On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 23:08, Paul Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 03:24:16PM -0400, stan wrote: > > Well, I have yet to see anything mentiond that meets the folowing criteria. > > > > 1. GUI based, so that a windoze trained suer can use it without traing. > > 2. Provides read only access to files that are writable by the user in > > question. > > Why slap a GUI on something that doesn't need nor would provide > the user any additional benefit over a console interface? You even > get to save having to maintain a public mouse this way... > > Remind the users they have a brain and that they should apply about as > much intelligence as is needed to comprehend your average VCR remote > to use the arrow keys instead. If this is beyond them, are they > really bright enough to understand the information once they get it? > > - -- <Flashing 12:00> is probably the best response to any reference to a VCR analogy ;) BTW, my VCR clock is reset after every power outage, against the clock on my computer, which is set and maintained with ntp. It is also reset about once a month, because it runs fast. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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