Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:42:02 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>,
        WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Crash, thud
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

At 1/4/2006 04:18 PM, Elspeth Kovar wrote:
>that when my brother got his driver's license one of the greatest
>things, to him, was that he could now go over to NIH without to use the
>computers without having to cajole a parent for a ride or wait until one of
>them was going over there on a weekend.  He was taught mostly by someone
>who'd learned the rules of the road in about 1950, they being fairly simple
>and having changed very little between then and now.
>
>Computers, on the other hand, have changed a great deal.  And the knowledge
>needed to go on the 'information highway' is much more complex than that
>needed to drive on public highways.
>
>D'accord?

Yes, it takes a bit more learning to use the internet safely than the
public roads, but failing to learn the required info before venturing out
is equally likely to result in catastrophe, though it's more likely to be
one's computer, or those of one's friends, or even strangers, that becomes
a statistic than one's person, so learning from even serious mistakes is
easier.

-- Mike B.

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"Anyone who uses the phrase 'easy as taking candy from a baby' has never tried
  taking candy from a baby."
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