| From: | Caxal Balam arkainer@*****.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Non-cybernetic decking. |
| Date: | Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:58:13 -0500 (CDT) |
> In a message dated 9/17/99 23:28:23 Pacific Daylight
> Time, toreador@***.bc.ca
> writes:
>
> > Okay, given that jacking into the Matrix for
> anyone with a datajack is a
> > virtual-reality type environment, does it not
> make sense that it would be
> > classed as an active skill? I think so. However,
> what about for those
> > limited to using computers the old-fashioned way?
> Programming and the like
> > would almost certainly depend on how much you
> know, rather than how fast
> > you type. Therefore, how much of being able to
> use a computer would be
> > active skill, and how much would be knowledge
> skill?
>
Your point its pretty interesting, but remember that even if you read
PC Magazine every month and you know that this programming language its
better than the other, or this motherboard its better than other doesnt
mean that you know what can be wrong when you install a Windows NT, or
what happens to your modem when it appers a connection error in the
server.
Computers are one third of knowledge and 2 thirds of experience. So
even if you make a major in Computer Sistems you wont know a thing
until you have some field experience.
So, active skill its the basic for things like programming, decking
(remember its not how fast you type but how smart you are to know when
to use the right program and how to cheat the corps system), or to
design somekind of hardware.
The knowledge skill would be for stuff like know the type of
cryptography on a file, or knowing the model of a deck and its
capability, or knowing the differences between IC's and their
variants, or stuff like it.
Remember knowing it and doing it are two different things...
Cheers
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Caxal Balam
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