By all means, offer programming classes, but don't require people to take them to graduate. Attempting to learn programming if your mind doesn't work the right way (detail oriented, highly logical) would be torture indeed. Understanding how to use them should be sufficient for most people.
Yuck. More "programming requires a special mind" nonsense.
The cold hard truth is that programming is incredibly easy. Why, it's so easy that children can and do teach themselves. Remember the 80's? You couldn't through a rock without hitting a kid who wrote their own simple games for their micro.
Yes, anyone without a significant cognitive impairment can learn to write computer programs. That particular skill does not, in any way, make you special and unique. You're going to need to find something else to maintain your fragile ego.
Wrong again. If you ran out of energy while in a pit, Elliott would come to revive you. If you had already been revived the maximum number of times, you'd get the sad ending scene with a sick E.T. lying in Elliot's yard.
Actually some of the pits were inescapable due to glitches.
That's not true.
Not to mention their stupid positioning on some screens meaning they can't be avoided.
Neither is this. (Hint: Simply don't exit the forest on the right, or the city on the left. It's not rocket science.)
Also for a game with multiple difficulty levels the pit difficulty is quite fixed.
Yes. The "pit difficulty" is set at "ultra easy". As one YouTube Reviewer puts it "If you cannot get out of the pits in E.T., you suck at video games" (~3:45, back a little bit farther to see why.)
It's a little tough to find, and stupid expensive. Makes a good gift though. It's pure madness, like other computer books of the time such as My computer likes me and What to Do After You Hit Return. It's okay though, as it adds a lot of charm.
As far as gifting goes, it's much better than The Mythical Man-Month, which is about as charming as the average Slashdotter.
LOL, What? This is what that makes your list look like: Hemingway's For whom the bell tolls; Faulkner's As I lay dying; Vincent & Burpo's Heaven is for real; Sinclair's The jungle
I just read the Network World article. I'll be damned, they really are releasing this on cassette.
I guess since all the hipsters hopped on the vinyl bandwagon, it's not cool any more.
"The hiss, like, really brings out the full richness and warmth, man. I never even heard, like really heard, Radiohead until I popped Kid A in to my GPX portable."
Nice try with "sales" though, I'm sure that'll sucker in the bottom 0.5%. I'll let you work out why everyone else knows it's laughably absurd.
Moving on, what's your problem with the stylus? It's very useful and greatly enhances the utility of tablets. Think of all the things you could do with your tablet that you cannot reasonably do now.
Now, you might not find it terribly useful. That's okay. The rest of us want to do more with our tablets than just play video games.
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What was "so bad" about it?
This baffles me. If you compare BASIC to any assembly, you'll find that they're not that different, as far as how you structure your programs.
Does assembly teach "bad programming habits"?
I'm going to call this particular meme "nonsense" until such time as someone can offer up a decent argument.
By all means, offer programming classes, but don't require people to take them to graduate. Attempting to learn programming if your mind doesn't work the right way (detail oriented, highly logical) would be torture indeed. Understanding how to use them should be sufficient for most people.
Yuck. More "programming requires a special mind" nonsense.
The cold hard truth is that programming is incredibly easy. Why, it's so easy that children can and do teach themselves. Remember the 80's? You couldn't through a rock without hitting a kid who wrote their own simple games for their micro.
Yes, anyone without a significant cognitive impairment can learn to write computer programs. That particular skill does not, in any way, make you special and unique. You're going to need to find something else to maintain your fragile ego.
There was quite a bit of research done in the late 70's early 80's. I'm going to guess you missed it.
Wrong again. If you ran out of energy while in a pit, Elliott would come to revive you. If you had already been revived the maximum number of times, you'd get the sad ending scene with a sick E.T. lying in Elliot's yard.
Have you even played the game?
Actually some of the pits were inescapable due to glitches.
That's not true.
Not to mention their stupid positioning on some screens meaning they can't be avoided.
Neither is this. (Hint: Simply don't exit the forest on the right, or the city on the left. It's not rocket science.)
Also for a game with multiple difficulty levels the pit difficulty is quite fixed.
Yes. The "pit difficulty" is set at "ultra easy". As one YouTube Reviewer puts it "If you cannot get out of the pits in E.T., you suck at video games" (~3:45, back a little bit farther to see why.)
Ted Nelson's "Computer Lib/Dream Machines"
It's a little tough to find, and stupid expensive. Makes a good gift though. It's pure madness, like other computer books of the time such as My computer likes me and What to Do After You Hit Return. It's okay though, as it adds a lot of charm.
As far as gifting goes, it's much better than The Mythical Man-Month, which is about as charming as the average Slashdotter.
That's not very nice. You should make good recommendations. It's not like the guy asking the question can tell that you're joking, after all.
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LOL, What? This is what that makes your list look like: Hemingway's For whom the bell tolls; Faulkner's As I lay dying; Vincent & Burpo's Heaven is for real; Sinclair's The jungle
What a joke!
I just read the Network World article. I'll be damned, they really are releasing this on cassette.
I guess since all the hipsters hopped on the vinyl bandwagon, it's not cool any more.
"The hiss, like, really brings out the full richness and warmth, man. I never even heard, like really heard, Radiohead until I popped Kid A in to my GPX portable."
Tape?
Do you know how I know that you didn't read the article?
So I'm not sure what your problem is with Thunderbolt
Read the headline.
I almost feel bad for those early adopters.
In that case though their degree is irrelevant. Why not hire people who have on HS diplomas?
Because they want educated people?
A SATA/PATA to USB adapter will set you back a whole 10 dollars. Well worth the investment.
Science. Truth.
Correct. They are distinct. Science doesn't deal in truth. It wouldn't be useful otherwise.
Truth is squarely the domain of logic and philosophy.
I'm the troll?
Interesting. Enjoy your iPad. I'm off to do actual work.
Sales of a touch-only device vs a device that demands a pointer device for a bunch of stuff is not evidence?
Obviously not. I guess you're in that bottom 0.5%.
Yet, you have no evidence of your assertion other than "I like using one".
All I did was agree with Bill. You're the one making specific claims here.
Do people want to use them as a primary input method?
Move that goal post!
So, no? I didn't think so.
Nice try with "sales" though, I'm sure that'll sucker in the bottom 0.5%. I'll let you work out why everyone else knows it's laughably absurd.
Moving on, what's your problem with the stylus? It's very useful and greatly enhances the utility of tablets. Think of all the things you could do with your tablet that you cannot reasonably do now.
Now, you might not find it terribly useful. That's okay. The rest of us want to do more with our tablets than just play video games.
I suppose you have some data to support that?
I thought that was banned in the Geneva Conventions.
That's probably because you didn't actually need it. Like your smartphone and tablet today, just silly toys to most users.
he still publicly claimed tablets using stylus were better/preferred
And they are.
Yeah, now everyone wishes we had them back.
No, those fat crayon styluses don't count.
Let's try it the other way:
C, properly written, is much more secure than C++.
Huh, it still works. I guess that's what happens when you use a ridiculous qualifier like "properly written".