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Rob Barron · 23-10-2007, 18:35

How silly is it to do something you don't know about?

Is it silly to forget to put oil in your car? Perhaps to most but what about a recently widowed lady who has lost the man who always looked after the car? How should she know?

Is it silly to not know the capital of France? Well, maybe to most Europeans but someone living in South Korea has no more reason to know the capital of France than we do of knowing the capital of Burkina Faso! (Save you looking it up, it's Ouagadougou!)

The person who writes the questions for Mastermind knows the answers to every single question (after researching them of course!) so to him once the program is aired he knows the answer to everyone of them. Every question is easy if you know the answer!

I am amazed how 'silly' English-speaking people are with their lack of knowledge of the grammar involved in our language. Hope is clinged to when you ask what an adverb is that the questions don't get any harder. Ask them for an example of a 3rd Conditional and their eyes glaze over! But it's dead easy for me.... but then i am an English teacher. So no, you're not silly if you don't know the answer to that one!

You see, people are not silly, they are, as Steve said, simply uninformed of the world of computers and the internet. Let's not pour scorn on those who know little of the online world. After all, someone might know nothing of phishers, trojans and worms but can perform a life-saving operation ... and his next patient might be you!

Cheers,
Rob

23-10-2007, 18:35	#5 (permalink)
Rob Barron Loves the place Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Poole, Dorset Posts: 5,386	Re: Malicious Skype installer How silly is it to do something you don't know about? Is it silly to forget to put oil in your car? Perhaps to most but what about a recently widowed lady who has lost the man who always looked after the car? How should she know? Is it silly to not know the capital of France? Well, maybe to most Europeans but someone living in South Korea has no more reason to know the capital of France than we do of knowing the capital of Burkina Faso! (Save you looking it up, it's Ouagadougou!) The person who writes the questions for Mastermind knows the answers to every single question (after researching them of course!) so to him once the program is aired he knows the answer to everyone of them. Every question is easy if you know the answer! I am amazed how 'silly' English-speaking people are with their lack of knowledge of the grammar involved in our language. Hope is clinged to when you ask what an adverb is that the questions don't get any harder. Ask them for an example of a 3rd Conditional and their eyes glaze over! But it's dead easy for me.... but then i am an English teacher. So no, you're not silly if you don't know the answer to that one! You see, people are not silly, they are, as Steve said, simply uninformed of the world of computers and the internet. Let's not pour scorn on those who know little of the online world. After all, someone might know nothing of phishers, trojans and worms but can perform a life-saving operation ... and his next patient might be you! Cheers, Rob __________________ Rob Barron robbarron@aol.com If you look down on other people, don't expect them to look up to you!