Comment Re:not everyone is a computer expert (Score 1) 876
This is my bane, really. It's not the people who don't know the terms, or the difference between the different bits. They're OK. Not being familiar with the jargon, I can relate to. It's the people who seem to think that wilfull ignorance is the best policy. the people who, no matter how many times you explain something, will just answer with "sorry, I don't know much about computers" or "I'm too old/young/stupid/busy" rather than actually try and listen to, or understand the concepts involved.
A lot of this is probably fear, they're already afraid they won't understand, so they take refuge in that predetermined state, but some people actually seem to be proud of their ignorance, and refuse to have their store of knowledge increased. Alsthough, i think what really gets my goat is
Of course, the irony of this is that this problem applies to practically everything these days that requires a modicum of learning.
The debate is, should we be pandering to wilful and prideful ignorance?