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| | | Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote (...) Because a lot of people are either not used to computers, or simply have not been taught that it's safe to experiment. I've decided it's something of a compliment if your users start playing with the (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Mike Stanley
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| | | | (...) You know, I see older people like this and I can almost understand it - almost. Not fully, though, because we ARE human beings after all, so much of our life experience is gained by testing, playing, trying, exploring. So I don't always buy it (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Linc Smith
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| | | | Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Mike, I keep waiting for you back down a bit from this stance, but wow! I feel it comes down to this... if I were your friend, and you asked, I wouldn't mind helping you with your car. I wouldn't think you any (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | (...) _I_ take a strange sort of pride in my lack of car repair knowledge. Filthy beasts. (But I agree with your point about helping other people. I understand Mike too though -- it was very annoying all trhoughout high school and college to go over (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Linc Smith
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| | | | | | | Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) Agreed! But I hope my point is not lost in the use of the car analogy. The analogy is not central, and I hope it does not distract from what I was trying to stress (last paragraphs). It is my fault for (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | Another test to expand the tree ++Lar (26 years ago, 29-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | and another ++Lar (26 years ago, 29-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | (...) Sometimes I hold onto those opinions that are counter to other peoples' longer just for fun. :) (...) Well, if it were something like helping me replace a tail light I could see that, but I didn't really just mean a one time or rare ocurrance (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Jesse Long
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| | | | | | | Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) That strikes me as a very typical statement for a lot of computer people. I'm still trying to decide why. Perhaps it's because computers break down so often, compared to cars. Perhaps people think they (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Computers don't break more often than cars. Computer owners break their computers more often than car owners break their cars. If people did things like whipping into drive from reverse, poured iced tea into their gas tank, drove with their (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) And if I want a sunroof installed in my car, I take to a professional. I don't try to do it myself. Too bad the computer-car analogy breaks down at this point. Users are *supposed* to be able to install software themselves. Unfortunately, it (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) I think it still works depending on the software. Installing Lego Creator, which I did today, is like installing vanity plates, or maybe new wipers. Installing an OS or a networking package, now that is something more along the lines of (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Except that installing vanity plates rarely causes a conflict with your car-stereo, and wiper blades don't usually come with upgrades to the electric system.(1) LEGO Island includes DirectX 5, and when I installed it, I could no longer use (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Chris Moseley
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| | | | | | | | | | | Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote (...) "sure I can fix it" <walks away> Or "Of course I can fix it. That's what people *PAY* me for." (warning: smart friends may understand this remark) "Hello-your-company-...oken-this- time?" (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | And yet another tree building post ++Lar (26 years ago, 29-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | (...) Maybe it's because fixing a computer tends to be an investment in arcane abstract knowledge, rather than concrete physical knowledge. Compute repair = several hours of tweaking settings and reading doc files. Car repair = several hours of (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | | I never imagined this thing will be ended up such a deep thread..:-)May I call my first Lego fame?..:-D Mike, I think you won't bother with my messages after the first "...please don't" message, but I need to speak some more. I can get the point in (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | (...) Just want to reiterate that this thread (for me anyway) stopped being about anyone using Lugnet, posting o RTL, etc, long ago. Nothing I've said in days has anything to do with anyone people here would know, other than me. :) (...) No offense (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Chris Moseley
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| | | | On topic bit: I agree with Mike. Asking stupid questions is better than making stupid mistakes, but it's better still to avoid both. And research is easy on the Internet (or I want my money back ;) Linc Smith <ldsmith@pfc.forestry.ca> wrote (...) (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: what is this folow up thingy? —Linc Smith
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| | | | Moz, Did you read this one? (URL) . You have quoted only the car analogy bits that lead up to the main points in the paragraphs, and left out my thesis. I have the feeling that you were just responding to some of the examples I used, and not (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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