lol are we the only two ppl on this article who actually know anything about computers? all the other comments seem to have been written by my mom.
did u bust a gut at all that "peeling back the layers" so she could start replacing windows with linux? AHAHAHAHAHAHA
or that crap about rom basic? PUT IN THE FUCKING LINUX FLOPPY MOM!!!
god. this fucktard is a SOFTWARE ENGINEER. plz, kill me now.
no, actually, this kind of person is why ppl who have any skills can basically say YOU'RE GONNA PAY ME THIS AND I'M GONNA DO THAT NOW GET OUT OF MY OFFICE AND DON'T BOTHER ME.
"Which is a sign of how efficient the educational system has been, and the propaganda system, in simply destroying even our awareness of our own immediate intellectual background."
lord god the sky is falling.
my response to ridiculous statements such as this one is always "where the holy fuck do you live"???
teachers struggle to get 99% of the kids to give a damn about anything beyond sports sex music and games. the few who do give a damn can find and read anything they want.
just enough to appreciate it. i didn't have the math skills to be a controls engineer, but i did design electromagnetic devices for a while, and totally envied the controls people who got to tie all the pieces together - electrical, electronic, mechanical, etc.
my favorite example is the video of the apollo lunar module making adjustments as it approached the command module.
as many others have said, until the internet is as reliable and secure as my desktop, it will not replace my desktop, only augment it. the security challenge can be met. the reliability challenge will be around for a while.