Quote:If Catty meant a mainframe, then I'll concede the point and redact my previous statement. If Catty meant a PC... Well, I'm one of those supposed idiots.
I was exaggerating just a little, and I'm one of your fellow idiots too. Most is not all, but given that most people assume they are above average it seems safer to assume that an notion of great competence is just a delusion.
But do you understand how to turn on a PC? I don't mean just pressing the button but what happens on power on, where it looks on the harddrive, what and why it loads stuff (first sector aka MBR) from the harddrive into ram, how chainloading works, etc? Most people don't, however most people probably understand what happens when you flip a lightswitch. A program not understanding bootstraping is like a electrician not understanding what happens in a lightswitch just knowing which cable connects to where. Not understanding is fine as long as you don't have to work with it, but understanding is valuable when you encounter something odd (like say non ibm architecture computers).
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."