On Thursday 30 September 2004 12:46, Ted Roche wrote:
> On Sep 30, 2004, at 12:42 PM, Paul McNett wrote:
> > My charge for this work on a personal home system: in excess of
> > $600. About the cost of a new home-level system. The question
> > I'm grappling with is this: is the $600 out-of-pocket expense
> > by this person a consequence of user-ignorance or of vendor
> > incompetence?
>
> It's not an either-or situation. Both parties need to take some
> responsibility for the situation. I have no doubt that Dell and other
I have an anecdote about this 'taking responsibility'....
I sent to a friend a copy of that picture that's been floating around the net
of some huge bearded guy sitting in front of his computer naked (in response
to a fat joke leveled my way <s>). No nasty parts showing, other than a
pretty impressive gut and a chest that many women would be proud to sport in
a bikini top (sans follicles).
Got an irate email back about how this wasn't funny because this is the kind
of pervert who stalks kids in chat rooms without their parents knowing about
it.
The obvious stereotype mistake aside, I was thinking that maybe those parents
need to take some of the responsibility themselves? It's not news that chat
rooms are filled with all sorts of unsavory types - and to let kids wander
around unsupervised would be like dropping them off in a rundown area of town
so they can look for unadvertised raves on their own.
I asked the friend if they'd let their kid play with a running chainsaw
without any instruction or supervision.... they didn't get the comparison.
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