On September 23, 2003 10:41 pm, dlwiggers wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 22:17:58 -0700
>
> John Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On September 23, 2003 01:24 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > Thank you for a great exposition of adult learning.  Why
> > > *should* it be more painful than this?  Is it just to protect an
> > > elite?
> >
> > Way way back there was a computer priesthood.  Computers were
> > these strange things that took up whole floors and were tended on
> > by short haired guys in lab coats who, by the 70s, were joined by
> > geeky hippies.
> >
> > These are the guys that wrote man pages.  And they wrote them for
> > each other.
> >
> > In short....yes :-)
> >
> > ttfn
> >
> > John
>
> Note that if you do your nix learning on the newbie list it may take
> a few years, and you may bump in to an Aussie or two, but sooner or
> later it all comes here.
>
> Lee

Auusies aren't so bad.  They're just misplaced Newfoundlanders who are 
deprived of winter, cod cheeks and icebergs. :-)

ttfn

John

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