In the beginning, I preferred to be a Mouseketeer, pointing, clicking, dragging and dropping stuff all over the place. Now I think of myself as one of the Dos Mouseketeers- somewhat familiar with both. Then I didn't even see the alternative keyboard commands listed opposite the options in the menu boxes until my boss at work pointed them out. I believe one day it might actually occupy the same place that knowledge of household electricity does now. When computers get to that point, they will probably run our lives entirely, and we may be controlled by those who do know how they work.
Information is power.
Fueled somewhat by this line of thinking, I delved into some of the command and system files, like the config.sys file and the autoexec.bat file. I was a bit crushed. Here I was, trying to learn information that might one day protect us from overthrow by the technocritters, and she was joking. To her, the computer world was a violent one. About thirty-six, I think.