Did you miss Small Basic, Kodu Game lab, and Robotics Studio in the above list? The first to are aimed specifically at children starting out with programming. Kodu Game Lab and Robotics Studio are visual programming languages, which are especially easy for beginners to pick up in my experience.
Why write a little program that draws some lines when the child could play a video game that's much more visually stimulating & engaging???
I don't know about you, but when I was a kid, me and my friends wanted to create games because we liked playing games. We were coding text adventures in qbasic because we liked Zork. Then we moved on to coding platformers in Click and Create because we liked Sonic. These days games are a little more complicated, but I still haven't met a gamer who hasn't had "wouldn't it be cool if..." ideas him/herself.
I don't think I've met a gamer who hasn't had "wouldn't it be cool if..." ideas him/herself.
So...which of those titles are included with every copy of Windows?
Why does it have to come with the OS? What does that even matter these days, when everything is a download away.Almost half the products I listed are available direct from MS without going through Dreamspark:
Just a simple download away. You can even download Visual Studio Express for free to develop for web, desktop, or Windows Phone. This is a great place for kids to start. When they're ready for advanced features, they can move over to the full version through Dreamspark.
Which of those provide kids with a simple and powerful way to create something impressive?
Take your pick. There's something for all levels. Smallbasic and Kodu Game Lab are products for beginners. Next level up they can use Robotics studio or XNA Game Lab. Kinect SDK is very powerful and easy to use as well with lots of example code.
If Bill Gates was a teenager now, he would be on xbox live and there never would have been any Microsoft.
Many gamers are very keen to make their own games, but they don't know how. MS provides tools for this. I've taught many middle / high school students how to program robots using MS Robotics studio and the Kinect SDK, and they love it. It's amazing the kind of stuff they come up with.
Microsoft does not want kids coding based on what they DO rather than on what they SAY. They used to supply a simple basic interpreter with every copy of MS-DOS that cost nothing and was simple to use. That is long gone and nothing has ever taken its place. If kids want to code now, the options are expensive, complicated, and are not included in the price of 'Windows.'
Apparently, Slashdotters are truly ignorant about Dreamspark, as this is the third time I've had to post it. Let me spell it out for you. From the FAQ:
What is DreamSpark?
DreamSpark is a Microsoft Program that supports technical education by providing access to Microsoft software for learning, teaching and research purposes.
DreamSpark is simple: it's all about giving students Microsoft professional-level developer and designer tools at no cost so that students can chase their dreams and create the next big breakthrough in technology - or just get a head start on their career.
High schools, vocational and trade schools, community colleges and universities are all eligible to participate in the DreamSpark program. Simply put, any accredited school around the world is eligible.
Emphasis mine. Here is a sampling of the software available:
Visual Studio Professional versions 2008 through 2013
There are a lot of articles about what Microsoft "Should" be doing recently. IMO Microsoft is already going above and beyond when it comes to providing students free developer tools: https://www.dreamspark.com/
2) Allow users to load different "skins" like you can on Linux or Android. Metro interface for tablets/phones, Win 7 for desktops. Don't like the one you have? Restart, choose new skin, done.
3) Open source the GUI and allow others to create their own GUI's and sell them in the MS App store. Or give them away. Whatever..just give people choices.
These last two have been possible since at least Windows XP. Windows allows you to replace the shell with whatever you want. This is the whole idea behind Classic Shell: http://classicshell.net/
Not only as "an" example, the video featured an Apple II (I think), an Apple MacBook Pro, an Apple iPad, and then an Apple iPhone all in succession during a discussion about how patents lead to inventions which change society. I mean... really?
I told my wife about the Google balloon idea and she said to me "What, you mean like in Gossip Girl?"
Apparently there is a story line in Gossip Girl (circa 2008) where one of the main characters is convinced to invest in a project to bring internet to Africa via balloons. In the end it turns out he's a scam artist and it was all a hoax. But I guess someone at Google saw it and said "Now wait a minute..."
In academia, most of the actual research is done by PhD candidates. The PIs get the funding and then disappear from the project for three years until it's time to get more funding.
Once operating systems have native 3D printing support (i.e. allow a printer to be plugged in and work without needing to install any third party stuff) , the technology will be pretty mature.
What industry standards exactly? If these ATM companies went with any other vendor, they would have already had to upgrade their OS years ago due to EOL.
"Pulling an XP"... is that some kind of euphemism for supporting a product long past industry standards for free? Funny you use the little $ in "MS", seeing as that they haven't asked me for a single cent for updates to my XP box since 2001.
How do you know you didn't take any courses not related to your degree? I find this very surprising coming from someone in AI, as it's a very interdisciplinary field, borrowing from statistics, optimization, logic, neuroscience, psychology, control theory, language, etc.. Look at your own field and the failure of expert systems. For a long time, statistics was not core to AI research. Now, some of the most successful AI techniques in robotics have a foundation in statistics. Or consider reinforcement learning, which has roots in animal psychology. As an artificial intelligence researcher in the 80s, you might have looked at animal psychology and said "Bah! I don't want to learn that! It's not a core degree requirement! When would I ever need that?" Because of the interdisciplinary work of researchers in the 80s, animal psychology in the form of reinforcement learning is now a core component of your field.
I think the bottom line is you just don't know where you'll find inspiration. Maybe you've missed out on a lot yourself, and I don't think that's something to be proud of.
No, the kite is not powered, is controlled only by the wind, and is tethered. All these factors put it in a different class of aircraft than an RC airplane.
Actually it's not a first. The key word you're looking for here is "severed", which is what the judge did for the joined plaintiffs. If you want to read more on this, here are some places to start: http://fightcopyrighttrolls.co...http://dietrolldie.com/?s=seve...
Basically, this has happened in the past, and while it changes the cost/benefit ratio it has done nothing to stop these trolls. Now they're starting to target people more discriminatingly. While that's better than the shotgun approach they've been taking, now they're suing one downloader for much higher sums, sometimes in the tens of thousands of dollars.
Wrong, at least from my experience in public school. Since you have to pay to take the AP test, it was optional for us and did not count toward your grade. We still had to take a final. Through taking 5 AP courses in high school I didn't take a single AP test.
tl;dr: Thanks to phones like the Lumia 520, Windows Phone is breached 10% in the EU5, and is beating or growing faster than iOS in countries like Italy, Spain, and France.
13" MBA still has the slower processor, still has lower resolution display (1440 x 900) and still lacks touch and digitizer support. So yeah, you've changed nothing about the comparison.
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Why write a little program that draws some lines when the child could play a video game that's much more visually stimulating & engaging???
I don't know about you, but when I was a kid, me and my friends wanted to create games because we liked playing games. We were coding text adventures in qbasic because we liked Zork. Then we moved on to coding platformers in Click and Create because we liked Sonic. These days games are a little more complicated, but I still haven't met a gamer who hasn't had "wouldn't it be cool if..." ideas him/herself. I don't think I've met a gamer who hasn't had "wouldn't it be cool if..." ideas him/herself.
So...which of those titles are included with every copy of Windows?
Why does it have to come with the OS? What does that even matter these days, when everything is a download away.Almost half the products I listed are available direct from MS without going through Dreamspark:
Just a simple download away. You can even download Visual Studio Express for free to develop for web, desktop, or Windows Phone. This is a great place for kids to start. When they're ready for advanced features, they can move over to the full version through Dreamspark.
Which of those provide kids with a simple and powerful way to create something impressive?
Take your pick. There's something for all levels. Smallbasic and Kodu Game Lab are products for beginners. Next level up they can use Robotics studio or XNA Game Lab. Kinect SDK is very powerful and easy to use as well with lots of example code.
If Bill Gates was a teenager now, he would be on xbox live and there never would have been any Microsoft.
Many gamers are very keen to make their own games, but they don't know how. MS provides tools for this. I've taught many middle / high school students how to program robots using MS Robotics studio and the Kinect SDK, and they love it. It's amazing the kind of stuff they come up with.
When I attended CMU, I know at least the colleges of science, engineering, and even business have a required computer science course.
Microsoft does not want kids coding based on what they DO rather than on what they SAY. They used to supply a simple basic interpreter with every copy of MS-DOS that cost nothing and was simple to use. That is long gone and nothing has ever taken its place. If kids want to code now, the options are expensive, complicated, and are not included in the price of 'Windows.'
Apparently, Slashdotters are truly ignorant about Dreamspark, as this is the third time I've had to post it. Let me spell it out for you. From the FAQ:
What is DreamSpark?
DreamSpark is a Microsoft Program that supports technical education by providing access to Microsoft software for learning, teaching and research purposes.
DreamSpark is simple: it's all about giving students Microsoft professional-level developer and designer tools at no cost so that students can chase their dreams and create the next big breakthrough in technology - or just get a head start on their career.
High schools, vocational and trade schools, community colleges and universities are all eligible to participate in the DreamSpark program. Simply put, any accredited school around the world is eligible.
Emphasis mine. Here is a sampling of the software available:
Kids should be given FULL copies of Visual Studio
Here you go.
And what is coming out of Facebook that is so "innovative"? Hack? I mean, come on...
There are a lot of articles about what Microsoft "Should" be doing recently. IMO Microsoft is already going above and beyond when it comes to providing students free developer tools: https://www.dreamspark.com/
2) Allow users to load different "skins" like you can on Linux or Android. Metro interface for tablets/phones, Win 7 for desktops. Don't like the one you have? Restart, choose new skin, done. 3) Open source the GUI and allow others to create their own GUI's and sell them in the MS App store. Or give them away. Whatever..just give people choices.
These last two have been possible since at least Windows XP. Windows allows you to replace the shell with whatever you want. This is the whole idea behind Classic Shell: http://classicshell.net/
You can search on Windows 8.1 from a side pane that doesn't obscure the whole screen. Win+S.
Not only as "an" example, the video featured an Apple II (I think), an Apple MacBook Pro, an Apple iPad, and then an Apple iPhone all in succession during a discussion about how patents lead to inventions which change society. I mean... really?
I told my wife about the Google balloon idea and she said to me "What, you mean like in Gossip Girl?"
Apparently there is a story line in Gossip Girl (circa 2008) where one of the main characters is convinced to invest in a project to bring internet to Africa via balloons. In the end it turns out he's a scam artist and it was all a hoax. But I guess someone at Google saw it and said "Now wait a minute..."
In academia, most of the actual research is done by PhD candidates. The PIs get the funding and then disappear from the project for three years until it's time to get more funding.
Once operating systems have native 3D printing support (i.e. allow a printer to be plugged in and work without needing to install any third party stuff) , the technology will be pretty mature.
I guess it's mature: http://blogs.windows.com/windo...
Wouldn't we have Microsoft's own incompetence with Windows Vista to thank for that?
What industry standards exactly? If these ATM companies went with any other vendor, they would have already had to upgrade their OS years ago due to EOL.
"Pulling an XP" ... is that some kind of euphemism for supporting a product long past industry standards for free? Funny you use the little $ in "MS", seeing as that they haven't asked me for a single cent for updates to my XP box since 2001.
Looks like gamers are happily using Windows 8 without DX12 as it is: http://store.steampowered.com/...
How do you know you didn't take any courses not related to your degree? I find this very surprising coming from someone in AI, as it's a very interdisciplinary field, borrowing from statistics, optimization, logic, neuroscience, psychology, control theory, language, etc.. Look at your own field and the failure of expert systems. For a long time, statistics was not core to AI research. Now, some of the most successful AI techniques in robotics have a foundation in statistics. Or consider reinforcement learning, which has roots in animal psychology. As an artificial intelligence researcher in the 80s, you might have looked at animal psychology and said "Bah! I don't want to learn that! It's not a core degree requirement! When would I ever need that?" Because of the interdisciplinary work of researchers in the 80s, animal psychology in the form of reinforcement learning is now a core component of your field.
I think the bottom line is you just don't know where you'll find inspiration. Maybe you've missed out on a lot yourself, and I don't think that's something to be proud of.
No, the kite is not powered, is controlled only by the wind, and is tethered. All these factors put it in a different class of aircraft than an RC airplane.
Actually FAA rules are written so broadly, if a window is open and you're flying a paper airplane indoors, yes absolutely the FAA has jurisdiction.
Actually it's not a first. The key word you're looking for here is "severed", which is what the judge did for the joined plaintiffs. If you want to read more on this, here are some places to start: http://fightcopyrighttrolls.co... http://dietrolldie.com/?s=seve...
Basically, this has happened in the past, and while it changes the cost/benefit ratio it has done nothing to stop these trolls. Now they're starting to target people more discriminatingly. While that's better than the shotgun approach they've been taking, now they're suing one downloader for much higher sums, sometimes in the tens of thousands of dollars.
Ah, right, Microsoft must be lying because their sales stats do not fit into your myopic worldview. Got it.
Wrong, at least from my experience in public school. Since you have to pay to take the AP test, it was optional for us and did not count toward your grade. We still had to take a final. Through taking 5 AP courses in high school I didn't take a single AP test.
Correct: http://www.neowin.net/news/report-windows-phone-exceeds-10-percent-in-europes-smartphone-market
tl;dr: Thanks to phones like the Lumia 520, Windows Phone is breached 10% in the EU5, and is beating or growing faster than iOS in countries like Italy, Spain, and France.
13" MBA still has the slower processor, still has lower resolution display (1440 x 900) and still lacks touch and digitizer support. So yeah, you've changed nothing about the comparison.