Computers, and the monkeys who use them.

[jsbowden]

Someone please explain to me how someone can use a computer for over a decade and still have no fucking clue what the difference between a file manager and a remote login session is. This isn't fucking rocket science. It's willful stupidity. It explains a lot about the species really.

And just because:

http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/ThinGuy?entry=the_war_on_terror_as

Comments

[larabeaton.livejournal.com]

That link is awesome.

[leighdb.livejournal.com]

Someone please explain to me how someone can use a computer for over a decade and still have no fucking clue what the difference between a file manager and a remote login session is.

I suspect your definition of "use" a computer is different from mine.

And that link was very funny... once I went to the link that explained it.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

I... I can't explain that; I can't for the life of me envision a scenario where the two would be confused.

But then I've read enough "My operating system is Netscape" tech support call transcripts, so...

[paoconnell.livejournal.com]

Most computer users have no idea how a computer works, and wouldn't even know that they're rlogin-ed. Most have no idea that (for instance) IE is insecure, and that Mozilla and Firefox are much more secure (but aren't perfect).

You would have laughed recently as I patiently reconfigured several non-technical users' Reflections (a glorified Telnet app) to connect to a new server (an application was moved from an old VMS server to a new one). All they know is they click on this icon, type in their login and password, and type "vis" to run the app.