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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @MattSpeller
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      @MattSpeller said:

      @IRJ as advocatus diaboli - most if not all of my users know more about the software they use than I do! To tie all this back together a bit:

      Imagine a company hired someone who was absolutely brilliant at doing something important to the business, but was absolutely clueless about how to use a computer. Supporting this person would come back to me, and I'd be ok with that, though I'd have some serious questions about the hiring policy. Without a doubt I'd post their hilarious tickets on here for a good laugh (and rightly so, it's 2015 damn it!). You can teach them how to use the web (or whatever else). As a bonus, at least you know that you taught them the right way to do it!

      Why would an IT person be involved in helping someone learn the basics of business tooling? That's like the operator of a printing press being assigned to help someone illiterate read because he "works with words."

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      • MattSpellerM
        MattSpeller @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said:

        Why would an IT person be involved in helping someone learn the basics of business tooling? That's like the operator of a printing press being assigned to help someone illiterate read because he "works with words."

        In my example I imagined the company I work for hiring someone like this, and that would fall to me (or my equal ranked co-worker). Appropriate or not, at least they'd learn the right way the first time!

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @MattSpeller
          last edited by

          @MattSpeller said:

          @scottalanmiller said:

          Why would an IT person be involved in helping someone learn the basics of business tooling? That's like the operator of a printing press being assigned to help someone illiterate read because he "works with words."

          In my example I imagined the company I work for hiring someone like this, and that would fall to me (or my equal ranked co-worker). Appropriate or not, at least they'd learn the right way the first time!

          Assuming you know that stuff. If the company is hiring people unable to do their jobs in that role, why would they not make the same mistake in your role?

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          • MattSpellerM
            MattSpeller @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said:

            Assuming you know that stuff. If the company is hiring people unable to do their jobs in that role, why would they not make the same mistake in your role?

            There are days here that I wonder........

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said:

              At least know what a URL is and how to put it into a browser!

              But IE 11 hijacks it anyway

              Example 1: www.bundystl.com will go to the webpage
              Example 2: wtf.bundystl.com will go to Bing

              Why? because I did not preface it with http://

              Seriously MS, why? It is an option to disable, but that then disables ALL searching in the URL bar.

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said:

                Not true. If you have an "accident" because you didn't know how the car works you are liable for having driven irresponsibly.

                I'm not sure how one would prove this. Are you saying that traction control alters the car's handling so radically in one way or another that it would cause a person to be considered irresponsible? I don't see it.

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                • coliverC
                  coliver @Dashrender
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                  @Dashrender said:

                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  Not true. If you have an "accident" because you didn't know how the car works you are liable for having driven irresponsibly.

                  I'm not sure how one would prove this. Are you saying that traction control alters the car's handling so radically in one way or another that it would cause a person to be considered irresponsible? I don't see it.

                  Yes, traction control, when it activates, does change the way a car handles. Driving in the snow with a car without traction control, and a car with traction control is very different.

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                  • MattSpellerM
                    MattSpeller @JaredBusch
                    last edited by MattSpeller

                    @JaredBusch said:

                    But IE 11 hijacks it anyway

                    Example 1: www.bundystl.com will go to the webpage
                    Example 2: wtf.bundystl.com will go to Bing

                    Why? because I did not preface it with http://

                    Seriously MS, why? It is an option to disable, but that then disables ALL searching in the URL bar.

                    I HATE that

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                    • ?
                      A Former User @JaredBusch
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                      @JaredBusch said:

                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      At least know what a URL is and how to put it into a browser!

                      But IE 11 hijacks it anyway

                      Example 1: www.bundystl.com will go to the webpage
                      Example 2: wtf.bundystl.com will go to Bing

                      Why? because I did not preface it with http://

                      Seriously MS, why? It is an option to disable, but that then disables ALL searching in the URL bar.

                      This is one thing I don't get every other browser has smart detection for urls. IE uses strictly standards based url format thinking that's better. Who even uses http:// or www. most of the time anymore?

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                        A Former User @Dashrender
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                        @Dashrender said:

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        Not true. If you have an "accident" because you didn't know how the car works you are liable for having driven irresponsibly.

                        I'm not sure how one would prove this. Are you saying that traction control alters the car's handling so radically in one way or another that it would cause a person to be considered irresponsible? I don't see it.

                        My truck doesn't even have traction control.

                        However I think this topic has gone way way off topic already.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @A Former User
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                          @thecreativeone91 said:

                          However I think this topic has gone way way off topic already.

                          Are you suggesting that this topic..... lacks traction control?

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                          • Minion QueenM
                            Minion Queen Banned @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            @thecreativeone91 said:

                            However I think this topic has gone way way off topic already.

                            Are you suggesting that this topic..... lacks traction control?

                            HA ha.... ha

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              @thecreativeone91 said:

                              However I think this topic has gone way way off topic already.

                              Are you suggesting that this topic..... lacks traction control?

                              Nice.

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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch @A Former User
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                                @thecreativeone91 said:

                                This is one thing I don't get every other browser has smart detection for urls. IE uses strictly standards based url format thinking that's better. Who even uses http:// or www. most of the time anymore?

                                They are intentionally driving traffic to Bing search results of course. That is the reason.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @A Former User
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                                  @thecreativeone91 said:

                                  This is one thing I don't get every other browser has smart detection for urls. IE uses strictly standards based url format thinking that's better. Who even uses http:// or www. most of the time anymore?

                                  www isn't a standard, never was. It was a convention, at best.

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