18th November 2005, 8:10 AM
Also note that I am not going to be rude and ask questions the lay person wouldn't understand. I have a good understanding of what the average person's knowledge of computer terms is, and I'll only be asking you questions that I have a reasonable expectation for you to know the answer to. If I confuse you, I'll try and rephrase it or ask another question. I'll work with you on this.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)