Posted by: Jeremy Akers
on November 13, 2005 05:07 AM
Yes, and while the 'hacks' are relatively easy, they are still well above the average Windows user. The content of the book is not meant for an average joe computer user, which is why it's rather ridiculous to offer it as a suggested reading for such users.
You've either never worked in any type of tech support, or are just a complete moron if you think a book that offers hacks such as setting up emergency web server or file servers are good reading for the average user who doesn't even know what a web server is. Use common sense. The point of the videos is to train average users who have no idea, nor care about the inner workings of their computers.
Much the same way car mechanics don't expect you to know what the firing order of your cars engine is, or it's compression ratio, or pretty much anything else for that matter. Expecting average everyday users to go out and buy Knoppix Hacks would be about the same as expecting every car driver to go out and buy a Haynes rebuild manual for their car. Same idea for TVs and Stereo's. Why is it you expect people to know how the inner processes of a computer works, but chances are, you probably have no idea how your TV's cathrode ray tube works, or how your cars alternator works. Some of us like to know about everything we possibly can, other people don't. Who are you to judge people because they don't care what the 'grep' command does or what 'lsof' is for? The command line is not for everyone, and there is nothing wrong with people using GUIs.
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Re:just plain *stupid*
Posted by: Jeremy Akers on November 13, 2005 05:07 AMYou've either never worked in any type of tech support, or are just a complete moron if you think a book that offers hacks such as setting up emergency web server or file servers are good reading for the average user who doesn't even know what a web server is. Use common sense. The point of the videos is to train average users who have no idea, nor care about the inner workings of their computers.
Much the same way car mechanics don't expect you to know what the firing order of your cars engine is, or it's compression ratio, or pretty much anything else for that matter. Expecting average everyday users to go out and buy Knoppix Hacks would be about the same as expecting every car driver to go out and buy a Haynes rebuild manual for their car. Same idea for TVs and Stereo's. Why is it you expect people to know how the inner processes of a computer works, but chances are, you probably have no idea how your TV's cathrode ray tube works, or how your cars alternator works. Some of us like to know about everything we possibly can, other people don't. Who are you to judge people because they don't care what the 'grep' command does or what 'lsof' is for? The command line is not for everyone, and there is nothing wrong with people using GUIs.
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