The last two Layman's Guides are now ready. At the start of the next
hour (from when I write this), they should be publically available at
http://www.cyber.com.au/users/jenn/
Would people please do me the favour of checking me for accuracy (&
spelling, & anything else you want to check me for)?
> > but seriously, regarding the titles of books ... i don't understand how
> > anyone can really care .. if it's an excellent book, should it matter that
> > it's titled "linux for the computer illiterate?" or how about a terrible
> > book with a very sophisticated intelligent sounding title? m
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 09:20:47PM -0700 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
Raven, corporate courtesan thought:
> Yup. [grimace] After my third assurance to our new management
> that I didn't need an NT desktop in addition to my Sparc (and once
> actually refusing to accept one they delive
On Thu, 17 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > but seriously, regarding the titles of books ... i don't understand how
> > anyone can really care .. if it's an excellent book, should it matter that
> > it's titled "linux for the computer illiterate?" or how about a terrible
> > book with a v
> but seriously, regarding the titles of books ... i don't understand how
> anyone can really care .. if it's an excellent book, should it matter that
> it's titled "linux for the computer illiterate?" or how about a terrible
> book with a very sophisticated intelligent sounding title? maybe i'
Heya --
>> "So what sort of presentation software are you using?"
>> "Ummm, vi."
>> "Oh. Is there a conversion program for that? I can't read
>> these files in NT. Maybe you should use Windows."
>> -- a recent conversation with our new technical management
>
> Heh. Ignorance, hmm?
Yu
Issac Asimov is a good man ... i always enjoyed reading his science and
his philosophy :)
but seriously, regarding the titles of books ... i don't understand how
anyone can really care .. if it's an excellent book, should it matter that
it's titled "linux for the computer illiterate?" or how abo
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 02:38:35PM -0500 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
Samuel Tesla thought:
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> On Mon, 14 May 2001, Brian Sweeney wrote:
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> > I read a really good book a while back called "Physics for the Rest of
> > Us"(HIGHLY recommended
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 10:11:14AM +1000 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
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> David Merrill wrote:
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> > I like `backgrounder' or `introduction to...'. I don't particularly
> > like `layman', mostly because after reading your docs I don't think
> > they are useful onl
Raven, corporate courtesan wrote:
> How about something positive, then? "A Practical Guide to...", "A
> Down-to-Earth Guide to...", "Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I
> Was Learning Computer Security"... [grin]
And James Sutherland said:
> "Basics of ..." or "... for beginners" sou
On Tue, 15 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> David Merrill wrote:
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> > I like `backgrounder' or `introduction to...'. I don't particularly
> > like `layman', mostly because after reading your docs I don't think
> > they are useful only to laymen. But ymmv and all that...
>
> I'm flattered. :
Heya --
> I want something which clearly states that I know it's not
> necessarily something they *want* to learn. Like I don't want
> motor-mechanics-for-the-novice because I'm not intending to be
> a motor mechanic.
[tongue-in-cheek] Perhaps "for the Unwilling Beginner"?
>> so maybe s
David Merrill wrote:
> I like `backgrounder' or `introduction to...'. I don't particularly
> like `layman', mostly because after reading your docs I don't think
> they are useful only to laymen. But ymmv and all that...
I'm flattered. :)
Hm. I'll think about it - I want them to be used by laym
On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 08:24:14AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> J-Mag Guthrie wrote:
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> > Novice? Newbie?
>
> I want something which clearly states that I know it's not
> necessarily something they *want* to learn. Like I don't want
> motor-mechanics-for-the-novice because I'm not in
J-Mag Guthrie wrote:
> Novice? Newbie?
I want something which clearly states that I know it's not
necessarily something they *want* to learn. Like I don't want
motor-mechanics-for-the-novice because I'm not intending to be
a motor mechanic.
I'd say 'for the home user', except that this is
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> On Mon, 14 May 2001, Brian Sweeney wrote:
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> On Mon, 14 May 2001, Brian Sweeney wrote:
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> > I read a really good book a while back called "Physics for the Rest of
> > Us"(HIGHLY recommended for those curious about modern physics) Good way
to
> > say newbie without saying "dummie", I thought.
> >
>
> One of the books I like to recommend wh
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> > Subject: Re: [techtalk] Layman's Guides to Computer Security
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> >
> > The ones tha
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> The ones that stick in my mind were "Chemistry for Poetry Majors&quo
The ones that stick in my mind were "Chemistry for Poetry Majors" and "Physics
for Poetry Majors".
--pig
On Mon, 14 May 2001, J-Mag Guthrie wrote:
> Novice? Newbie? When I was in college, lo these many years ago, there
> were math and engineering classes that were specifically for "non-major
> > 2. Yes, I'm using 'layman' rather than 'lay person'. I needed
> > SOMETHING to signify that they're aimed at people who aren't
> > computer specialists, and 'for dummies' and 'idiots guide to'
> > always strikes me as insulting. Given that layman doesn't seem to be in
> common usage either, I
At 5/13/01 04:46 AM , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>2. Yes, I'm using 'layman' rather than 'lay person'. I needed
>SOMETHING to signify that they're aimed at people who aren't
>computer specialists, and 'for dummies' and 'idiots guide to'
>always strikes me as insulting.
>Given that layman doesn't see
> 2. Yes, I'm using 'layman' rather than 'lay person'. I needed
> SOMETHING to signify that they're aimed at people who aren't
> computer specialists, and 'for dummies' and 'idiots guide to'
> always strikes me as insulting. Given that layman doesn't seem to be in
common usage either, I didn't w
I've been gradually writing a set of lay person's guides to
computer security. I just put the networking one up today -
something (can't think what!) prompted me to get on (not off!)
my duff and finish it.[1]
These are available on my professional home page, at
http://www.cyber.com.au/use
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