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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:22 PM Original message |
Baby Boomers: Why do so many lack real computer skills? |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Excuse me? I'm in that age group and... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. We're rare |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. To find women in that age group who are computer literate is even rarer... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. I am in awe of women like you |
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DavidMS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. I have worked with some women in IT |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
71. Women on help desks know their stuff! |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
86. dunno about college educated boomers |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
177. I'm 53 and my computer is my friend |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I was in my late 40's/early 50's when I |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. ditto 28 years in IT here |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. By non-profit standards |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #37 |
61. every shop is unique and no matter the skill level |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. I think in both cases |
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jkshaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
59. Triana, excuse me is right! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. I am in that age group and am self-taught.. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. That's my next step |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Or hire them on a 30 day "probation".. That way they know they have to be |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm 52, am mostly self-taught, |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Thanks, I'm so relieved |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
139. maybe they need mentors |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. My guess is most of them haven't found |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
140. are you kidding? |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. Those dammned old people |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Both actually worked in government funded programs |
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Lindsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. I'm almost in the category of the people you're describing... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. I hear you |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yeah, but they still know how to add |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. and I'll bet they know where |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
10. I could explain this to you in small words |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
117. Yup, you got it... |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:28 AM Response to Reply #117 |
141. it's valid |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. I have those skills |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I hope you also back up regularly. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Now you've hit on my pet peeve |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. I've been trying for several years to get my father |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. My first laptop |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. She spent the first couple days bitching |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. I'm going MAC becuase I've had it with the |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
67. That right there's a lot of the problem--they're afraid they'll "break something." |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:18 AM Response to Reply #67 |
150. My wife was running BBSs back in the eighties... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. i'm just glad i can turn this damn thing on and get to DU. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. Paint with broad brushes much? |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Not really |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. I am a 50 yr old female computer tech |
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Nite Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. Most of the people I know |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. Hmmmph! |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. :) |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
56. That's an old joke that's been updated |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm in that horrible group |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. Good for you! |
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wakemeupwhenitsover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
57. Here's how to put pieces of articles in a post: |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
64. Try reading the HELP files that come with your |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
69. Similar story with my mom |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 04:32 AM Response to Reply #27 |
159. PM Me ANY time |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
162. My oldest son is a computer guy too, and whenever he scolds me |
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Possumpoint (937 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. I Resent The Posting |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. That's so unfair |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
143. yeah, well, just for the record |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. People in our age group, although I'm 58 and a nerd |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. What planet do you live on...??? |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. Tell me where you live |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. Run Into It All The Time |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. Get out much? |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. It may be the area I live in |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'm the generation before the boomers. We and many of the |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm 60 and didn't get a computer until the 1990s. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
42. The computer illiterate used to keep me employed at my help desk! |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
45. I'm 61 tomorrow |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
46. Not having had it in school, probably |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Umm, there are schools and adult learning classes and a lot |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
66. Wearing rose-colored glasses, I see. n/t |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. Huh? Why do you say that? |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #76 |
91. The post you replied to was addressing mostly the past. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
98. That takes more motivation than it does if you're young and it's |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
51. Train 'em. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Just get "Video Professor" and do the training in-house! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
96. Is Video Professor really that good? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
130. Not the same - seriously. |
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BlackVelvet04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
52. Some people in the baby boomers age group are just so busy |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
53. I run into that all the time in my work |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
54. Uh, we like invented all the shit you are complaining we don't know how to use. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
70. LOL! Most. Inclusive. "We". Ever!!!! And false to boot. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Alright we didn't invent all of it. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. The transitor computer. For the win. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. You are using a mainframe at home? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Everthing you named is just transistor computers. Which were NOT invented... |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Wow. You are wronger than wrong |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. (shrug) Doesn't contradict what I said. |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. "The internet was also not created by people of the babyboomer generation." |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Which is substantively different from what you said. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #87 |
124. The web's inventor is a boomer. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:06 AM Response to Reply #124 |
146. Bullshit. Kleinrock has an infinitely better claim... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #146 |
167. The irony of "As if html is relevant to ANYTHING in this discussion" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #78 |
90. The Car... I mean this generation is as old as the first |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #74 |
163. GENERATION WARS! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #54 |
107. Actually, it was us pre-boomers that did that. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #107 |
111. Or Bell Labs. Or IBM. Can't think of any other major foci, except individual universities... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #111 |
112. Yep. Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ and the IBM Research Labs. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. Heh. "Virtually". |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #107 |
121. In the 70's we were in our 20's and 30s |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #121 |
126. In the early 70s, the oldest boomers had just completed their undergraduate work ... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
58. I agree although DU has an active contingent in that age group that will protest the point you make. |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
62. I think it must be your area. I'm 56 (almost) and can make my PC spin like a top. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #62 |
79. Seriously, something to think about |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
63. No computers in public schools. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #63 |
102. This was still true when I was in school. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
172. we had big programable calculators, with card readers |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
65. Wrong generation. Like learning to speak a language. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
68. Maybe this is a situation peculiar to your part of the country |
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sandyd921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
73. Just turned 60 and do fine |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
77. Coupla small points here... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #77 |
81. Good points |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #77 |
85. Love your comment on PowerPoint! |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:04 AM Response to Reply #85 |
145. misused |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #145 |
160. You're right; it Is misused. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
82. i don't know anyone under 80 who can't use email and download attachments |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
88. I've run into the problem off and on. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. One of your sentences hit me hard with its lucidity. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. It may sound harsh, but |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Are you addressing me? |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
92. In regards to your particuliar problem, |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
93. I'm 58 and didn't own a computer until 2003. The computers I |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. I'll be testing the next time |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:29 AM Response to Reply #95 |
142. Sounds like a good idea. Save yourself some time and |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
100. Just turned 50, didn't touch a pc until after age 35 |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
101. What are the statistics? |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Anecdotal |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. I beg to differ. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #105 |
109. Try re-reading it |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #109 |
115. Sorry here, too. The belittling is a perception. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #115 |
118. Its not necessarily a degree that's needed |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
104. This has not been my experience |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
106. I'm in that age group too and am a self taught computer user. While it took me FOREVER |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
108. There are some people that shouldn't be around sensitive computer equipment. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #108 |
113. As much as I'd like to |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
110. Why are so many Gen Xers and Yers so damn fat? |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
116. it IS an issue, and not just for boomers |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
119. I completely disagree. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
120. Personally . |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
122. I find it really hard to believe anyone of any age could have the |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
123. Huh. My wife is in her mid-50s and knows more about the computer system where she works than the IS |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
125. That's an incredibly broad brush you're painting with there. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. That's about the same time I started learning "real" computers, |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:17 AM Response to Reply #125 |
147. Can you do "The Claw?" |
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PDenton (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
128. some people just aren't wired |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
129. Huh? I'm 57 years old and I totally taught myself how to use a computer in 1999. By mid-2001 |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. I wish I were |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #131 |
138. "it took her an entire day just to update a one page list with 10 names and addresses." |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
132. You should investigate your local Community College &/or Continuing Ed programs,&direct people there |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
133. I have found this to be true in my area, so I have become the senior geek |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
134. I am 50, been in IT 26 years |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Actually, I don't think they do. lol! |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
136. Computer literacy = reading literacy? |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
137. Good point. Unfortunately it is an agist remark. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
144. heh, funny, i'm younger generation but i have reverse problems. :) |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #144 |
169. I've had an awful time with the type writer |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
148. one more thing |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
149. 62 here, WWII child rather than a boomer. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
151. Its because when you get old, your brain gets all wrinkled. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
152. for the large part it's not their fault |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:40 AM Response to Reply #152 |
154. 22 years old eh... Let me say... |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 04:22 AM Response to Reply #154 |
158. i think that's what i was trying to get at |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:01 AM Response to Reply #154 |
182. Back in your day, MTV played videos |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
153. Huh? Who Do Ya Think Were The First Users? |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
155. And stay off of our lawns!!!!!! |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
156. I'm a late boomer & I'd say that many boomers just flat out don't "need" a computer in their lives. |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
157. Part of the problem for many new learners IMHO is that things aren't intuitive |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
161. I haven't seen this with people in their late 40s or early 50s, but |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
164. I work with a 25 year old who never touched a computer |
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AnotherMother4Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
165. My son is a computer tech w/a big organization. He fixes the big glitches, but the simple |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
166. Well it also depends on the field of work. |
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jumptheshadow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
168. Mostly it's timing |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #168 |
170. They were hired with the understanding they had these skills |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
171. 49, female, Linux geek |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
173. Perhaps you should discuss their deficient computer skills with the individuals |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #173 |
174. My intent was to point out the need |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
175. My mom is in her seventies and she built her last computer. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
176. Just another example of how we ignore older generations in this country. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #176 |
178. The older generation has to prepare themselves |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-30-07 11:21 PM Response to Reply #178 |
179. Oh, I agree. |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
180. A big YMMV |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
181. A lot of us Boomers invented the software/hardware used today |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
183. Heard this song? |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
184. What's the youngest person you've run into with no computer experience? |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 04:09 AM Response to Original message |
185. This Is The Precise Age Group That Helped Create The PC |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
186. Are you hiring? |
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