----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace@attglobal.net> To: "Jeffrey Race" <jrace@attglobal.net> Cc: <nanog@nanog.org> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 11:10 PM Subject: Re: Microsoft XP SP2 (was Re: Lazy network operators - NOT)
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 06:12:16 -0400, Chris Brenton wrote:
An uneducated end user is not something you can fix with a service pack.
A profound point, again highlighting the fact that there are no technical solutions to this problem. (Though technical measures to enhance traceability are a big help.)
So, the logical inference is training and licensing to get internet access. When I was 16 in Connecticut many many years ago, we had to take a driver-training course (given by a policeman) to get a driver's license.
I see no discussion about this approach, here or elsewhere.
I would love to know the average age of the list inhabitants. It has been my observation that things which are new become better known when a generation has grown up, completely, with it and is teaching the next generation. Until that occurs, you are going to get one heck of a larger lot of uninformed users because they are not only young and clueless but every other age and clueless. Worse, they are clueless in a lot of cases because they are frightened by new technology. Eventually, it will become as common as a car on the road and at that point, taking obvious steps wont even be a topic for discussion any longer. When that happens, arts majors wont be the only ones serving fries at Maccas. Greg.