I got LogoMotion for my kid when he was 9. It has Turtle graphics (like logo), only it is more like Java. Unfortunatly it is no longer supported and you are stuck with the old versions. If I had to do it over I would use the Logo you found (and buy the book for him).
Now he is playing with CodeRally with Eclipse and Java. He is 11 and can solve most problems you set him (like make the car go to the nearest fuel depot), but his friends haven't a clue so it is hard to maintain his interest.
I figure the success his social life contributes more to his being happy than being a kick-ass programmer at an early age, so I don't push it. At least he'll know the basics when he needs it.
Hi, I am also one who got very frustrated early on with MindStorms. I bought one for my 7 year old (then), and taught him a bit about programming, but personally couldn't figure out anything interesting to do with just two motors, so I dropped it.
So tell me, what kind of cool alternates exist now, 6 years later?
I personally find it hard to believe that there are NO skeletons in the Linux kernel closet. That is perhaps one of the advantages of closed source. Deeper closets...
That article is devoid of information and is rabidly anti-microsoft. Pity it is getting so much attention here.
MSFT has so more alternative strategies than can be enumerated. And they have always dealt with adversary well, OS is just another challenge to them to adapt and optimize. Anyone really care to bet that they won't succeed? Think IBM or Novell are going to grow faster than MSFT now?
I figure the emergence of India or China as technology powers are much more serious threats to MSFT.
"Schweinhund" (literally pig-dog) is a fairly common German phase. It can mean someone who is lazy for example. Ask a real german for more (I just live there...)
This book has been out for ages, and though it was groundbreaking at the time, (and Ingo Rammer is now firmly established as a.NET Remoting Guru) time has moved on and there are more (and better and cheaper) books on the market.
It depends when it is supposed to be set. Those towers are gone for good, and it is no use pretending they are not.
I was watching an (old recorded) Sesame Street with my baby daughter and the towers make an appearence there on a ferry ride from Staten Island. It brings a lump to my throat, I grew up in sight of them...
Just curious how many people (our of our 260 Million or so) would have to go before you people would consider giving up some of our "Liberties", (I think Rights, as in "Right to Privacy, Anonymity, etc." is a better word choice).
5K obviously wasn't enough. My guess is that even the die-hard Liberterians would start to waver around the 10 Mill or so...
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Err, that would be LogoMation
http://www.magicsquare.com/LM2/
and CodeRally is at:
http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/coderally
BTW, he mastered LogoMation quickly and loved the colored patterns he could product.
I got LogoMotion for my kid when he was 9. It has Turtle graphics (like logo), only it is more like Java. Unfortunatly it is no longer supported and you are stuck with the old versions. If I had to do it over I would use the Logo you found (and buy the book for him).
Now he is playing with CodeRally with Eclipse and Java. He is 11 and can solve most problems you set him (like make the car go to the nearest fuel depot), but his friends haven't a clue so it is hard to maintain his interest.
I figure the success his social life contributes more to his being happy than being a kick-ass programmer at an early age, so I don't push it. At least he'll know the basics when he needs it.
Hi, I am also one who got very frustrated early on with MindStorms. I bought one for my 7 year old (then), and taught him a bit about programming, but personally couldn't figure out anything interesting to do with just two motors, so I dropped it.
So tell me, what kind of cool alternates exist now, 6 years later?
I personally find it hard to believe that there are NO skeletons in the Linux kernel closet. That is perhaps one of the advantages of closed source. Deeper closets...
That article is devoid of information and is rabidly anti-microsoft. Pity it is getting so much attention here.
MSFT has so more alternative strategies than can be enumerated. And they have always dealt with adversary well, OS is just another challenge to them to adapt and optimize. Anyone really care to bet that they won't succeed? Think IBM or Novell are going to grow faster than MSFT now?
I figure the emergence of India or China as technology powers are much more serious threats to MSFT.
"Schweinhund" (literally pig-dog) is a fairly common German phase. It can mean someone who is lazy for example. Ask a real german for more (I just live there...)
This book has been out for ages, and though it was groundbreaking at the time, (and Ingo Rammer is now firmly established as a .NET Remoting Guru) time has moved on and there are more (and better and cheaper) books on the market.
I.e. this post is not especially timely...
I've always heard that the CD plastic is extremely high grade, and is very desireable as recycling material.
But it can't be used for CDs again for that reason. There is a steady decline, just like for paper.
Interesting statement. Got any data to back that up?
It depends when it is supposed to be set. Those towers are gone for good, and it is no use pretending they are not.
I was watching an (old recorded) Sesame Street with my baby daughter and the towers make an appearence there on a ferry ride from Staten Island. It brings a lump to my throat, I grew up in sight of them...
Just curious how many people (our of our 260 Million or so) would have to go before you people would consider giving up some of our "Liberties", (I think Rights, as in "Right to Privacy, Anonymity, etc." is a better word choice).
5K obviously wasn't enough. My guess is that even the die-hard Liberterians would start to waver around the 10 Mill or so...
I hope we don't get a chance to measure it.