 Camaleón wrote:
[..] >> They know that the computer needs electricity and that the car needs petrol. >> I doubt that most people know more than that. > Well, I would hope they also know that their car needs (at least in the US): > - scheduled maintenance > - an annual inspection > - a registration sticker > - insurance > As well as: > - at some point, they took a driving test, and some of the > rules-of-the-road stuck > - they need to renew their license > - drive somewhere in the vicinity of the speed limit > - stop for red lights and stop signs > - don't drive under the influence > - don't sit in a closed garage with the motor running > - how to change a tire (or at least, how to call AAA) Muted chuckles.. what part of the U.S. are you referring to..? > The analogy to cars is a good one. It seems reasonable to expect > a computer user to acquire a set of skills akin to what one needs to > drive and maintain a car. It's probably not reasonable to require > a computer user to acquire skills akin to obtaining a pilot's > license. As long as they don't get it into their heads to invest in a 5-ton previously owned mainframe and attempt to drive it around the block, nobody's going to care. cj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110105203144.gc4...@pavo.local
