Comments on: My users are stupider than your users http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:18:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: Andrew http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-672 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:00:32 -0600 http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-672 Unfortunately, I (and all of the other phpBB team members I'm sure :-P) know the feeling. :-( I think what we need is our own sort of Darwin awards. :-P (Eh? Not really, I guess.) Unfortunately, I (and all of the other phpBB team members I’m sure :-P ) know the feeling. :-(

I think what we need is our own sort of Darwin awards. :-P (Eh? Not really, I guess.)

]]> by: Jonathan Stanley http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-673 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:21:06 -0600 http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-673 /me gets Bertiezilla to the ready... "Smiter of Nubfidels™". :D /me gets Bertiezilla to the ready… “Smiter of Nubfidels™”. :D

]]> by: Wizard James http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-677 Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:48:53 -0600 http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-677 Well.. last year i would of laughed at this.. but it happens far to much to be funny anymore. If a user cant read and do simple rules.. they shouldnt even look at a computer. Maybe there should be a test done to get on some servers... But its true.. "We keep making more idiot-proof software, but the world just makes more idiots" -irc if i remember.. Well.. last year i would of laughed at this.. but it happens far to much to be funny anymore.

If a user cant read and do simple rules.. they shouldnt even look at a computer. Maybe there should be a test done to get on some servers…

But its true.. “We keep making more idiot-proof software, but the world just makes more idiots” -irc if i remember..

]]> by: smithy_dll http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-678 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 01:30:31 -0600 http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-678 I thought basic computer skills were taught in primary school. There are too many people without the skills or know-how trying to run a website. In the past with stores this would not have happened because they wouldn't know how to raise capital, but with free hosting (and/or cheap), it's not only benefiting those with know how, giving the idiots new ways to be idiots. The further I get into my engineering course, the more 'elitist' I seem to become in my professional engineering aptitude towards doing things right, but then again, I suppose doing things right isn't all bad :P I thought basic computer skills were taught in primary school.

There are too many people without the skills or know-how trying to run a website.

In the past with stores this would not have happened because they wouldn’t know how to raise capital, but with free hosting (and/or cheap), it’s not only benefiting those with know how, giving the idiots new ways to be idiots.

The further I get into my engineering course, the more ‘elitist’ I seem to become in my professional engineering aptitude towards doing things right, but then again, I suppose doing things right isn’t all bad :P

]]> by: Andrew http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-679 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:25:47 -0600 http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-679 "I thought basic computer skills were taught in primary school." Common sense, on the other hand, isn't. ;-) “I thought basic computer skills were taught in primary school.”

Common sense, on the other hand, isn’t. ;-)

]]> by: Xore http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-680 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:35:35 -0600 http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-680 "I thought basic computer skills were taught in primary school." What primary school did you go to? You must have have had an awesome primary school... ours just taught us maths and gym and english and... stuff... that i can't remember anymore because it's been way too long. But not computer skills. =( “I thought basic computer skills were taught in primary school.”

What primary school did you go to? You must have have had an awesome primary school… ours just taught us maths and gym and english and… stuff… that i can’t remember anymore because it’s been way too long.

But not computer skills.

=(

]]> by: Andrew http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-683 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 14:35:55 -0600 http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-683 Actually, some very, very rudimentary computer skills are taught in elementary schools in the US. Basic computing and computer applications skills are taught in middle school. You'll find that the curriculum taught can actually be well-rounded. However, some people choose not to actually pay attention to class, but that's another story. Actually, some very, very rudimentary computer skills are taught in elementary schools in the US. Basic computing and computer applications skills are taught in middle school.

You’ll find that the curriculum taught can actually be well-rounded. However, some people choose not to actually pay attention to class, but that’s another story.

]]> by: Jon http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-684 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:29:01 -0600 http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-684 Make something so an idiot can use it, and only idiots will use it. (I don't know how much truth there is in that, don't take it personally. It isn't directed at the cash mod.) I like stroking rusty spoons. Make something so an idiot can use it, and only idiots will use it. (I don’t know how much truth there is in that, don’t take it personally. It isn’t directed at the cash mod.)

I like stroking rusty spoons.

]]> by: Vincent http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-687 Sun, 12 Mar 2006 23:26:21 -0600 http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-687 A simple "yes" would've done :P Maybe I need to rethink my planned hop in the open source world ;) A simple “yes” would’ve done :P

Maybe I need to rethink my planned hop in the open source world ;)

]]> by: Jacky http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-688 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 02:33:06 -0600 http://xore.ca/blog/2006/03/my-users-are-stupider-than-your-users/#comment-688 Actually the term SMRT is used for the train transport here in Singapore. ;) Xore, I understand that feeling. I am in the same situation as yours. I am in #irchelp in another network which I frequent, and there are sometimes people which either have their common sense totally used up or born with no common sense at all. Some even have -100 IQ level. Actually the way these idiots are sometimes make me laugh. :D Actually the term SMRT is used for the train transport here in Singapore. ;)

Xore, I understand that feeling.

I am in the same situation as yours. I am in #irchelp in another network which I frequent, and there are sometimes people which either have their common sense totally used up or born with no common sense at all. Some even have -100 IQ level.

Actually the way these idiots are sometimes make me laugh. :D

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