I read years ago that the windows system was geared toward men, who (on average) found DOS obscure and difficult, while women (also on average) were comfortable with it. Women were said to take more naturally to keyboard commands, while men preferred to see pictures they could click on.
Easy explanation: “The printer is a device, and the screen is a device. The printer came first, so we use ‘print’ to send text to a device.” Logical enough?
from my uneducated point of view, you are all speaking greek. the only computereze that i know is the old rule of thumb about " garbage in garbage out". that and computers are stupid. fast but stupid. you must know precisely what to say to get it to do what you want it to do.so…Rita is doomed to fail becouse it takes years to get up to speed on what ti do and what not to do.am i close to the target on my observation?
What do you mean?! It sounds like everyones wife when explaining anything!
No… working in an IT dept, it sounds like ALL calls to helpdesk from both men and women. Usually the men are a bit worse, because they are absolutely sure they know what they are doing.
Lets just hope that Rita doesnt drive Jay to pull his hair out again and have to wait for another 2 weeks to see him with his blonde fuzzy “do” lol Rita would drive a Saint to drink!
There is still a bias that men are naturally more adept a machines and electronics, and that women will become flustered and confused. Probably started by some men who were not too bright, but wanted to feel better about themselves. I’ve known some men who could barely work a flashlight. Remember back when cell-phones actually spelled out BATT LOW when they needed charging? I knew a guy who really thought he’d received a message from a Mr. Battlow, and wondered how he could call him back without his number.
Agent54 almost 13 years ago
Sadly she sounds like my wife when I try to explain why PC programming works the way it does.
Michael Thorton almost 13 years ago
Am I the only one on this website who recognises the Sheldon Cooper reference?
KenTheCoffinDweller almost 13 years ago
Excel doesn’t have problems adding up, it is when it starts and the top and adds down that it runs into problems.
scottartist creator almost 13 years ago
I read years ago that the windows system was geared toward men, who (on average) found DOS obscure and difficult, while women (also on average) were comfortable with it. Women were said to take more naturally to keyboard commands, while men preferred to see pictures they could click on.
Dwilesjr almost 13 years ago
the scary part is Rita’s logic always makes perfect sense to me
johnzakour Premium Member almost 13 years ago
A> :(
tsandl almost 13 years ago
Maybe she’d have better luck with cout<<.
amaniac almost 13 years ago
Easy explanation: “The printer is a device, and the screen is a device. The printer came first, so we use ‘print’ to send text to a device.” Logical enough?
johnzakour Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Wait until Jay teaches her Unix and grep….
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 13 years ago
from my uneducated point of view, you are all speaking greek. the only computereze that i know is the old rule of thumb about " garbage in garbage out". that and computers are stupid. fast but stupid. you must know precisely what to say to get it to do what you want it to do.so…Rita is doomed to fail becouse it takes years to get up to speed on what ti do and what not to do.am i close to the target on my observation?
jbarnes almost 13 years ago
What do you mean?! It sounds like everyones wife when explaining anything!
No… working in an IT dept, it sounds like ALL calls to helpdesk from both men and women. Usually the men are a bit worse, because they are absolutely sure they know what they are doing.
Hunter7 almost 13 years ago
Yes Rita. You boss. Now go order Jay to change things.
Linda Solomon almost 13 years ago
Lets just hope that Rita doesnt drive Jay to pull his hair out again and have to wait for another 2 weeks to see him with his blonde fuzzy “do” lol Rita would drive a Saint to drink!
scottartist creator almost 13 years ago
There is still a bias that men are naturally more adept a machines and electronics, and that women will become flustered and confused. Probably started by some men who were not too bright, but wanted to feel better about themselves. I’ve known some men who could barely work a flashlight. Remember back when cell-phones actually spelled out BATT LOW when they needed charging? I knew a guy who really thought he’d received a message from a Mr. Battlow, and wondered how he could call him back without his number.
RalphZIggy almost 13 years ago
with the more fun computer languages Rita could define her own commands. Shoulda taught her Ruby, Jay.
Koolfunkygrrl almost 13 years ago
and annoying!!! LOL