On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:25 , 'Martin A. Brooks' <martin@hinterlands.org> sent:

>Andrew Farnsworth wrote:
>> 1) Note that mother in this case is a generic term representing someone who doesn't even know how to turn a computer on.
>
>My mother understands DNS better than quite a few "systems 
>administrators" I've met over the years.

Aye, however, most mothers are not Admiral Grace Murray Hopper[2] and are therefore a good reference for this type of comment.  I am aware that we are rapidly approaching the point where the information age is old enough so that it is quickly becoming less guaranteed, hence, my footnote.

2) If you don't know, google and read.  Born one year and 8 days after my Grandmother who turns 100 in less than a month and knew more about computers than most people today.

Andy


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