Remember when you needed to be able to make a modem work and set up some fairly complex software in order to get online? The "average" person you found online back then was considerably more reasonable, well-behaved, and plain old intelligent than you run into online today. Sounds to me like he's suggesting a return to those days - and I could seriously get behind that idea!

I agree that many bosses are out of touch, but in my experience they seem to be out of touch in the opposite direction! With the economy in it's current shape, I'll accept almost any position - I program in 4 languages, I'm fluent in 3 versions of Windows and 3 major linux distros. I can do break/fix on almost any PC or printer..., network design and installation, etc... 30+ years experience. I've been reduced to taking deployment contracts for temp agencies, a week at a time, for $17.00 an hour, when I can get anything at all.

I had an online scammer send me a forged money order, which I promptly delivered to the local police; Their response? "What should I do with this?" (AFTER I explained that it was a forged money order, as verified by the originating bank...