After reading his website (I was morbidly fascinated):
He has almost completely lost touch with reality.
His ideas are so simplistic and child-like that I was literally shocked to scroll down to the bottom of one page and find that he is, apparently, an adult.
It's likely that he's suffereing from some sort of mental disorder, whether it's Aspergers or something else, I think he needs help.
I honestly thought he was a 12-14 year old initially. His "resume" includes claims that he "invented" certain ideas concurrently with others, in a couple of cases, ideas that were for sure around long before he claims to have come up with them. And I don't even know where to begin with his poor grasp of artificial intelligence. He's taken the most trivial ideas and drawn conclusions from them. I really can't see how he got into CMU, much less graduated. I'm certainly not suprised he doesn't have a job.
Of course not, but that's a good idea when things progress to the point where the kid needs more room to run. Starting off though there are options on every platform. And I would certainly not expect the child to d/l and install them. That's the parent's job.
Wish I had mod points, that's a great idea. A little computer in their room that they can play with as much as they want. It's an excellent way to get them into things. Especially, if one of the parents is a programmer and allready has dozens of generic comp sci books lying around for them to dig through if they want.
That's ridiculous. There are times when you want procedural programming skills, times when you want OO, and times when you want functional. OO is not a silver bullet, nor is it the answer to all situations. The key to being a good coder is to be flexible and have multiple tools in your box.
I would imagine that the parent would download and install the software for the child. Granted when I was a kid I had to figure it out for myself. But when/if I have a child I'll set an environment up for him/her if he/she expresses an interest in programming.
I learned to program in Dos and Windows 3.11. When I discovered *nix I was blown away by how great it was for developement. There's absolutely nothing wrong with starting a kid on something exceedingly simple (various/languages/environments are available on just about ANY platform) and letting them go to town until they're ready for something more complicated.
Personally, I'd find tools they could use for a *nix machine. That way they're nice and isolated with their own little login and password and can really get in and play if they want. It shouldn't be too hard for an adult to write a couple of scripts/programs to basically build an environment for the child so they're not at the bare command line. Hell I've done it at work for marketing and sales people when they needed the power and flexibility offered by Linux. Just roll your own login shell and you're done.
Hmmm, wonder when kid's notes will start looking like some form of Graffiti? Of course since you write in Graffiti (or something like it)and don't read it, it will be pretty difficult to use.
We're heading back to shorthand. I remember when I was a wee one my mom worked for the government as a secretary and she had a manual for shorthand. Does anyone still use it, outside of pda's?
If you don't believe in the right to express your views without being kicked out, then you get the fuck out of the country, you're in the wrong place.
you can find your voice in the system and use it. start a lobbiest group, join a protest, write a letter, vote in elections other than the presidential one. run for city council, become a union leader, join the ACLU.
Only one of which requires voting of any sort, thus backing up my original claim.
... I love mine. Not suprised they sold that many, when I went to get it the first three stores were sold out. Had to get blue instead of platinum when I finally found it, not that it matters.
Can't wait for Advance Wars 2 btw, Advance Wars was a hell of a lot of fun. Besides the games it's easy to code for, and just an all around fun little machine.
The headphone jack is like $7, and mine came with a set of bud earphones. The only drawback is not being able to listen through the headphones while charging.
Nah, if you vote you can't bitch. You've chosen to participate in the system with the implicit approval of the results. If you don't vote you haven't bought into the two party system or given your acceptance of the two party system.
Show me the program that will convert transform the hex dump into IE. You can't because if all you're doing is the hex dump you're looking at the program, the end result.
For starters the GPL's definition of source code is for licensing and is a more strict definition. However an assembly langauge programmer would certaily prefer the code in that language. If you believe FOLDOC, then assembly is source just like anything else. Either way a disassembly IS the source code for a a program. It is simple not the ORIGINAL source code.
Dilution? Bullshit. That is the meaning. Any text tranformable into a give program by another program is source code. QED.
Fair enough, however, if it compiles/assembles to a functionally equivalent program, it is the source code. The question "do you have the source for this program" is slightly innaccurate. It really means "do you have source for this program" the lack of the "the" is significant.
Insightful my ass. They are publishing source code for the virus. It IS the same thing. It may not be the ORIGINAL source but it is the source for the virus.
Didn't they fire him? What about payroll. Sorry pal, we couldn't send your name to payroll, it's copyrighted.
Not that I believe any of this, I'm fairly sure you can't copyright a name. Yes, my name is Jim Sanders, it's copyrighted, you can't use it. Here is a cease and desist, you have 30 days to change your name.
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I have two words for you
GET HELP
. I've read your website. You have psychological problems. Go get help, and for god's sake make some friends.
You are afraid
After reading his website (I was morbidly fascinated):
I honestly thought he was a 12-14 year old initially. His "resume" includes claims that he "invented" certain ideas concurrently with others, in a couple of cases, ideas that were for sure around long before he claims to have come up with them. And I don't even know where to begin with his poor grasp of artificial intelligence. He's taken the most trivial ideas and drawn conclusions from them. I really can't see how he got into CMU, much less graduated. I'm certainly not suprised he doesn't have a job.
Of course not, but that's a good idea when things progress to the point where the kid needs more room to run. Starting off though there are options on every platform. And I would certainly not expect the child to d/l and install them. That's the parent's job.
Wish I had mod points, that's a great idea. A little computer in their room that they can play with as much as they want. It's an excellent way to get them into things. Especially, if one of the parents is a programmer and allready has dozens of generic comp sci books lying around for them to dig through if they want.
That's ridiculous. There are times when you want procedural programming skills, times when you want OO, and times when you want functional. OO is not a silver bullet, nor is it the answer to all situations. The key to being a good coder is to be flexible and have multiple tools in your box.
I learned to program in Dos and Windows 3.11. When I discovered *nix I was blown away by how great it was for developement. There's absolutely nothing wrong with starting a kid on something exceedingly simple (various/languages/environments are available on just about ANY platform) and letting them go to town until they're ready for something more complicated.
Personally, I'd find tools they could use for a *nix machine. That way they're nice and isolated with their own little login and password and can really get in and play if they want. It shouldn't be too hard for an adult to write a couple of scripts/programs to basically build an environment for the child so they're not at the bare command line. Hell I've done it at work for marketing and sales people when they needed the power and flexibility offered by Linux. Just roll your own login shell and you're done.
Actually a Linux Distro is to an OS what a Buick is to a car. Linux is to an OS what Hurd is to an OS.
This is exactly the same as the US trying to enforce the DMCA in Europe
And when exactly did this happen?
No YOU may relax. I live in MD ;)
We're heading back to shorthand. I remember when I was a wee one my mom worked for the government as a secretary and she had a manual for shorthand. Does anyone still use it, outside of pda's?
Yes as we burn them to power the net.
The don't bother me that much. I'm not playing the game boy to listen to a symphony. Just a little sound is all I need.
you can find your voice in the system and use it. start a lobbiest group, join a protest, write a letter, vote in elections other than the presidential one. run for city council, become a union leader, join the ACLU.
Only one of which requires voting of any sort, thus backing up my original claim.
Can't wait for Advance Wars 2 btw, Advance Wars was a hell of a lot of fun. Besides the games it's easy to code for, and just an all around fun little machine.
The headphone jack is like $7, and mine came with a set of bud earphones. The only drawback is not being able to listen through the headphones while charging.
Do you honestly believe you aren't arguing a slippery slope argument? Yeah I'll back you up on that, you have been wasting my time.
Nah, if you vote you can't bitch. You've chosen to participate in the system with the implicit approval of the results. If you don't vote you haven't bought into the two party system or given your acceptance of the two party system.
Show me the program that will convert transform the hex dump into IE. You can't because if all you're doing is the hex dump you're looking at the program, the end result.
A hex dump of explorer isn't source. Assembler is, there's a difference.
Dilution? Bullshit. That is the meaning. Any text tranformable into a give program by another program is source code. QED.
Fair enough, however, if it compiles/assembles to a functionally equivalent program, it is the source code. The question "do you have the source for this program" is slightly innaccurate. It really means "do you have source for this program" the lack of the "the" is significant.
Insightful my ass. They are publishing source code for the virus. It IS the same thing. It may not be the ORIGINAL source but it is the source for the virus.
Not to mention it will be entered into public record again if the case goes to court.
Uh, no. The GPL requires distribution. If you do not distribute you do not have to make the modified source available.
Not that I believe any of this, I'm fairly sure you can't copyright a name. Yes, my name is Jim Sanders, it's copyrighted, you can't use it. Here is a cease and desist, you have 30 days to change your name.