On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 3:08 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: >>> >>> If he does. I mean, he kept complaining about the "black screen", and >>> appeared to have no idea how to look at the files.... >> >> I know what you mean, of course. But it's sort of like telling >> someone to learn latin before they can understand english. Not an >> inherently bad concept but it shouldn't be necessary. > > I dunno - I don't think I was telling him to learn latin; rather, that he > should increase his vocabulary beyond, oh, I read, years back, that the > *average* American's *average* vocabulary was about 500 words... and that > Koko the gorilla had 550 in ASL.... Well, character mode is about as ancient, in hi-tech years... -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com