whatisupthere :
Im just saying things that seem simple to people on this site are not simple to everyone. Try to keep that in mind. Few people take classes on basic internet security(no drivers ed to use a computer). An inexperienced person is likely to make mistakes as they are learning.
I get annoyed when people in any field (computers, law, medicine, etc) become arrogant and start calling people stupid. Its a bad attitude for a smart person to have.
Nope. I'll have to disagree with you.
Being in tech support has taught me that the intelligence bar is low when it comes to using computers/internet. People really are capable of being ignorant and ineducable when it comes to technology, in particular. Show them the same things a number of times and there are still people who can't burn it into their brains.
I also don't buy the BS excuse that most people are inexperienced and can't take classes or read a book, or that experts went through formal training to get where they are. That's all nonsense. For the more advanced stuff like security or development, maybe, but not for majority of the knowledge you'll need to run and use a computer. Majority of the stuff I learned about using computers did not come from the classroom or from books. I just learned about them through using my computer and messing around with it.
Hell, I'm in tech support and majority of the stuff I'm faced with I didn't even know about in the first place, but I managed to kludge around and make it through. You might argue that I had some base knowledge to start with but that's an invalid point. Everyone starts out the same when it comes to technology - zero knowledge.
What irks me is that when it comes to tech stuff people at home just pass it to me, even though both of us have no clue about it. What's irritating is that both of us starts out with zero knowledge of something and I still manage to figure things out most times, while the other is just meh. If I can handle something I don't know about, why can't other people?
Also, comparing computers with law and medicine is wrong. As an average person, I don't deal with the law and medicine on a regular basis. That's why I rely on experts when I need to deal with those stuff. A computer, however, is a tool that I deal with regularly enough to merit attention. So calling people stupid because they can't use their computers is different from calling people stupid because the don't understand the law and its loopholes or understand medicine and diseases.
A computer is a tool, if you have to use it to get your job done, it is your responsibility to at least learn how to use it properly. If you rely on a gun for your work or survival, will you not spend effort in learning about its care and maintenance, and safe and effective usage? You don't need to know how to repair it if it gets broken or how to fabricate parts for replacement, but you'll learn at least the basics of its use. Why not the same for computers?
I think people who have difficulty dealing with technology fall into two categories: those who don't want to be bothered (twice the idiot if the technology in particular is essential for them to function) or those that are too afraid of it to even touch it or mess around with it.
Pardon for the wall of text.
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