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Originally Posted by ragtag  CoolBee: First, the crashing had nothing to do with your OS, but with hardware. Either the machine was full of dust, or it simply was badly built and unable to cool it self down properly when it got to hot.
And secondly, to put on my geek fascist hat  , people who don't know the difference between a steering wheel and a break pedal are not allowed to drive cars. Same should go for computer users, if you don't know the difference between a hardrive, CPU, Windows and MS Office, you should stick with pen and paper! Hackers around the world rely on incompetent computer users to run their botnets, which in turn can be used to bring down important servers and services. 
( Don't take this post to seriously, it's all a bit tongue in cheek, although I do mean some of it).  |
re the crashing in the heat - I know several people here (Egypt - the one in Africa not US) with Linux machines and they ALL crash in the heat unless you keep fans focused on them 24/7 during the summer!
I entirely agree with your geek fascist hat thinking - I put in one of my posts I think people should have to take a test like a driving licence before they are allowed to buy a computer.
I have had my head done in by people who clearly never bother to use the Help menu, check Google, don't know the difference between a flowerpot and an OS! Dear God, I remember one secretarial temping job I had way back in the dim and distant (about 20 years ago) and the Chief Engineer said to me "Do I need to boot up BASIC before I start WordStar" even at that early stage I wanted to bang my head against a brick wall.
Having said that, while I'm prepared more than most to take the time to fix things on my computer, there are other areas where I just want to press the button and for things to work - like the microwave, like the vacuum cleaner - I don't want to become an expert in vacuum cleaner maintenance for example - life is too short! This is the experience most computer users want - put it on and it works and it is completely transparently obvious what to do, no fiddling around!