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[omarius]

Lord help me, I'm finally learning vi. I find myself trying to do :wq to close a Web browser and odd things like that. It's seriously doing bad things to my brain

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[editgrrl]

I was going to ask for a geek to English translation, but after I read it a second time I sort of understood it. Either that's scary for me or you're a good teacher. *g*

p.s. The only code I know is html-based, although I can understand and modify pre-written javascript.. so there is some basis for my confusion and shock at semi-comprehension. :)

[omarius]

I used to teach Unix in Hawthorne's undergrad and graduate Electronic Publishing classes that he did for the English department. That was fun, and good practice for explaining by analogy. ;)

I keep telling my class that so much stuff is based on Unix that once they learn enough they'll start recognizing odd things in unexpected places in the IT world.

HTML is "markup," not "code." *smacks your geeky hand*

[editgrrl]

I didn't say I was a very good geek. :)

[omarius]

...she said to the guy who's been administering Unix systems and using PICO for a text editor for ten years...;)

[editgrrl]

Holy cow, I remember using PICO back in Radford. Ooo, does that up my geek status?!?

[omarius]

Maybe, but my admission mainly makes me a techno-weenie. ;)