Re: Grumpy Old Man says... (was Re: [Nolug] E- Readers)

Just as you surely want your students to make some bit of effort
before coming to you for help, we have every expectation that you
make some modicum of effort before coming to us.

If you are so Linux-illiterate that you don't even know what to
Google, then mention that; even Grumpy Old Man deeply conceals a
corn of sympathy.

On 2010-04-12 15:34, Michael Jeter wrote:
> I really did not mean to offend anyone.
>
> I am a layperson concerning computers, a teacher of English
> Composition, whose ultimate work revolves around how I might make
> education, specifically literacy, more affordable to more people, a
> project in which I think Linux and similar open source os and software
> can, potentially, play a major role.
>
> While I agree that e - readers at present do not represent a more
> affordable alternative, the project on which I currently work
> represents a speculative section of the thesis which supposes a time
> when more affordable and more useful - ie, capable of allowing users
> to notate texts - when students might carry all their texts on a
> single device.
>
> Again, I apologize for any offense. My history shows I always offend
> someone, though I try not to offend in the same way twice.
>
> On 4/12/10, Jerry Wilborn <jerrywilborn@gmail.com> wrote:
>> This conversation has come full circle!
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=the+answer+to+life+the+universe+and+everything
>>
>> <http://www.google.com/search?q=the+answer+to+life+the+universe+and+everything>
>> Jerry Wilborn
>> jerrywilborn@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Dustin Hinton <cyberduttin@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> The Answer to everything is "42"...
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Apr 12, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> When he pays me cash money, I'll gladly treat him like a brainless
>>>> manager.
>>>>
>>>> Until then, it's quite valid to expect some personal effort before
>>>> getting freebie answers.
>>>>
>>>> On 2010-04-12 13:46, -ray wrote:
>>>>> Uh, he never said he wanted to *become* a linux expert. When you
>>>>> want an expert opinion, you ask an expert. Google, afaik, is not a
>>>>> linux expert.

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