On 2009-02-05, Dirk Uys <dirkc...@gmail.com> wrote: > The type of user I don't like is the ignorant type. Innocent > users are ok, they don't know, but ignorant users choose not > to know.
Surely there are things you use without knowing how they work. You probably use a phone, but do you _really_ know how the cellular system works? How about the landline phone system? The water supply system? Sewage treatment? Do you know how a refinery works? A chemical plant? How about the CPU in your computer. Do you actually know how it works? > And so often these ignorant users demand that they should be > able to do anything on a computer. If you wish to benefit from > using computers, you should be prepared to spend some time to > get to know how the stuff works. The more you want to do, the > more you need to know. Not: "I want amarok without mysql and > xyz plugin running all silky and smooth, but don't give me any > command line run-arounds or lots of talk about USE flags". We're all ignorant about 99% of the things we use. You just happened to choose a different 1% than some other people. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I am covered with at pure vegetable oil and I am visi.com writing a best seller!