On 12/2/97 4:09 PM, Nigel Horne <njh@smsltd.demon.co.uk> wrote...
>> Is this degree of cluelessness something that _might_ be
>> specific to the lists I run, or is it a general phenomena?
>
>No, its just that computers are being used by less computer literate people.
>This is to be expected - I drive a car but it doesn't mean that I can fix
>it when it breaks down.
Not a good analogy. I don't know how to fix my car either, but the print
over the gas gague says "Unleaded Fuel Only." And so I don't put leaded
fuel into my car.
The problem is, people THINK that anything on the computer is too
complicated for them. I've sat down with people and read over the
instructions with them, and when they actually paid attention and read it
with their brain turned on, they knew right away what to do. But many
people just see a bunch of text with big words, and automatically figure
they can't do whatever it is.
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