[ale] Hardening of the brain

[Jeff Lightner]

It's not always a result of age.  I remember when I was a still a "pup"
and first had access to Windoze over DOS I refused to use it saying
"someone who knows what he is doing doesn't need namby pamby GUI".  Over
the years though, I have found many GUI tools that I prefer to use over
CLI.  Sometimes you just don't change because there's no pressing need.

One argument to help people switch that know you work in IT would be
simply to say to them "If it were Linux I could help but I really don't
know Windoze".  Free support might make all the difference.  :-)

I still say this internet thing will never really catch on...

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
To: ale at ale.org
Bruce Jones
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11:49 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Hardening of the brain

Magical Floppy Man,

I went thru a similar scenario with my in laws several years ago, to no
availe. There is a fairly recent discovery that the brain uses a fat
called myolin to "sheather" neuron pathways that we use frequently.
These sheathed pathways pass information at a much faster rate thatn
normal neuron connections, thus the phrase, "You can't teach an old dog,
new tricks" has some basis in brain chemistry, as you get older, you
literally get "set" (in myolin) in your ways, and loose the option to
change (or at least it gets really hard).

Bruce

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Philips <briarpatchkid at bellsouth.net>
>Sent: Aug 1, 2006 7:07 PM
>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>Subject: Re: [ale] Converting someone with AOL to use Linux?
>
>On the AOL side, it might help to let them know that AOL will soon
cease 
>to be an ISP and will become more of a portal (see the new netscape.com

>page to get a preview). So, soon, all of the content they're used to 
>will be accessible from a plain old Web site. Once that's the case, it 
>shouldn't matter what operating system they use. Just get them on 
>Firefox to ease the transition and you're most of the way there. I find

>that users who just see a computer as a way to access content on the 
>Internet don't go far beyond the browser anyway.
>
>fd0man??The Magical Floppy Man wrote:
>> So, I just ran across something rather interesting.  I went to my 
>> parents in Toledo, OH, last week.  My parents are still (after over
10 
>> years of trying to get them away from it) using Windows(r) and AOL.
Up 
>> until six months ago, they were using a dial-up connection through 
>> AOL, and now they have DSL and use AOL over that.  *shakes head*.
>>
>> I have attempted to get them to move away from AOL, and Windows(r), 
>> too?though I am not sure that I was successful in convincing my 
>> mother.  My dad seems really happy with it, he likes the fact that
the 
>> software under Linux seems to have more features and be more 
>> versatile.  My mother, while acknowledging these traits, is scared of

>> change, or so she says.
>>
>> Has anyone ever managed to get people to move away from both AOL and 
>> Windows(r) at the same time?  Or should they try to take smaller
steps 
>> than that?
>>
>> Just curious to see with others think about it.
>
>
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