True - it's not really your problem - yet.
but that mentality is exactly what is going to allow this law to pass. Average Joe Blow will say, "but that doesn't hurt me..."
I'm not saying that canadians should (or could) help us fight this, I'm just warning you: watch your back , or you could be next. If this can happen in the US, it can happen anywhere
alright...you've convinced me. I want to start an after school "skunkware" club at my local HS.
I feel I have the experience to guide new hands in to the field (I learned by tearing apart a 286 a couple hundred times, then up to 386, 486, so on, all built from scrounged parts, of course, until I finally built my dream machine)
I have the ins to get an audience with the right people to make this happen, IF I can come up with a good plan of action. I also have several possible channels through which to obtain such hardware.
My question to you (both the original poster and all of you who have done/tried similar undertakings) is: what advice do you have? Any pitfalls I should watch for?
Judging by what I saw of the school when I attended, there would be an interest in just such a thing from the people who are tired of Introduction to Business Computing (Read: Typing 102) and Computer Programming I & II (Read: GW-BASIC and Pascal 3.0)...yes, I took all three...and learned nothing. Others were similarly frustrated.
Any advice would be gratefully recieved and rewarded with cash and beer (I swear!;-)
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True - it's not really your problem - yet.
but that mentality is exactly what is going to allow this law to pass. Average Joe Blow will say, "but that doesn't hurt me..."
I'm not saying that canadians should (or could) help us fight this, I'm just warning you: watch your back , or you could be next. If this can happen in the US, it can happen anywhere
alright...you've convinced me. I want to start an after school "skunkware" club at my local HS. I feel I have the experience to guide new hands in to the field (I learned by tearing apart a 286 a couple hundred times, then up to 386, 486, so on, all built from scrounged parts, of course, until I finally built my dream machine) I have the ins to get an audience with the right people to make this happen, IF I can come up with a good plan of action. I also have several possible channels through which to obtain such hardware. My question to you (both the original poster and all of you who have done/tried similar undertakings) is: what advice do you have? Any pitfalls I should watch for? Judging by what I saw of the school when I attended, there would be an interest in just such a thing from the people who are tired of Introduction to Business Computing (Read: Typing 102) and Computer Programming I & II (Read: GW-BASIC and Pascal 3.0)...yes, I took all three...and learned nothing. Others were similarly frustrated. Any advice would be gratefully recieved and rewarded with cash and beer (I swear! ;-)