An open letter to Miles Brennan

David Boles dgboles at gmail.com
Mon Dec 17 02:41:23 UTC 2007


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Tom Poe wrote:
> David Boles wrote:
> David:  As a point of interest, how do you feel about those of us who
> love to read and learn and improve our skills with computers, but,
> unfortunately, lack the ability to comprehend the basic fundamentals of
> how computers work, and, most likely, will never grasp the
> fundamentals?  Here's a smiley for you :)
> Happy Holidays,
> Tom


AH. What is called a 'loaded question'.  ;-)  I was a Newbie once.
Everyone was a Newbie once too. I read, learned, and have a working
knowledge only. Computers, Linux, etc are not my line of work. I just
use them at home and at work. In no way do I consider myself any kind of
expert.

But let me say this. You want to 'do something'? Read up on it first.
Try it. Succeed and that is great. Have a problem, don't really
understand, and can't solve it? Then ask for help. And remember that the
people that are trying to help you are just that. People trying to help.
They don't get paid to help here.

Want to upset the experts? Ask for a completely explained 29 step set of
instructions. And then argue with them.  ;-)

BTW Thanks for the smiley. Throwing smileys is always better than
throwing stones.

Have a good day.
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  David

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