[techtalk] request for ideas

Deidre L. Calarco dee at robertdarvas.com
Mon Oct 11 14:10:21 EST 1999


> For example:  ME: "You have to mount the disk before you can read it."  
> HE:  "Huh?  Mount?  What is mount?  It's already in the drive!"
> "Recompile the kernel?  I don't want popcorn right now!"
> "The scheduler?  My calendar thingy on my Palm Pilot is good enough for me!"
> "Cron?  Oh, you mean Tron, the guy that lived inside the computer!"
> "Why do I need a driver?  I can drive, as long as it's an automatic."

Somebody with those kinds of questions probably shouldn't be messing around
with Linix, IMHO (and I say that as probably one of the least Unix-savvy
people here).  On the other hand, maybe some good documentation could change
that...

Deidre  Calarco
Robert Darvas Associates
(734) 761-8713 (ext. 16)
dee at robertdarvas.com

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