……20 世纪 80 年代。有各种字处理软件、数据库工具和编程语言可用。甚至还有用于新闻组阅读、IRC、telnet 和 gopher 的老派网络工具。我记得我刚入门的时候，《DOS for Dummies》（“傻瓜书”系列的开山鼻祖）非常有帮助；现在你大概花个邮费就能淘到一本二手书了。
…the 1980s. There are various word processors, database utilities, and programming languages available. There are even old school networking tools for newsreading, IRC, telnet, and gopher. I remember "DOS for Dummies" (the seminal Dummies book) being helpful when I was starting out; you can probably find a used copy for the cost of shipping at this point.
这也是我的第一台电脑！不过我直到 95 年（当时我 12 岁）才从叔叔那里淘到这台二手淘汰机。正是在这台电脑上，我学会了如何学习。我靠一本《DOS for Dummies》自学了 DOS，这让我搞懂了怎么在电脑上安装和打游戏。我还顺带学会了 Basic，开启了我的计算机编程冒险。正是这唯一的机会，让我走上了……
This was my first computer too! But I didn't get my until '95 (I was 12) as a hand-me-down from an uncle. It's the computer that I learned how to learn on. I learned DOS by myself from a DOS For Dummies book which let me figure out how to install and play games on the computer. I also picked up Basic which started my adventures in computer programming. This single opportunity set me down the path of…
我依然很喜欢那个梗。第一次是在《DOS for Dummies》里读到的，那本书是跟着我在 90 年代末旧货大甩卖上淘的一台老电脑附送的。我把那本书里里外外啃了个透；完全没想到它居然是整个“傻瓜书（For Dummies）”系列的第一本。
I still love that joke. Read it first in DOS for Dummies which came with an old computer I picked up at a rummage sale in the late 90s. I studied that book inside and out; never realized it was the very first "For Dummies" book.
这是我见过最烂的书单之一，居然还是网站站长自己推的。BASIC 电脑游戏？文字处理书？深入 IBM PC？傻瓜版 DOS？认真的吗？得了吧，你就是单纯在骗点击量。
This is one of the worst lists I've yet seen, promoted by the purveyor of the website itself. BASIC Computer Games? The Word Processing Book? Inside the IBM PC? DOS For Dummies? Are you serious? No, you're just fishing for pageviews.
我喜欢这个书名，而且我觉得做成一个系列是个好点子。《DOS for Dummies》当年拥趸很多，但我觉得那名字带有更强烈的居高临下意味。如果我撞见一本叫《期权交易傻瓜书》的书，我肯定会持怀疑态度。傻瓜本来就该离期权交易远一点……
I like the title, and I think it's a good idea for a series. DOS for Dummies had a good following and I think it is a much more condescending name. If I came across a book called Options Trading for Dummies, I would be skeptical. Dummies should stay away from options trading.…
……20 世纪 80 年代。有各种字处理软件、数据库工具和编程语言可用。甚至还有用于新闻组阅读、IRC、telnet 和 gopher 的老派网络工具。我记得我刚入门的时候，《DOS for Dummies》（“傻瓜书”系列的开山鼻祖）非常有帮助；现在你大概花个邮费就能淘到一本二手书了。
…the 1980s. There are various word processors, database utilities, and programming languages available. There are even old school networking tools for newsreading, IRC, telnet, and gopher. I remember "DOS for Dummies" (the seminal Dummies book) being helpful when I was starting out; you can probably find a used copy for the cost of shipping at this point.
这也是我的第一台电脑！不过我直到 95 年（当时我 12 岁）才从叔叔那里淘到这台二手淘汰机。正是在这台电脑上，我学会了如何学习。我靠一本《DOS for Dummies》自学了 DOS，这让我搞懂了怎么在电脑上安装和打游戏。我还顺带学会了 Basic，开启了我的计算机编程冒险。正是这唯一的机会，让我走上了……
This was my first computer too! But I didn't get my until '95 (I was 12) as a hand-me-down from an uncle. It's the computer that I learned how to learn on. I learned DOS by myself from a DOS For Dummies book which let me figure out how to install and play games on the computer. I also picked up Basic which started my adventures in computer programming. This single opportunity set me down the path of…
我依然很喜欢那个梗。第一次是在《DOS for Dummies》里读到的，那本书是跟着我在 90 年代末旧货大甩卖上淘的一台老电脑附送的。我把那本书里里外外啃了个透；完全没想到它居然是整个“傻瓜书（For Dummies）”系列的第一本。
I still love that joke. Read it first in DOS for Dummies which came with an old computer I picked up at a rummage sale in the late 90s. I studied that book inside and out; never realized it was the very first "For Dummies" book.
这是我见过最烂的书单之一，居然还是网站站长自己推的。BASIC 电脑游戏？文字处理书？深入 IBM PC？傻瓜版 DOS？认真的吗？得了吧，你就是单纯在骗点击量。
This is one of the worst lists I've yet seen, promoted by the purveyor of the website itself. BASIC Computer Games? The Word Processing Book? Inside the IBM PC? DOS For Dummies? Are you serious? No, you're just fishing for pageviews.
我喜欢这个书名，而且我觉得做成一个系列是个好点子。《DOS for Dummies》当年拥趸很多，但我觉得那名字带有更强烈的居高临下意味。如果我撞见一本叫《期权交易傻瓜书》的书，我肯定会持怀疑态度。傻瓜本来就该离期权交易远一点……
I like the title, and I think it's a good idea for a series. DOS for Dummies had a good following and I think it is a much more condescending name. If I came across a book called Options Trading for Dummies, I would be skeptical. Dummies should stay away from options trading.…
“字体永远不嫌多，钱永远不嫌多，内存永远不嫌多” —— Dan Gookin，《DOS for dummies》，1991 年
"you can never have too many fonts, too much money, or too much memory" Dan Gookin, DOS for dummies, 1991