Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Computer Operation/Programming/Hacking
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Originally Posted by johndallman
B217, in the heading of the Research skill.
From late TL7, when on-line databases became commercially available via dial-up, to about 1997 when web search engines started to get good, getting useful information out of online services required actual skill, although it wasn't that hard to learn (hence IQ/E). Nowadays, search engines provide significant bonuses to unskilled usage, although one can still do better with Research and Computer Operation skill.
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I think that might be confusing gurps Skill with what we call skills in common language.
Carpentry's easy as well, but far more difficult than using search engines.
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