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stupid/smart users

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From: Kim Dyer
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 1990 20:09
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All this talk of our adventures with novice users (remember, YOU TOO
once didn't know coax from conduit) reminds me that "ignorance is
treatable, stupidity it forever".  Most of the novice users I've run
into ... and experts with the modesty to admit they are human and can
forget something ... were easy to deal with.  They listened when I
talked, and understood if I didn't have an answer right off the top
of my head.  The absolute WORST person to deal with, however, was the
head of the CPS department at my previous university.  Until he got
to know me a little, I would have five minute arguements with him trying
to convince him that "CLEAR SCREEN TO CONTINUE" meant just that.
(He understood all the esoteric stuff, but the bonehead simple stuff
had all leaked out his left ear.)
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From: 21329KAD@MSU.BITNET (Kim Dyer)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: stupid/smart users
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Date: 16 Aug 90 20:09:45 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University
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