Computer Owners Are Too Scared To Log On
from the gotta-get-over-the-fear dept
A new study in Australia has found that many people are afraid of their own computers. Nearly 60% get stressed out when asked to do something on a computer that they're unfamiliar with. Then, there's the 15% who are so scared of their own computers that they avoid them altogether (making you wonder why they bought them in the first place). The numbers seem a little far fetched to me, and this is the type of thing that goes away as people get used to their computers, and learn not to fear them.
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Women were afraid of cars for decades
PCs these days are coming in more effeminate varieties like the Mac. Actually, I wouldn't mind having a gaming machine built out of crudely welded steel with oversized bolts, that sputters lots of smoke. ;-)
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fear of pc
thats on it.. But I am having a go, I make mistakes but learn as I use it, Haaaaaa thats how I feel sometime when things do not go quite right. But I do not give up on It. So there must be others like me at this. [BLOODY thing]
But I like it it gets me out and about when its raining . love it realy by the way I AM sixty nine.
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