(OT) Everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people...
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Blood Jester
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Tsyr said:
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Tsyr
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Blood Jester said:
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LOL, don't think it shows anywhere else... No one is more painfully aware of that than I.
It's one of those things that I *can* do quite well, but it's not instinctive... My spelling is abysmal, my choice of grammer is odd, and and I know flat out that I use words, phrases, and entire sentances incorrectly. Yet, I *have* done that well in my classes, and the people I help see an improvement in their grades (I brought a barely passing student up to a high B average by the end of his class, I'm rather proud of that)
Blood Jester
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I just had to tease ya, and was hoping youl'd get a chuckle out of it too... 
It is important to remember the difference between stupidity and ignorance.
A while back, I had the experience of being a teaching assistant on a college computer skills course. Basically, a course for folks who had never touched a personal computer in their lives, and needed to get through four years at a modern college. Stuff starting with "here's the on switch, this is a word processor" and moving up from there.
I was told that each year we had to give a warning - not to staple 3.5" floppy disks to the assignment sheets when handing in homework. Now, most of you will gasp, "How stupid are they? Put a staple through a floppy?" But remember, these are people who don't know what a floppy disk is. Never used one, nobody's ever told them how they work. So they've no idea that this would be harmful to the disk. That's simple ignorance, and may be forgiven and corrected.
Stupidity is when they go ahead and do it anyway, after getting the warning and the little lecture on how a floppy works.
A while back, I had the experience of being a teaching assistant on a college computer skills course. Basically, a course for folks who had never touched a personal computer in their lives, and needed to get through four years at a modern college. Stuff starting with "here's the on switch, this is a word processor" and moving up from there.
I was told that each year we had to give a warning - not to staple 3.5" floppy disks to the assignment sheets when handing in homework. Now, most of you will gasp, "How stupid are they? Put a staple through a floppy?" But remember, these are people who don't know what a floppy disk is. Never used one, nobody's ever told them how they work. So they've no idea that this would be harmful to the disk. That's simple ignorance, and may be forgiven and corrected.
Stupidity is when they go ahead and do it anyway, after getting the warning and the little lecture on how a floppy works.
Savage Wombat
Hero
I'd love a stapler that could go through the plastic on a 3.5" floppy. I could probably hold my house together with that.
The one I've got could barely make it through an old-fashioned 5.25" floppy.
Come to think of it, I guess floppy disks aren't exactly floppy any more. I wonder how hard my hard disk is.
The one I've got could barely make it through an old-fashioned 5.25" floppy.
Come to think of it, I guess floppy disks aren't exactly floppy any more. I wonder how hard my hard disk is.
Mercule
Adventurer
Savage Wombat said:
"Floppy" refers to the interior medium, not the external casing. Open up a 3.5" floppy sometime (disclaimer: this is also known as "breaking it"). The innards are quite floppy.
Also, I'd bet those heavy-duty staplers designed to go through 50 sheets of paper could crack through a 3.5" floppy.
