[mprime]

His "new-found knowledge" is what anyone here would call common sense.

[jacquesm]

How many people on HN do you think fall in the 'common' bracket?

There is probably more IT competency here than you'd find in a very large majority of the net population.

For most people this would be news, for you and I, and most of the rest of HN it's old hat.

[mprime]

>"For most people this would be news"

If that's the case, I'm more out of touch with the world than I thought.