I agree that Python is *the* language to learn. From there, add C, and then anything else as necessary.
As to where to start, go with the simplest of programs at first-- it doesn't need to have an integrated MP3 player to be useful. Python runs on lots of POSIX machines, and has a win32 version. there's also a version that compiles python code to java byte code called JPython. python home page current python documentation
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ipchains and ipmasqadm. two *awesome* tools that I don't know how I lived so long without.
I *totally* agree.. but regardless of how much of an asshole he's been in the past, isn't four years in prison a little much? I mean, the guy hasn't even had a formal *trial* yet.. sure.. lock him up for as many years as you want, but no one deserves to not know what their fate is.. he's been literally rotting in a jail cell (sometimes in solitary confinement).. what's worse, even if he gets out of prison before retirement age, one of the conditions of his release (at the moment) is that he is not allowed to interact with computers *at all*. how realistic is that?
the issue I have with the way kevin mitnick has been treated is that so far he's spent a lot of time in jail and hasn't had a trial or even a bail hearing, and has had lots and lots of motions for things denied, many times without explanation from the court. script-kiddie, cracker, or whathaveyou, no one deserves to be treated like that. 2600 has been doing a fairly good job of keeping kevinmitnick.com updated on a regular basis, and they've presented as many facts as they've been able to dig up. I'm sure they would be willing to accept opposing sides to the story.
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I agree that Python is *the* language to learn. From there, add C, and then anything else as necessary.
As to where to start, go with the simplest of programs at first-- it doesn't need to have an integrated MP3 player to be useful. Python runs on lots of POSIX machines, and has a win32 version. there's also a version that compiles python code to java byte code called JPython.
python home page
current python documentation
ipchains and ipmasqadm. two *awesome* tools that I don't know how I lived so long without.
I *totally* agree.. but regardless of how much of an asshole he's been in the past, isn't four years in prison a little much? I mean, the guy hasn't even had a formal *trial* yet.. sure.. lock him up for as many years as you want, but no one deserves to not know what their fate is.. he's been literally rotting in a jail cell (sometimes in solitary confinement).. what's worse, even if he gets out of prison before retirement age, one of the conditions of his release (at the moment) is that he is not allowed to interact with computers *at all*. how realistic is that?
the issue I have with the way kevin mitnick has been treated is that so far he's spent a lot of time in jail and hasn't had a trial or even a bail hearing, and has had lots and lots of motions for things denied, many times without explanation from the court. script-kiddie, cracker, or whathaveyou, no one deserves to be treated like that. 2600 has been doing a fairly good job of keeping kevinmitnick.com updated on a regular basis, and they've presented as many facts as they've been able to dig up. I'm sure they would be willing to accept opposing sides to the story.