Re: TECH (aargh) More new computer woes

I know.  But bearing in mind principles of opportunity cost, not to mention
a term they told us in poli sci (barriers to entry -- though admittedly that
was in the context of explaining things like CPA exams, 1000 hours of
cosmetology school to become a hair braider, and having to go through a
dozen extra hoops to be recognized before the Supreme Court), and a hearty
"well I bet you could explain it to me, or give me a glossary in the help
file" from those of us who don't have 20 years to spend on a career other
than the one we're already trying to manage... not to mention the fact that
I can understand how a computer operates and still not know what you mean by
"error 462."

And anyway, I still want a glossary of linguistic terms that doesn't require
me to already know dozens of OTHER linguistic terms just to get the one I
needed to look up.

Sarah Marie Parker-Allen
lloannna@surfside.net
http://www.geocities.com/lloannna.geo
http://lloannna.blogspot.com

Waiting for the day when lawyers will stop ruining all our fun, since 1980.

> -----Original Message-----
> Behalf Of Stone Gordonssen
>
> And I - that "wise" person - am a computer professional - systems analyst
> and computer professional by trade for 20+ years.  The allusion I
> was making
> was that all specialized fields have specialized jargon and (in
> the cases of
> linguistics and programming) specilaized symbology, all which is not
> gibberish but understandable given time and effort. True, most people have
> no more interest in knowing how their computer operates than in how their
> cell phone or DVD player does, but that's their choice.
>
>
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