Re: If I suddenly disappear...

divad.ddub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said...
> > > >> > > business studies and hasn't the foggiest idea how to set up an email
> > > >> > > client.
> > > >>
> > > >> What's the connection between Business Studies and sufficient geekery to
> > > >> set up an email client?
> > > >>
> > > >Apparently none, but my point is that there ought to be.
> > >
> > > Yes, but why?
> > >
> > Because they're being taught to use computers in a business environment
>
> Ah, I thought they were being taught to use computers for the purposes
> of the business. It's subtly different, to me at least. "using" as
> opposed to "installing" or "setting up". I see the latter as something
> for a dedicated IT course.
>
Stop trying to confuse me. My point is that setting up an email client
is not geeky and it's not difficult. I mean, even I can do it, and I'm
definitely not a computer whizz-kid. I was honestly amazed the other
day when Catharine told me she couldn't receive email on her machine in
her room because "Dad hasn't shown me how to". It's such a basic
requirement these days, when schools and businesses all use computers
for so many things, that it just seemed incredible to me that it hadn't
been covered. It seemed especially incredible given that setting up an
email account is something that I was required to do in the first term
of the NVQ in business admin. My own frustration (and the reason I
asked for advice here) was that the college set-up doesn't allow me to
use anything other than a web-based email account, so I can't use one of
my own that I've already got set up here. All I had to do in the end
was to set up the account, send an email to my tutor, and receive his
reply. But at least I had to do it, and had to demonstrate that I'd
done so. At home, Catharine has her own email account within 'my'
domain, so setting up her computer to receive her emails ought to be
totally trivial. If she bothers to ask me I'll show her how to do it,
but I still reckon she should have covered it at school given that she's
basically doing the same course as me but with a different title.

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