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Occulis
RealPoor Jedi
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
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 Posted: 03/29/03 - 14:59 Post subject: Opportunity and self-education
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Today I met someone who has used a computer for 12+ months (browse web pages, chat on line, update her resumes, email people, etc). I sat down with her to copy some music to her machine and she could not do, nor had ever done, the following:
* minimize a program
* maximize a program
* drag a window around
You know... you don't have to be "smart" to learn things. The simple act of experimentation and general playfulness is often enough. At first I thought, "Well.. hm.. maybe she has never had the need to minimize, maximize or drag wind... oh who the f**k am I kidding."
Anyway.. her body is hidden in a dumpster in St. Albans if anyone would like to go hug it.
How the f**k can anyone operate any device for 10 to 20 hours a week and still not grasp the basic, most primitive, simple concepts of it? I guess what's Im really wondering is - How can they let themselves wallow in a withdrawn, blind, disinterested shell of existance?
Don't kid yourself and think this this kind of behavior begins and ends at the keyboard.
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Manuva
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Joined: 12 Oct 2002
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Posted: 03/29/03 - 17:18 Post subject:
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You'd be amazed at the amount of people that cannot grasp the concept that windows and modern cpu's are capable of running multiple applications at once.
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xammer99
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Joined: 14 Mar 2003
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Posted: 03/29/03 - 17:33 Post subject:
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Necessity is the mother of invention. May be she just never needed to run multiple apps at once.
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Occulis
RealPoor Jedi
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Posted: 03/29/03 - 17:53 Post subject:
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Xammer you silly goose. You're talking about a female who chats online. If you've never seen this in person, it's pretty funny. They don't receive words-per-minute, they receive "New male chat partner windows popping up" per second.
Just ask someone like Zoetrope or Celestra :p
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Kbarr
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Posted: 03/29/03 - 19:15 Post subject: Re: Opportunity and self-education
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| Dunn wrote: |
Don't kid yourself and think this this kind of behavior begins and ends at the keyboard. |
As you get older, you will realize that the majority of the population has this problem to some degree.
Most people are stupid.
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Occulis
RealPoor Jedi
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Posted: 03/29/03 - 20:17 Post subject: Re: Opportunity and self-education
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[quote="Kbarr"] | Dunn wrote: |
As you get older, you will realize that the majority of the population has this problem to some degree.
Most people are stupid. |
I think the 80/20 rule applies almost everywhere. You know the one... "80% of the work is done by 20% of the people, 20% of the work is done by 80% of the people." Also applies to a bunch of other stuff. I guess any activity that requires self-direction, motivation, or a work ethic in general will only be done by 20% of the people involved in it. 
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Mithrass
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Joined: 21 Oct 2002
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Posted: 03/29/03 - 20:25 Post subject:
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Can anyone tell me where the "any" key is? I can't seem to find it 
My four year old knows/can do more on a computer then most of the teachers I work with which is a very, very sad state of affairs.
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NickPSH
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Joined: 11 Oct 2002
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Posted: 03/29/03 - 20:47 Post subject:
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AOL user~
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WhiteWidow
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Joined: 11 Oct 2002
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Posted: 03/30/03 - 16:05 Post subject:
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That movie was hella weird.
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