anotheranon | Jun. 8th, 2005

Getting deeper into my class work. We're doing all lab assignments in an Oracle environment accessed through telnet (whoo! That takes me back) through a command line interface (Sun?) that reminds me of the cumbersome Unix interface of my first email account back in ~1992-3.

For non-computer geeks, that translates to: no nice point-and click visual interfaces. It's all text, typed in one command after another with non-intuitive editing features. Fun, fun....

I remember how fscking hard it was to learn all the commands the first go around, especially when explained to me by computer professionals who took so much for granted re: familiarity with syntax and ability to navigate a system with no physical layout ("Go to your inbox" was my favorite. What did they mean, "GO"? I can't see anywhere TO go!) Eventually I did learn enough to read email and telnet (boy, did I ever telnet) but it was an uphill struggle.

I hope my questions don't get me tagged as a computer neophyte - I'm not, but I don't have the 20+ years of history in IT that some of my classmates have; I've not been alive long enough :P

Think I'll polish my brain a little. To rebuild my scuffed ego, understand. Borrowed from