Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Off topic but appreciated non Linux advice

My wife is very smart. She is a school principal, skipped two grades in
school and finished university when she was 20. However, she is not
interested in technology. Multiple remote controls for TV, DVD and cable
confuse her. One can be bright, but not interested in technology.

Yes, she has many endearing qualities. I overlook her technophobic attitude
and even tease her about it. She knows her comfort zone that is what is
important for her.

Roy

On 5 May 2010 00:58, David Neeley <dbneeley@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Sorry, Roy, but when it comes to computers, your wife seems like she
> is not the sharpest crayon in the box.
>
> Try to slowly accustom her to the idea that XP won't be around
> forever, as Microsoft will begin seriously phasing out support soon
> enough.
>
> I trust she has compensating qualities, however.
>
> I have a different, but simpler, problem. My wife is without question
> the smartest lady I have ever known--but she has very little interest
> in computers at all. (She is a very senior anesthesiologist in a
> hospital here in Ukraine.)
>
> Of course, my stepson is a freshman in a computer engineering course
> at Donetsk National Technical University and I am on my computer much
> of the day for one reason or another. When Irina gets home, using a
> computer other than to watch an occasional movie my stepson has
> downloaded is not on her list of "things to do."
>
> For her, for the most part, computers in the house are something to
> tolerate...
>
>
> David
>
> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
> >
> > I have tried organising her before. She will let me create folders after
> the
> > fact and move things only if she is finished with them. However, changing
> > her habits is not possible. She saves things wherever they seem to go
> > naturally and thinks nothing of it. When I set up her computer I had
> > everything working to and from My Documents. However, she will save a
> file
> > in Thunderbird to her desktop and use it from there. Some programmes in
> > Windows will create their own folders in My Documents and she will work
> from
> > them. For her it is whatever happens will, does happen, so why fight it.
>
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

------------------------------------

To unsubscribe from this list, please email LINUX_Newbies-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/

<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join
(Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
LINUX_Newbies-digest@yahoogroups.com
LINUX_Newbies-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
LINUX_Newbies-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/