On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 20:32 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote: > A.R.S. KA9QLQ Alvin Koffman schreef: > > As for insulting the developers I said I looked forward to when they > > had something I [a normal person] could use > > You know, it just occurs to me to question this often-heard "assumption" > that "non-geek"="normal" -- with "geek" being defined by these so-called > "normal" people. > > Is it "not normal" to want to understand what you're doing when > installing an OS? > > Is it "normal" to object (vociferously, usually) to having to read the > instructions before attempting to perform a complex technical procedure? > > Is it "normal" to think that "click a fancy button and everything just > works" is the way things are *supposed* to be, when dealing with a > complex technical operation? > > I personally don't think so, but then again I'm a "geek", apparently, > and I don't know what "normal" is, anyway, since I'm apparently not. > > Not to be rude, but if I was "normal", I suppose I would understand how > one can be "a normal person" and severely disabled in the same paragraph, > since these conditions either have no relationship to each other (in > which case there was no need for the "I'm disabled" trump card), or > contradict each other (in which case the speaker looks like a..... > person who smells of elderberries). > > But of course, I'm out of here; pointless flame-fests are not my idea of > a fun Friday night. > > Holly
Amen to that. The US government has labelled me "mentally disabled", and I still managed to successfully install Gentoo on three different PCs... If someone like me can do it, anyone can. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
