On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 21:44, Scott Talbot wrote: > On Sun, 2004-09-12 at 09:09 +1000, CB wrote: > > This topic has generated more heat than the initial post merited but I'd > > like to mildly counter with the suggestion that many of you (Marius > > included) are slightly out of touch with ordinary computer users. <snip> A couple of weeks ago someone asked for some answers to his homework, that also generated allot of heat. But the point was his 5 short questions were on programing, I had no idea what he was asking. But many people were programmers and instantly knew what he was asking about. So the point should be, even if you get an answer it may be meaningless if you don't understand what you are doing, yet. So if you ask me about your watch and say I can't move the hands, and I give you the reply "your clutch wheel is not engaging your winding pinion" Can you tell me how to solve the problem? The answer is very simple and a common problem. Tim...
