Rajko M. wrote: > On Sunday 23 December 2007 11:03:42 pm Stevens wrote: > >> On Sunday 23 December 2007 18:11, Terry Eck wrote: >> >>> From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary: >>> idiot, 1: a person afflicted with idiocy; esp: a feebleminded person >>> having a mental age not exceeding three years and requiring complete >>> custodial care. >>> >>> I think you mean an ignorant person. >>> >> Nope. Idiot is the correct word to describe the vast majority of otherwise >> "educated" people who sit in front of a computer. Their actions >> fit the dictionary definition to a T. Just ask anyone who has worked >> desktop support. I know degreed professionals that will call up and >> tell me that they can't get on the internet when what they really mean >> is that they cannot access a web page somewhere. They don't >> understand what Internet Exploder or Firefox is but they know if >> they can get into Yahoo (which is their home page). They use web-based >> email instead of a local pop3 client only because they cannot >> understand the difference, even after it is explained for the umpteenth >> time. After all that, they still cannot understand that their email is >> in some server in Northern California (with Yahoo mail, of course) >> Etc ad infinitum. >> >> The scary part is that these people vote. >> >> I say again: IDIOTS >> > > Stevens, > > Be careful calling the names and showing so little understanding how big is > human kind knowledge. > > Doctor, lawyer, financial advisor, teller, car mechanic, electronic repairer, > plumber, electrician, roofer, etc, etc, don't complain when customer can't > describe problem or his ideas using exact names, it doesn't matter how > educated or not is a customer. > > Doctor that doesn't know plumbing is not considered as unusual, but in your > opinion the same doctor that doesn't know how to use computer is?! > What's wrong in this picture? > > Computers are far more complex than plumbing, even in the most rudimentary > use. Book that describes computer basics has few hundred pages. How many > pages is needed to describe plumbing from A to Z ? > > I don't expect people to be able to repair their computer, camera, VCR etc. I do expect them to make some effort to learn how to use it properly. A plumber or electrician not only has to know how to do their work, but must also comply with the applicable building & safety codes etc. Those can total hundreds of pages. Hopefully, your doctor has read a book or two. Imagine going to your doctor and saying "I'm not feeling well, fix the problem" and not providing any further info.
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