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Two things to say here. First, "dumb" is not the right word. My wife is a theoretical physicist - thus pretty much guaranteed to be "not dumb" - but is not fu
by Vivtek 16y ago
Two things to say here. First, "dumb" is not the right word. My wife is a theoretical physicist - thus pretty much guaranteed to be "not dumb" - but is not fully cognizant of the fact that URLs exist. She, too, has Google as her default home page and types what she wants into it. And she has Google search on the toolbar and types what she wants into that. Even if what she wants is the name of the site, she goes through Google first. Always.
The corollary to the observation that most people don't know what you take for granted in the computer realm, though, is that your customers know all kinds of stuff you have no idea about.
Think about that a little.
- nollidge 16y agoI think the key word in the title is seem. People seem dumb if you don't know anything else about them besides this one fact they don't know that you do. The author is arguing that this is a bad thing.
- csomar 16y agoThe problem is that the speed technology is growing with, made the barrier quite high for people to understand how technology works. The details are tremendous and the story of the web and its' evolution is too long that they should bother and keep up with it. Same apply for other fields. How much do you know about neurology or physics to explain everyday facts?
- 2arrs2ells 16y agoWhen you google everything, stuff like this: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_login.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_yo... happens... (read the comments)
- Vivtek 16y agoOh, I know. When that was news, I laughed at it, and told her about it. That's why she's now partly cognizant that URLs exist. It hasn't changed her habits much, although it did allow me to persuade her that setting bookmarks can have its uses.
- nikster 16y agoIt doesn't surprise me people think Google is the internet. But it's still scary!
- moultano 16y agoThat's actually a pretty good strategy. Google will get you there more reliably than typing, thanks to typos and such.