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Re: What to do to the clueless in a computer lab?

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From: petro
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:00
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David Gerard (gerdw@cougar.vut.edu.au) wrote:
: 
: I was kind this time. I showed the kid how to enter lynx and do a Lycos
: search, and wrote out   lynx http://www.lycos.com/  for him. That should
: keep him occupied for a little while. And showed him how to spell 'pine'.
: (Wonder who he sent mail to. Oh well, it won't be me.)

	A friend of mine (Network Architect for Thoughtport Authority) 
feels that Awk is a REALLY GOOD thing for keeping aspiring unix geeks out 
of his hair. He tells them that they have to learn AWK. That keeps them 
busy until they are no longer damgerous.

	Hmmm... Maybe I should start...

-- 
Postmodernism is the refusal to think--Ron Carrier            petro@suba.com 
Deconstruction is the refusal to believe that anyone else can either
Freedom of choice is what you have, freedom from choice is what you want.
	-- DEVO
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From: petro@suba.com (petro)
Subject: Re: What to do to the clueless in a computer lab?
Date: 1996/03/15
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