Rantings of a Disgruntled Unix User
Well how about those darned scroll bars. I've seen so
many people get hung up on these. Simply find the movable
part of the bar in the slider and click on it and don't let go.
Then you are in the perfect position to scroll away. Have fun.
Relax. Simply move the scroll bar up and down. Again, up
and down. I reccomend that if you would like to start getting
the most out of things. Go all the way to the top
and then go all the way to the bottom. No matter how large
the page is. By the way, this almost always can be done with
a simple motion of the wrist and arm and fingers. This
manuever can be accomplished in 1/10 of a second, no doubt.
Even for large pages. Now, please relax
your eyes and let the information flow. It is visual
information. Your mind will automatically start picking up
information. Don't worry that you can't even read a sentence
on your first pass, just look for ideas, things that stick out
in your mind. After you've migrated through the entire page
in a matter of second. Do noy let go of the mouse button during
this entire search phase. That way your mind can take in the
visual observables on the page. Now you slow down your motions
and do a random walk through the different boxes and subsections
on the page. Just physically identify the different parts of
the web page. If you see what you are looking for go ahead
with it. If you don't see what you are looking for don't let
go of the the mouse button. Keep scanning the page knowing
it's full contents visually from your scanning the page from
top to bottom as many times as it takes until you are
comfortably familiar with the format of the web page. Don't
worry if you make some zig-zags while you go up and down,
that's allowed, just don't stop and get frustrated. Make sure
you've checked out every relevant part of the page before you
give up in failure. Remember the truth
is just around the corner, even a moment's patience past the
point when you are ready go give up may be that exact moment
you were about to succeed in what you were trying to do. When
you have fully viewed the page, unless you're in a frantic hurry
and working in charted territory, you may let go of the mouse
button and click, drag, tap, and tab, at will.
It just means you suck ass even more. : )
That's a sad view. Even though the motions don't seem to be
working at all, and it's everything you can take just to keep
figuring out why these damn windows keep popping up and do i
answer yes or no, why the hell doesn't it just do what it's
supposed to do. Damn, that's a great question, and there
are so many answers. Where can we start? It seems like
so many different things. Shit. How are we even going to be
able to even start with all these distractions.
Well I suppose that's part of the game and there is no way
around it. My best reccomendation for you at this point is
to just deal with everything that comes at you one at a time.
One of the nice things about the computers are that they are
extremely predictable when you know what they are supposed
to be doing. This predictability, even if you don't understand
every different thing that the code execution is performing,
there is always this guarantee of predicability. In fact it
is totally possible to map every single instruction that the
processor operates on. It is always possible to analyse every
problem until an answer presents itself. However, when you
are in a situation where you have no idea what the heck is
going on, as is the case for most beginners. Always look at
each problem as something that needs to be hurdled. If a
problem becomes to difficult, you might try another program.
It is my experience that codes might or might not work for
a given problem, or maybe it doesn't do exactly what it is
that you are trying to do. Give each program a fair shot,
but if in your opinion there is no workaround with this program,
don't be afraid to look for another freeware version of the
program that does what you are trying to do. There is always
some program which will work for your given problem of choice.
Keep looking don't be afraid. I can't tell you how many times
I have seen someone quit in total frustration just moments before
they were about to solve their problem. I have encountered this
property of computer-phobia's. First of all, I have to assure
you that these computers are totally predicable, and that there
is a valid explainable reason for every little thing that happens
within a computer. This is guaranteed. We can't say the same
thing about life, or can we. Computers are much simpler systems
than life, growth and everyday experiences within our society.
In a computer, the control is always governed by a flow of
instructions to the central processing unit. If there is an
error of some sort, there is always a predictable, albeit possibly
complex, chain of events which allow us to ascertain what actually
happened. So, relax, these things are always predicable, even
if you can't predict it. Just approach every event that occurs
with the same vigor and vitality that you might approach a new
opportunity at work or in social situations.
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