And i was probably building computers when your mama was changing your diapers... since i learned basic on a trash-80 model-1 when i was barely a teenager (ok so some would say i am just as bad calling the trs-80 by the popular term of trash-80 --- i knew some guys who ran a good bbs on a trs-80 model-II). As for installing an OS not being brain surgery... i can tell you i wouldn't let my brain-surgeon (neurosurgeon) work on my computer... but i probably am going to let him cut a second chunk out of my brain this summer.
For him and many other people having an easy install OS is imperative. Come to think of it it really helps me since i'm not quite what i used to be (i used to called people "stupids" just because they weren't as familiar with something as i am). Admittedly i need to drop back to stable at this time because i can't figure out why removing a library "requires" that i also remove a number of documents that describe things but do not use the library in any way. And why a number of libraries won't install because something requires that you use the previous version of that library or greater.... but it doesn't recognize the new version as being a newer version. My mind doesn't work the way it used to so unfortunately i need to drop back to stable and work on backporting the applications i need... if my brain will work long enough for me to do it. :-) Oh, and when i was a teen... the average person didn't install much more than DOS. We've come a long way... i hope we don't go back. Come to think of it even a simple OS many people paid for someone to install. after all i was born a few months after Kennedy was shot... Now some of you know i'm younger than you... and many others haven't any idea my age. ;-) --dale --getting to be an older fart who happens to like gui os and installs. ;-) --options are Great!! so long as they are options and not requirements On Saturday 07 February 2004 03:12 pm, Kent West wrote: > Marc Wilson wrote: > >There's no reason why he should be installing operating > >systems, either, any more than he should be building cars. Or performing > >brain surgery. Contrary to popular belief, there ARE some things that Joe > >Stupid has no business doing. > > Installing an OS or building a car aren't quite the same as doing brain > surgery. If Joe Stupid wants to build a car, let him. (We might not want > to let him drive it in places where faulty design/implementation might > get someone hurt, but that's a different issue than building.) > > Just because you wouldn't use Knoppix as a starting point, or jump from > stable to unstable, is no reason someone else might not. I tend to agree <snip> > Also, the use of the phrase "a stupid" seems harsh (and most likely, > inaccurate). > > -- > Kent ---it is ok to have no rules... so long as everyone follows the rules -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
