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Article #23Re: OT: Cross Border Shopping, Deals and not so good deals.
From: Richard Bonner
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:26
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:26
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sharx35 (sharx35@hotmail.com) wrote: : Richard Bonner wrote: : > The power is at the command line! : > : > Richard : You'd turn back the clock and insist that everyone became a techie to participate in the Computer : *** Not at all. I am simply suggesting that people not ignore that aspect of their computers and to actually let the computer do the work instead of the computer making the user do it. Be aware that the latest systems have command lines, so it's not about turning back the clock. It's about what is the most efficient and speedy way to do one's work. Eye candy just gets in the way. : Revolution. I used to operate an IBM 360/25, so I know all about the total TEDIUM of command lines. : BORING BORING TEDIOUS TEDIOUS. *** You are correct - back in the dark ages. The GUI was more tedious back in those days, too. However, both have come a long way. I can run circles - HUGE circles - around any GUI OS operation. My job would I been a LOT easier with menus, icons, etc., as opposed to : have to construct command lines with EXACTLY the right number of spaces, slashes, hyphens, codes, etc.. : PAIN IN THE ASS, it was. *** Sure, but once that was done, that work could be put into batch files and so the system ran itself. Compare that to having select those same icons and slog through that same menu system for *every* operation. Batch files mean the work only ever has to be done once. In particular, I hate having to tree climb to locate a file on which to do an operation. This has to happen for *every* file operation. With about 2,000 directories on my main system, it's easy to see how inefficient a GUI would be. I give demonstrations of my setups to various individuals and organisations. Even major GUI supporters say it is way faster. My 500 MHz machines are much faster using this setup than a GUI on a 2.4 MHz one. Two fingers on the desk rodent can never compare to ten fingers on the keyboard. Richard
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