On Sunday, January 15, 2012 09:20:33 PM Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp did opine: > > You know you have a problem when you first have to explain what the > > "thing" was before you can explain why what you did with the "thing" > > was so cool and still you get a blank look. > > This perfectly sums up the loss tech dilemma :-) > > Nik > Yes Nik, but I am far more concerned with how we should go about fixing that.
One side of the problem is likely the sheer amount of information that has become available to anyone with net access, but the inability to recognize a get rich quick scheme from a good personal and/or business plan. I have to admit that good friends of mine who are aways on the lookout to win the lottery, are by now pretty tired of me prefacing a reply on the current subject with the phrase that I believe Hemingway coined, but R. A. Heinlein made famous, TANSTAAFL. That single acronym probably fits 90% or more of the BS that comes flooding into our computers from a simple google search. So I believe the first thing we should try and teach is TANSTAAFL, long before the computer is ever turned on. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. -- Robert Frost, "The Death of the Hired Man" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
