I would be interested to be a part of the group of Graphical interface users of Linux, but there is no such a group until now. I don't like the command line from dos, windows, or Linux. I like it for some tasks, but for very few. Well, so the command line users don't know what is a folder? Hmm, I think they know, but they don't want to admit that there are better ways to operate a computer, and of course they don't like the graphical interface users jargon. They say that Linux is better than Windows, but they probably want to tell that the command line is better than the graphical interface also. Teddy Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/ Mail: orasnita at home.ro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 8:40 PM Subject: Re: General question about Linux Hi all, Teddy, I am sure that in Romanian there are groups of people that have a certain set of words that they use to talk about whatever their hobby or interest is. Carpenters have a certain set of words they use. Stamp collectors have a certain set of words that they use. Have radio operators use still another. These sets of words may mean totally different things when spoken by the general population. When you join a group of people that has the same interest as you do, you learn to use the special words that your new group uses. There are two reasons for this, Teddy. the first is a communication issue. If you use the "jargon" of the given group, the group members will understand what you are talking about immediately. The second reason is that when you use the "jargon" of the group, you tell the group that you want to be a member, that you want to be seen as part of the group. When you don't use the right language, it signals that you don't want to be part of the group. I'm sure that this is the same in Romanian too. Ann P. -- Ann K. Parsons email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
