[HLUG] Command Line Witchcraft?

[Malcolm Herbert]

On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 09:46 +0000, Sarah Chard wrote:
> It is useful to know those things - but it's amazing how many people are
> blissfully unaware   - actually my partner does up 3 wheelers/reliants
> as a hobby so he probably spends more time under the car bonnet than the
> average driver! 

interesting, i sold a rare (Red) 1977 Reliant Robin a while ago; wish
i'd kept it. Maybe in the market for another one

Malc

> Sarah
> 
> n Tue, 2010-02-23 at 20:07 +0000, AT Ege wrote:
> > Yeah. But it might be useful to know what kind of combustion you got
> > - 
> > petrol or diesel, and where to fill it in. It might also be useful to 
> > know how to check and fill up air pressure, oil, window washing. And
> > if 
> > you go somewhere, esp some country lanes, it might not hurt to know
> > how 
> > to change a tyre as well.
> > 
> > And I guess, if there's a problem with the car, he brings it to a 
> > garage, and doesn't phone them and if they tell him to grab some
> > tools 
> > and open some screws he complains that he isn't interested what's
> > inside.
> > So the proper answer to some computer questions might indeed be, if 
> > you're not interested in doing something you haven't done before, try 
> > somebody who knows what he's doing. Even if it costs money. ;-)
> > That point actually is indifferent to cli or gui, or even windows or 
> > linux. :-)
> 
> 


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