response 25 of 112:

Aug 5 19:48 UTC 2003

re 18.  In the late 80s our house was almost completely Macs, except for my
husband's computer.  

Our kids were 3, 5, and 7 years old.  And you know what?  even the
pre-literate 3 year old could use the Macs.  But none of them could use the
DOS computer on their Dad's desk.  Philosophically, I don't think computers
_should_ be designed to require literacy in order to operate them.  

Why waste a visual interface on a linear text model?

response 27 of 112:

Aug 5 19:53 UTC 2003

If you shouldn't be able to have to read to be able to use a computer, then
what you use it for would be severely limited to the point of silliness. Most
of what you do with a computer is reading in one form or another. 

response 29 of 112:

Aug 5 20:05 UTC 2003

I can't read, but I can sorta write...
Automagically...hehe
People are so afraid their going to break something by trying something new,
that they break things all the time.....Know what I mean? When I run into a
new user that is so timid that they won't even exercise their right to read,
I encourage them to stop "looking good". I believe success in life is directly
proportional to the weight one places on other people's opinions of one's
self. Not to say that other people's opinions are not key to understanding
at times, but that they are not absolutely "true" from a personal perspective.

As for the boy and bottle, I'm not sure what's up with that. Perhaps a
candidate for ridlin and a tutor.

response 31 of 112:

Aug 5 20:23 UTC 2003

heck, maybe he just thought it was fun putting the bottle in and 
watching it come out. 

response 35 of 112:

Aug 5 21:11 UTC 2003

novomit: say that to six million murdered Jews, you Nazi.

response 37 of 112:

Aug 5 22:43 UTC 2003

Re #29:  Didn't you mean "inversely proportional"?

response 39 of 112:

Aug 6 02:35 UTC 2003

Re #17:  Possible.  Or just functional illiterate.  Gave me dirty
looks after I said "It says bottom end first.  Can't you read?"

Re #23:  From the apparent weight, that wouldn't be a bad guess either.

response 41 of 112:

Aug 6 12:35 UTC 2003

What do Holocaust victims and computer reading skills have to do with each
other? 

response 43 of 112:

Aug 6 12:38 UTC 2003

Now smoked fish is related to computers? 

response 45 of 112:

Aug 6 13:44 UTC 2003

For your information, I take a small does of Raid Roach Killer each Monday.
I find it makes it easier for me to get thorugh the day. 

Lots of vitamins as well. 

response 47 of 112:

Aug 6 17:03 UTC 2003

I said a *little* pesticide never hurt anyone. It took a considerable amount
to kill 7 million Jews. 

response 49 of 112:

Aug 6 17:41 UTC 2003

How much exactly did it take to kill only one?