On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:03:12 -0700 John Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 > > That's what I thought. Lee -- User #223705 Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
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