2 Dec
2010
2 Dec
'10
2:16 p.m.
On 12/2/10 3:54 PM, John Foust wrote:
At 02:34 PM 12/2/2010, Tony Duell wrote:
Let me google that for you. Maybe you'll debug something for me someday.
"Baby Duck Syndrome denotes the tendency for computer users
to<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Imprinting_(psychology)>"i…
on
the first system they learn, then judge other systems by their similarity
to that first system. The result is that "users generally prefer systems
similar to those they learned on and dislike unfamiliar systems."[1] The
term may have been inspired by popular understanding of the work,
experiences, and observations
of<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Konrad_Lorenz>Konrad Lorenz."
Or, for example, why I'm still running a 1984 copy of Brief as my
text editor in a DOS window on a dual-24" quad processor PC.
Huh. Then why am I running Mac OS X and doing most of my production
work in VIm?
My first exposure to computers was Windows 3.1, followed closely by
Win95. I suppose it's no wonder that when I was introduced to AIX and
then Slackware Linux, I jumped ship and never looked back.
Doc
>
"Baby duck syndrome"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
What is this?