Greetings and Salutations,

     -=> Andy Roberts wrote to Linda Proulx <=-

 LP> I remember overhearing a word processing student wondering why in
 LP> the H she had to learn about directories, subdirectories & basic
 LP> DOS.  All she wants to know is how to use the wordprocessing
 LP> program.  Sigh.

 AR> almost that long.  To this day she doesn't have the slightest idea what
 AR> a subdirectory, file extension, or command line is.  I have setup all

But remember that folk had to know where to save their data once upon a
time.  Trainers can not guarantee that the 'home' computer was as
automated.

 AR> I love her in spite of or maybe even because of her lack of technical
 AR> awareness.

Somehow I knew that she was not inclined to things mechanical.  But it
would be really dull if everyone was the same, wouldn't it.

Have a friend like that.  Setup her windows to do her stuff.

 AR> close it again, without her ever pressing any button.  This X-10 system
 AR> has a fairly high level of AI due to extensive If-Then-Else
 AR> programming.  It has it's own monitor which is dark most of the time,

This sounds like it was a lot of fun to set up.  Would love to see how
your house is wired.

 AR> should be long gone.  Now if the motion detectors thinks there is an
 AR> intruder, the lights and some other stuff start to do some rather

Isn't it sad thought that this is neccessary.

 AR> at least it didn't turn on the sprinklers, so my wife was not all wet
 AR> when she finally did get in.  But she was steaming!  And wouldn't you
 AR> know it, the computer didn't even say it was sorry. 

Now, not the computers fault.....


Anon,

Linda

... I'd like to change the world, but they won't give me the source code.
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