[TheForge] Geeks with anvils

[Larry Brown]

I read up before buying my first computer and found I knew as much as the 
guy pushing the sale. Ran out of there, bought else ware
L Brown

At 05:42 PM 12/5/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 12/4/04 9:55:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, phlip at 99main.com
>writes:
>But guys, it does take a while to catch on- and arrogant geeks don't help a
>bit.
>Nothing personal, I know that computer jargon can be confusing and seem
>complicated, largely because computers ARE complicated. But honestly, one 
>hears
>this complaint all the time and I gotta say that while I know nothing about
>airplanes,  if I suddenly decided I wanted to buy one I'd go down to 
>Borders and
>buy a couple of magazines and some books about airplanes and READ them. That
>way I could understand A. What I really wanted and needed and B. what the
>salesman was talking about. I just don't think that walking into Boeing 
>and asking
>for  "a fast one" would get me very far. Heck, I wouldn't try to buy a tennis
>racket or a pair of skis without reading enough to understand the current
>terminology . . .