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From: Tim Streater on 21 Mar 2010 14:18 On 21/03/2010 11:58, Steve Firth wrote: > The geeks seem to consider actually > documenting what they did/intended as an insult. This is why by and large I don't like working with them. "It was difficult to write, it should be difficult to understand". -- Tim "That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament" Bill of Rights 1689
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 21 Mar 2010 19:08 On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:58:56 +0000, %steve%@malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote: >Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> Conor is right much of the time, > >Err no, mostly he's wrong. But he's very good at telling people that >he's right. He may have got worse then. I killfiled him several years ago in uk.comp.homebuilt - temporarily at first, now permanently - and back then he was usually right, sometimes extremely wrong (usually due to not understanding the anecdote/data division), but generally offensive with either. Life's too short to care. Cheers - Jaimie -- "If we do not change the direction we are going, we are likely to end up where we are headed." - anon
From: zoara on 21 Mar 2010 19:19 Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > On 20/03/2010 20:04, SteveH wrote: > > Maybe because if they had even half a clue, they could save themselves > shedloads of money paying people to fix them. I enjoy (to an extent) dicking about with computers so I will (to a point) fix my own problems rather than paying someone else. I don't enjoy dicking about with cars, or drains, or poorly pets, or boilers. Fortunately, with the invention of money, I have the opportunity to pay somebody else to sort those problems. It makes me very happy that I can do this rather than faffing around myself trying to learn about drains or cat anatomy to save a few quid. Frankly I'd much rather pay a chunk of change for someone else to do it for me, as it means I can spend my time doing something I enjoy. I could service my own car, but I pay someone else to do it. I even pay for them to change the oil, which is probably one of the easiest "real" jobs on a car. They charge for the time and charge a lot for the oil. I don't care as I don't have to buy the oil, crawl under the car to change it, and store then dispose of the used oil. There's no reason people shouldn't have the same attitude towards paying to get computer problems fixed. Dismissing it as "wasted money" assumes other people have the same priorities as you. They don't. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: zoara on 21 Mar 2010 19:19 Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > On 20/03/2010 13:28, James Jolley wrote: > > >> Way to go, get him to spend at least £900 on something he actually > >> doesn't need. > > > > And how do you come to this decision? As someone who uses macs > > because > > of accessibility, i've saved hundreds over the time. Depends on what > > you > > want the machine to do. > >> > > Mac OSX ~ most desktop Linux distros. It does nothing better other > than power management. I'd best tell Grandma. Let me guess; you work in IT, or program as a hobby? -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: David Kennedy on 22 Mar 2010 04:10
zoara wrote: > Conor<conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >> On 20/03/2010 20:04, SteveH wrote: >> >> Maybe because if they had even half a clue, they could save themselves >> shedloads of money paying people to fix them. > > I enjoy (to an extent) dicking about with computers so I will (to a > point) fix my own problems rather than paying someone else. > > I don't enjoy dicking about with cars, or drains, or poorly pets, or > boilers. Fortunately, with the invention of money, I have the > opportunity to pay somebody else to sort those problems. It makes me > very happy that I can do this rather than faffing around myself trying > to learn about drains or cat anatomy to save a few quid. Frankly I'd > much rather pay a chunk of change for someone else to do it for me, as > it means I can spend my time doing something I enjoy. > > I could service my own car, but I pay someone else to do it. I even pay > for them to change the oil, which is probably one of the easiest "real" > jobs on a car. They charge for the time and charge a lot for the oil. I > don't care as I don't have to buy the oil, crawl under the car to change > it, and store then dispose of the used oil. > > There's no reason people shouldn't have the same attitude towards paying > to get computer problems fixed. Dismissing it as "wasted money" assumes > other people have the same priorities as you. They don't. > > -z- > Wimps, the lot of you. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com |