[ale] [OT] Need to lock down a Windows laptop
Geoffrey Myers
lists at serioustechnology.com
Tue Apr 12 07:52:47 EDT 2011
JD wrote:
>>> She needs to learn how to secure her PC, and sadly, she needs to get
>>> hacked in order to learn it. I speak from experience having a teen girl
>>> crying over her broken PC and forcing her to reload it herself. These
>>> days, knowing how to do that is like knowing how to change a flat tire,
>>> IMHO.
>> <<more snip>>
>> You expect somebody to know how to change a tire???? You monster!!!! That
>> is why God gave us phones and AAA memberships!
>>
>> Silly sarcasm aside, probably a good idea. Both to expect offspring to
>> reload their systems, and to expect every driver to know how (by doing) to
>> change a tire.
>
> Before my father allowed me to get a drivers license, I had to show him
> that I could change a tire.
Same here. And Dad drilled it into me that you always stopped to assist
a lady or elderly folks when they have flat tires. As it stands, I've
changed more strangers flat tires then my own. The last one was for a
girl headed to KSU for class. I was on my bike, stopped and changed the
tire for her.
--
Until later, Geoffrey
"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson
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