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W. Greenhouse |
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Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ... |
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Tue, 03 Sep 2013 00:58:15 +0000 |
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"Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> writes:
> wgreenhouse@riseup.net (W. Greenhouse) writes:
>
>> Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Please don't feel compelled, I don't think that thread was meant so
>>> seriously (including my post). But if you want to expose your
>>> grandparents to the world of computers for the very first time, and you
>>> love them more than you love RMS, maybe you should consider my anecdotal
>>> evidence ...
>>
>> My grandmother (and presumably many people's grandparents) used
>> computers for work, and they were command-line based with monochrome
>> displays. Why assume that touchscreen GUIs are inherently intuitive?
>> (Hint: the fact that they don't come with manuals is not evidence of this).
>
> Well, people the age of my grandmother have been using GUI almost all
> their live too.
>
> I'm afraid, the gran'ma argument can't be used anymore in computing, our
> pioneer are already dead (RIP John McCarthy, Dijkstra, Backus, etc).
Also a valid point. It's ageist, sexist, and doesn't even really make
sense anymore.
--
Regards,
WGG
- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., Thorsten Jolitz, 2013/09/02
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- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., Rustom Mody, 2013/09/02
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- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., Rustom Mody, 2013/09/03
- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., Richard Riley, 2013/09/03
- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., Stefan Monnier, 2013/09/03
- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., W. Greenhouse, 2013/09/03
- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., Jambunathan K, 2013/09/03
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- Re: What's an even easier explanation how to setup gnus ..., Rustom Mody, 2013/09/03