18-07-2005 14:35									#1
	The Future is Starting to Annoy Me Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Internet and Computers used to be simpler, now there are so many different apps, codes and tricks that I can't keep up; but in my line of work, I HAVE to keep up - but my brain is overloading!! Why can't we have some sort of built-in video help box in every app that actually shows you how to do every damn little thing that you can do in that app? Ok I know, that would be a big accomplishment, but I am starting to think it is necessary.

This is what I know (in ability to use) (10 highest)

Windows: 9/10
OSX: 7/10
Photoshop: 9/10
Dreamweaver: 7/10
Flash: 4/10
Freehand: 8/10
Illustrator: 7/10
PageMaker: 5/10
MS SQL Manager: 1/10 (I hate this one, complicated and annoying).
ASP: 4/10
PHP: 4/10
Perl: 5/10
HTML/CSS/DHTML: 10/10
MS Word: 6/10
MS Access 0/10 (Never touched it)


I'm only talking about apps that are generally complicated (have a steep learning curve).

I want my Flash, ASP and PHP higher, but the problem is that if I work hard on those, my abilities in other apps begin to drop.

Today, I am having to learn an entirely new program, its adding on to my list, which I don't want!!

How is everyone else handling this?

	18-07-2005 14:58									#2
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Next wedensday is going to be really bad im gonna give it a miss

	18-07-2005 15:26									#3
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On the other hand, we can obsolete some stuff we used to use before. How many people still know DOS commands as well as they used to?

	18-07-2005 15:44									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns On the other hand, we can obsolete some stuff we used to use before. How many people still know DOS commands as well as they used to?

Heretic!

	18-07-2005 16:16									#5
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You're just getting old.

	18-07-2005 16:37									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns On the other hand, we can obsolete some stuff we used to use before. How many people still know DOS commands as well as they used to?

DOS commands suck. The command prompt is the only thing linux does WAY better than Windows.

	18-07-2005 16:41									#7
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I tried learning Maya 6 once, it came with some quicktime videos of really basic commands (animating a cube), but thats like 0.0001% of what it can do, and you just think, how much time of my life have i already wasted trying to learn this? I could be playing games.

	18-07-2005 16:58									#8
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I know enough DOS to open a file and format my hard drive. You don't need to know more than that.

	18-07-2005 17:02									#9
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Anyone who can't configure their autoexec.bat well enough to have enough memory, yet have sounds, mouse etc working fine to play games with DOS is a loser. And losers sucks.

	18-07-2005 17:27									#10
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20 years ago that would have been true.

	18-07-2005 17:31									#11
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i know

java pretty well the problem is that where i work now is that they use a own build program to get things done it is constantly changing...i am still on top of it right now but that will change soon i think...other problem is that i have to help out a lot of people that know even less of computers then me with that program (they cant even find a ducement witht he 2.0.0 version....idiots

	18-07-2005 18:44									#12
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DOS still has its uses, not just DOS games but also can be used to recover files when Windoze conks out.