On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 18:12 -0400, Amy Templeton wrote: > Greg Folkert wrote: > > > > Okay. So I guess the DU ML should just close up shop > > > > and be done with it. > > s. keeling wrote: > > > Nah, the kids these days think MLs are old hat and > > > frumpy compared to web forums. > > Paul Johnson wrote: > > No, kids are lazy and don't want to learn how to research, > > or do the research themselves. > > Y'know, that may be true of many people, older and younger, > but I'd just like to stick up for some of the people my age. > There definitely are those who tend to think that forums are > much worse for communication than are mailing lists, and > also those who are more than willing to do some research in > order to get things working right and/or improve upon them > (if there's room). I promise. Unfortunately, Windows is so pervasively undercutting common sense, in that I applaud you for fighting back. Fighting back the "unwashed hordes" mentality. > > > You can't point and click on anything in slrn or mutt. > > > Isn't that why there's icedove, sylpheed, kmail...? > > See, I guess that's part of the weirdness of being me, but > personally I try to turn off any "feature" that requires me > to use the mouse in order to access it. So again, "kids > these days" aren't *all* about flash and fancy show. Many never learn the economy of less hand movement and the efficiency of it. Bravo to you for "getting it". > Just putting in two cents, Probably worth more than you'd imagine. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at the playfield. -- Thane Walkup
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