uh. Mr undertoad?

cowhead · 03-13-2005, 02:47 AM

how do I post a poll? I'm not computer iliterate.. but uh.. clue me in as to how to do it> if you would be so kind

cowhead · 03-13-2005, 02:51 AM

sorry Mr.toad i was brought to enlighement

404Error · 03-13-2005, 07:23 AM

It's not rocket surgery, huh?

SteveDallas · 03-13-2005, 08:52 AM

It's probably not brain science either.

jaguar · 03-13-2005, 09:03 AM

That's Mr Undertoad, Sir to you.

tw · 03-13-2005, 10:23 AM

Rocky raccoon lives inside his hotel room with a Gideon Bible ... and Howard Hughes.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-13-2005, 12:46 PM

Is a Gideon different from a Loveon or a Luston?

OnyxCougar · 03-13-2005, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by cowhead

how do I post a poll? I'm not computer iliterate.. but uh.. clue me in as to how to do it> if you would be so kind

I've always really disliked the term "computer illiterate".

What does that MEAN? Like, "I can read, except when it's on a computer monitor."

Ugh!

**nothing personal.. I'm in HSI tech support and hear this phrase every frickin day....

xoxoxoBruce · 03-13-2005, 04:01 PM

I think literate or illiterate refers not to being able to read it but to comprehend or understand it.
I can read Einstein's writings, but God knows what it means.

Brown Thrasher · 03-16-2005, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I think literate or illiterate refers not to being able to read it but to comprehend or understand it.
I can read Einstein's writings, but God knows what it means.

I think illiterate means not being able to read. I think the correct word would be ignorant. I know alot of people consider ignorant a personal insult if they are called it. However, I am ignorant of performing brain surgery. I am ignorant of doing a dental procedure, etc.......

tw · 03-15-2005, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by OnyxCougar

I've always really disliked the term "computer illiterate".

What does that MEAN? Like, "I can read, except when it's on a computer monitor."

Computer literate was an expresson 'coined' by John Akers of IBM. Ironic because the man could only use a PC for e-mail and text oriented stock quotes. In 1990 (or around then), Bill Gates said it was the most important road trip he had taken. On the desks of these IBM corporate executives and their staff were IBM XTs with CGA monitors. IOW the IBM corporate office computers could not even execute most all software being sold in the malls.

You tell me. How does someone know 'computer literacy' when the head of a computer company does not even know how to use one nor understand what is even current technology. It explained to Bill Gates why IBM fought against Windows and why IBM did not write the critical code shared by Windows and OS/2. Why IBM had to pay Microsoft (I forget how many $millions) for royalties on OS/2 code in copies that IBM gave away by the tens of thousands. How literate was the man who coined the phrase?

The expression 'computer literate' to me really means the person promoting it is the classic MBA - just like John Akers of IBM (and his sidekick Cannavino) who almost destroyed the company.

cowhead · 03-13-2005, 06:42 PM

no it's more of an ' I don't know how this system works' question, I can re-build/build a computer. in fact I need more RAM (uh... random access memory

) )

cowhead · 03-13-2005, 06:45 PM

and oops onyx I left out an 'L' sorry, I will try to be more precise in the future.

OnyxCougar · 03-15-2005, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by cowhead

and oops onyx I left out an 'L' sorry, I will try to be more precise in the future.

No, it was nothing personal, just one of those phrases that drives me INSANE. Really. I'm not a bitch in real life.....

xoxoxoBruce · 03-16-2005, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by OnyxCougar

I'm not a bitch in real life.....

Real life? What's a real life?

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03-13-2005, 02:47 AM	#1
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	uh. Mr undertoad? how do I post a poll? I'm not computer iliterate.. but uh.. clue me in as to how to do it> if you would be so kind __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

03-13-2005, 02:51 AM	#2
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	sorry Mr.toad i was brought to enlighement __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

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404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	It's not rocket surgery, huh? __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

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tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Rocky raccoon lives inside his hotel room with a Gideon Bible ... and Howard Hughes.

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03-13-2005, 04:01 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think literate or illiterate refers not to being able to read it but to comprehend or understand it. I can read Einstein's writings, but God knows what it means. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-13-2005, 06:42 PM	#12
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	no it's more of an ' I don't know how this system works' question, I can re-build/build a computer. in fact I need more RAM (uh... random access memory ) ) __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

03-13-2005, 06:45 PM	#13
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	and oops onyx I left out an 'L' sorry, I will try to be more precise in the future. __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

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