Every incident is an opportunity (was Re: Hackers hit key Internet traffic computers)

Mon Feb 12 18:44:24 UTC 2007

> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:38:10 -0500
> From: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy at druid.net>
> 
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:51:38 -0600
> Dave Pooser <dave.nanog at alfordmedia.com> wrote:
> > Marshall beat me to it. I have a T-shirt that says "Mac: So 
> > simple my parents can use it." It's funny because it's true.
> 
> Why do I keep hearing "My parents are stupid" in these sorts of
> comments?  Just wait.  They get smarter as you get older.

My father was NOT stupid.  He could use several of the more popular
"word processors" (Wang being the last one he had used) but he could
NOT, for the life of him, get used to using MS Word.  Or anything else
associated with Windoze.  The command sequences just "didn't make sense
to him ("Why do I have to go push "start" when I want to shut the
system down?")

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