From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/2362 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Paolo Amoroso Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: 5, 10, 20 years from now Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 16:38:40 +0200 Organization: Paolo Amoroso - Milan, ITALY Message-ID: <+UepPgPD71q4M45H0eDTbzfR09Mu@4ax.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138668819 14861 80.91.229.2 (31 Jan 2006 00:53:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:53:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: nobody Tue Jan 17 17:30:34 2006 Original-Path: quimby.gnus.org!newsfeed1.e.nsc.no!nsc.no!nextra.com!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news.mailgate.org!newsfeeder.edisontel.com!nntp.infostrada.it!newsfeed.mclink.it!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: net203-175-176.mclink.it Original-X-Trace: newsreader1.mclink.it 1051281593 29570 213.203.175.176 (25 Apr 2003 14:39:53 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@newsreader1.mclink.it Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 14:39:53 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 Original-Xref: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de gnus-emacs-gnus:2502 Original-Lines: 17 X-Gnus-Article-Number: 2502 Tue Jan 17 17:30:34 2006 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:2362 Archived-At: On 23 Apr 2003 08:41:17 -0400, Don Saklad wrote: > a. 5, 10 or 20 years from now, do you guys think that gnus mail will > set itself up automatically without any knowledge needed on the > part of neophytes?... Dan Bricklin, of VisiCalc fame, wrote this insightful essay: The "Computer as Assistant" Fallacy Learning to use things that are hard is part of being human http://www.bricklin.com/assistantfallacy.htm Paolo -- Paolo Amoroso