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There was a post today which finished with encouraging advice on keeping you brain working, whilst your age creeps up. on you.
The poster had very valid comment, but, I think I can possibly speak as a very much older person. (?. The poster did not specify his age, but I have a good idea)
Knowledge learned, can be kept somewhere in all the little draws in you brain, as you get older, those drawers are increased in number and full. It can take longer to find the correct drawer, but it is usually tucked in there somewhere.
Undoubtedly, the memory process does slow down. I was involved in computer/IT from the innovation of the first attempts at having something (desktop ?) at home.
Over all those years, I learned, and remembered, many tricks to circumvent the idiosyncrasies of software and subsequent OSs - MS and others.
Most of this was commited to memory, and reproduced as required, on sites such as this. In my mid sixties, I resorted to keeping a Dbase on my computer, for all hints ,tips and Hacks which which I found useful. As little as ten years ago, I could draw most of this from memory. I find, now, that I need to refer to these more often. The alternative, adopted in most cases by forum users (no shame there!) is to google, find a solution, and reprint it. The benefit of this procedure is that it save those members, without so many computer skills, from the need to google themselves.
Although I once got involved in an exchange over this, I think I won the case by pointing out that there can not possibly be copyright on posted help information. Anyone on this planet could stumble on a solution, even by accident. I, myself, posted two different solutions to problems, in the Win95 days,. These are still available all over the web, without reference to the origin, which has probably faded into obscurity anyway. I am not offended. On the contrary, I am pleased that I have been a help to so many.,
I have been mentally active in all fields, including computer technology, up to this day. I realise there are many exceptions in the field of humanity, but, speaking from my own experience, There does eventually come a time when you can no longer fight off old age forgetfulness. Certainly, imo, you come out of the "learning" era.
The poster had very valid comment, but, I think I can possibly speak as a very much older person. (?. The poster did not specify his age, but I have a good idea)
Knowledge learned, can be kept somewhere in all the little draws in you brain, as you get older, those drawers are increased in number and full. It can take longer to find the correct drawer, but it is usually tucked in there somewhere.
Undoubtedly, the memory process does slow down. I was involved in computer/IT from the innovation of the first attempts at having something (desktop ?) at home.
Over all those years, I learned, and remembered, many tricks to circumvent the idiosyncrasies of software and subsequent OSs - MS and others.
Most of this was commited to memory, and reproduced as required, on sites such as this. In my mid sixties, I resorted to keeping a Dbase on my computer, for all hints ,tips and Hacks which which I found useful. As little as ten years ago, I could draw most of this from memory. I find, now, that I need to refer to these more often. The alternative, adopted in most cases by forum users (no shame there!) is to google, find a solution, and reprint it. The benefit of this procedure is that it save those members, without so many computer skills, from the need to google themselves.
Although I once got involved in an exchange over this, I think I won the case by pointing out that there can not possibly be copyright on posted help information. Anyone on this planet could stumble on a solution, even by accident. I, myself, posted two different solutions to problems, in the Win95 days,. These are still available all over the web, without reference to the origin, which has probably faded into obscurity anyway. I am not offended. On the contrary, I am pleased that I have been a help to so many.,
I have been mentally active in all fields, including computer technology, up to this day. I realise there are many exceptions in the field of humanity, but, speaking from my own experience, There does eventually come a time when you can no longer fight off old age forgetfulness. Certainly, imo, you come out of the "learning" era.
