Should a computer require learning or just be an appliance

[Belial6]

The question makes no sense.  Half of my appliences ARE computers.  My microwave, TV, oven, refridgerator, washer, dryer... Heck, even some of my lights are computers.

The computer that is an "appliance" is here, and has been for a long time.  Asking if we should have computer that are not appliences that are appliences just doesn't make sense.

It is it's complexity of use and variability of function that leads to people calling it a 'computer'.  If it only did one thing, it would be referred to by it's function.

[Belial6]

You think you are arguing against me, but in fact, you help make my point.  You describe what I said was required for the population to call it a computer, and then say that it is a computer, and you say that if it isn't that, it is a 'smart' appliance.

So, by definition, a computer cannot be an appliance, because as soon as it is, it isn't a computer.  If it can be, then they are all over.

We have computing devices that run from incredibly simple clocks to mainframes, and everything in between.  There is a point in the shades of gray that we draw a line and say that anything on one side of it is a "computer", and anything on the other is an "appliance".

Is a laptop running an ARM processor with a display screen and keypad a computer?  What about a cell phone that is running an ARM processor with a display screen and no keypad?  What about a desk phone running an ARM processor with a display screen and a keypad?