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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!pipex!sunic!EU.net!uunet!not-for-mail From: mo@uunet.uu.net (Mike O'Dell) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: users - not entirely clear on the concept Date: 9 Jun 1994 10:26:04 -0400 Organization: Center for Chaotic Repeatabilty Lines: 27 Message-ID: <2t78ps$avo@rodan.UU.NET> References: <2t21rj$hfr@menudo.uh.edu> <2t2535$k33@menudo.uh.edu> <2t36ee$gs2@rodan.uu.net> <2t3g9a$s6h@menudo.uh.edu> Reply-To: mo@uunet.uu.net NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net I see you just don't get it. Oh well.... How nice a person I am has nothing to do with it. Chainsaws, hammers, and moulding shapers are NOT very user-friendly, nor are metal lathes, arc welders, metal shears or bending breaks. Grand Pianos are not very user-friendly, nor are violins, oboes, or harpsichords. Airplanes and helicopters are not very user-friendly. NONE of these things graciously forgive mistakes. It would be wonderful if all these things *were* user-friendly and it didn't take significant skill and experience to use them safely or productively. While I don't discourage doing what one can to minimize the danger from high-speed rotating parts, the fact that the most powerful and complex thing man has invented (except maybe for the pipe organ) hasn't be reduced to "Do What I Mean" for the greenest rube shouldn't be surprising. Nor is it particularly possible, and probably not desirable. There are limits to all tools, as well as requirements for use. -mo