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Re: Duane, we have a problem
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 6:35 pm
by Steve in Golden
Major Softie wrote:That works, and is nicer than "ignoramus," but "Computer Luddite" is kinda redundant.
I dunno about redundant but it does seem like an oxymoron. Like the term "military intelligence".
And it's certainly possible to be a computer Luddite. If you are still running Windows XP, you might be a computer Luddite. Which I am. Though I just got done installing Windows 8 on a test PC and am messing about with it now. Lots of little boxes all over the place. The mobile phone operating system paradigm is now brought to the desktop, yay!
Re: Duane, we have a problem
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:47 pm
by Major Softie
Steve in Golden wrote:Major Softie wrote:That works, and is nicer than "ignoramus," but "Computer Luddite" is kinda redundant.
I dunno about redundant but it does seem like an oxymoron. Like the term "military intelligence".
And it's certainly possible to be a computer Luddite. If you are still running Windows XP, you might be a computer Luddite. Which I am. Though I just got done installing Windows 8 on a test PC and am messing about with it now. Lots of little boxes all over the place. The mobile phone operating system paradigm is now brought to the desktop, yay!
Ah, THAT kind of computer Luddite. Well, in that case, I'm pretty sure you have to have a command line to be a computer Luddite, so you pretty much can't run any GUI at all.
Re: Duane, we have a problem
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:10 pm
by Steve in Golden
I use the command line all the time and am happy to report that it is alive and well in Windows 8.
Re: Duane, we have a problem
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 1:33 pm
by barryh
Far from being luddites using the command line these days is a sign of being an IT pro. People who manage Servers and Networks have never stopped using it.
Re: Duane, we have a problem
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 3:01 pm
by Major Softie
I believe the key part of my adjusted "Computer Luddite" definition was: "so you pretty much can't run any GUI at all."
Big difference between knowing how to use it and refusing to operate any other way, and that would be the difference between a Power-User and my Computer Luddite.
Re: Duane, we have a problem
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 12:28 am
by Zombie Master
Major Softie wrote:Chuey wrote:I have never figured out how to get around that site. Then again, I'm a cornputer.........what's the opposite of nerd?
Chuey
All I can think of is ignoramus, and that's not very nice.
I'm sure someone will come up with something better.
Fish monger?
Re: Duane, we have a problem
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 11:54 pm
by Deleted User 287
Duane,
I just got a redirect to the BMW Motorcycle Webring, too. Kind of frustrating, but easily worked around.