-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 01-14-06  18:48 <=-   
      
    NB> And I'm only a borderline techie at best, I think.     
      
    MK> I think you're on this side of that border.   
       
   Perhaps.  But not very far over.  I usually sound more proficient in   
   particular areas than I may actually be.  I learn some magic spells, and   
   can use, and teach, them... so I sound like I know something.  Or, to   
   put it another way, I've always been pretty good at foreign languages.   
   :)    
      
    NB> I was never shown/taught it...    
      
    MK> Neither was I.  Everything I know was learned the hard way although   
    MK> some gained knowledge was prompted from reading.  There is some really   
    MK> good stuff out there but it is hard to find.   
       
   This is a good example of what I mean about not being really a techie.    
   If I'm not* taught/shown it, I have a very hard time even figuring out   
   where to start looking for the knowledge.  Sure, I can extrapolate a   
   little* from program to program, and if the [H]elp is good and easy to   
   access, I may be able to figure out a bit, but I really am lost without   
   my Wizard down the hall.  :)  That little bit of figuring things out is   
   why I'll not argue that I might be a little over the border, but on the   
   other hand, if I haven't used some program for a while, all the magic   
   spells are practically unknown again....  :)   
      
    NB> already know that I use some *nix commands on this machine... :)   
      
    MK> Yep.  Probably some VMS leakage too.   
      
   I wouldn't be surprised, actually... :)   
      
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