[E Rocc]

The gradient of computer knowledge is tremendous. Perhaps 90% of the people I know look at me like I'm an expert, but our IT guys know stuff I have no clue about.

Sometimes I think they prefer the fully ignorant users, and not just for job-security reasons. Those of us who know what we're doing sometimes know enough to be dangerous. >:)

-Eric

[AppyPappy]

Being an IT guy, I sometimes get requests to come to people's houses and work on their computers. I tell them to bring the computer to me and I'll look at it. No one has ever taken me up on it. They don't want to admit they can't disconnect their computer. I figure they don't need a computer anyway. All these people playing with computers are causing the problems on the internet.

Imagine if you drove a car but didn't want to bother learning how to use the brakes or the seat belt. Everyone should have a basic understanding of how to protect their computer.

[tdadams]

Perhaps 90% of the people I know look at me like I'm an expert, but our IT guys know stuff I have no clue about.

I'm a Unix administrator with many years of experience and I've dealt with hackers who know vulnerabilities that I've never seen nor heard about, including one who made the Unix do things that Unix is specifically NOT (by design) supposed to be able to do.