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"MAKE PLANS TO CRASH YOUR COMPUTER TODAY!"
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Article was written in September, 1999.
Copyright © 1999, 2000 by Bill Platt
WORD COUNT: 449
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Make Plans To Crash
Your Computer Today!
I recently seen a question offered by someone in a
newsgroup, the question went like this. I was showing my
friend how much I knew about computers, and I screwed up
her system. Can you help me fix it? After a satisfactory
solution was offered, this individual stated that she
would not be so cocky next time around, and she would just
stick to her own machine.
I can't tell you how many times I have worked on machines
that someone who knew about computers screwed up. I also
can't tell you how many times I had to fix machines that
I screwed up when I thought I was king.
Sometimes, I wonder out loud whether amateurs should not
try to fix the machines of another when they are not
nearly as sharp as they think they are. But, honestly,
when I think back to my own beginnings, I really cannot
go so far as to say that. The reason being is that I
learned more about computers by screwing them up and
having to fix them, than I ever learned by not trying
to do something.
I know someone who runs a business and has all the
software necessary to be able to put their paperwork into
the computer and learn new and better ways to run their
business, but they are afraid of their computer! They
are afraid that they will screw something up, so their
computer acts as a $1500 paperweight!
My point is this. In order to learn about computers, you
must be willing to go poking around inside the system, to
try new things, and to not worry about the consequences of
what could go wrong. Make a backup of your system, then go
around prodding and poking and see what it is you might be
able to learn. With a backup in hand, you can screw up as
much as you want without fear of disaster.
A good friend of mine constantly takes this concept to the
limits. He makes his backups, and then he spends hours
trying to crash his machine by making changes here and
there. As a result, he is always able to teach me some-
thing new about computers and troubleshooting computers.
THE MORAL TO THE STORY IS:
It is better to have tried, failed and overcome, than to
never have tried at all.
FURTHER EMPHASIS TO THE MORAL OF THE STORY:
Babe Ruth is well known for his homerun record, but Babe
Ruth to-date holds another record which has never been
broken in the history of baseball. And that record is:
the "Most Strikeouts Ever Recorded by a Single Player"!
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