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Bigger scheme - sam's capsule: GUI can make you stupid

                 
           /       \       /
    k --- a         b --- f 
   /       \       /       \
           me --- l         i
   \       /       \       /
    j --- c         d --- e
           \       /
            g --- h

The two high-tech diagrams below are result of an email conversation a few days ago.

Do we really care about GUIs?

GUI

         ^                     . <-- Am I supposed to type 
         |                    .      the 123141241 data sets
         |                  .        by hand? FU!
         |                .
"Price"  |              .
 of      |            .
 getting |         .
 things  |      .
 done    |  .
         |. <-- I can type URLs in Google and it still works.
         +------------------------>
         Novice <-- User --> Expert

non-GUI/commandline

         ^.  <-- how do I exit 'vi'? FU!
         |  .
         |   .
         |    .
"Price"  |     .
 of      |       .
 getting |         .
 things  |            .
 done    |                .
         |                     . <-- I replaced you with a 
         +------------------------>  oneliner in Perl
         Novice <-- User --> Expert