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Re: Post-holiday reality: They don't need our stinkin' manuals??
Subject:Re: Post-holiday reality: They don't need our stinkin' manuals?? From:Michele Davis <michele -at- krautgrrl -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 28 Dec 2000 14:22:32 -0600
imagine being married to a dba and you yourself doing oracle curriculum
development and having to explain what you do to your 84 year old grandma who
doesn't even "get" my play station 2 book which mentions rendering polygons and
she says, "oh there is too much geometry in that book for me." the whole concept
of databases eludes her, and she has a phd in psychology. i suppose though that
having an advanced degree doesn't necessarily mean you are smart and can
understand all topics. my friend anne told me (commenting on some mutual friends
that are both physicians but have no taste), "michele, just because you have
money doesn't mean you have taste!"
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Michele
> From: Suzette Leeming
> "Just last night, as I was helping a friend of mine understand a program
> on his computer, he turned to me and said he thought I should have a job
> working with computers. Made me think - what kind of job did he think I
> had??? ..."
>
> Funny, so many friends and family members take it for granted that since I
> write about computer software I know everything there is to know about how
> anything, even remotely related to the computer, would work. I'm not
> kidding. I get asked, by family and friends questions along the lines of
> "...how do you know if the battery connection or the switch is broken on the
> computer when the computer won't start without being plugged in, but will
> work on battery power?" Now, how in heck should I know that?
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