Re: Why is OSX so much harder to learn than Windows?

In article <1129224274.557729.160610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Lars T. <lars.traeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ed wrote:
> > In news:1129071168.045746.129610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> > Lars Träger <Lars.Traeger@xxxxxxxx> typed:
> > > Flint wrote:
> > >> Mr. T wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> it seems like "ed" doesn't know what the web is, or even what it
> > >>> does when it goes to another "site".
> > >>>
> > >>> sorry, but a compass is pretty close to perfect.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Hardly. A directional pointing device implies very little in and of
> > >> itself.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> The terms "browse", "scan", "view" are much more intuitive.
> > >
> > > So why do you prefer a big blue e that hasn't got these words anywhere
> > > near it?
> >
> > it *does* have INTERNET right by it, which kinda trumps them all...
>
> But I want to visit WEB sites, not explore the "Internet", whatever
> that is.
>
> Lars T.
>

Didn't you know that "Web sites" are hosted by servers which use
Internet protocals such as HTML? Web sites are part of the Internet,
since the "WWW" is part of the Internet.

--
Donald L. McDaniel
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