At my High school they actually separated the two programs. The CS class was called CS, and it taught programming (Pascal, C, etc.). They called the how-to-use-Word class Computer Applications. Students had a requirement of a computer class. The techies who would know how to use Office, etc. went straight for CS, while the rest would take computer app. The CS class used WinNT & Borland 5.0, while the rest used Macs.
This was '96-2000. When I was a freshman, I was one of the few that could type above 30 wpm and write papers on WP51 (I had a 286 at the time, sure it was old but it booted in 15 s). By senior year, most people were typing above 30 WPM (I attribute this to the popularity of IM) and typed their homeworks. This way they made sure that people knew how to use the basic office application software that would be useful in college (My HS had a 95% college rate, so their objective was college prep), and didn't waste time with trying to teach everyone the same thing.
Also by senior year they were offering web design and video editing courses. Although the instructors they found for these courses were mediocre, at least they offered it.
Point: Learn from Universities and offer a variety of programs for people that have different experience levels with computers. Don't try to force it on everybody and don't try to bring it on before middle school.
Remember back in the day (c. 1997-98) when PC's were shipping with 10x-24x CD-ROM Drives and Macs were still shipping with 4x drives? Now apply Murphy's law to your current situation. Yep.
Looks like the Aerospace is once again following the footsteps of Naval operations. If planes get [naval adjective eg big efficient etc] enough, I'm sure we'll see actual sick bays, full kitchens instead of those little galleys, and maybe even a ten-forward.
Recently I've noticed that many/. posts have been villianizing the People's Republic of China. As a Chinese person, I would like to ask all of you to please refrain from doing this until we appear as the bad guy in a 007 movie.
When I'm in public, I set my phone to emit a piercing high pitched whine (not unlike a jet engine) for several seconds that makes it sound like a capacitor charging. If I don't pick up the phone in 5 seconds, my phone explodes in a dramatic shower of sparks. This way I can tell what phone is mine. It's the one that sounds like a plasma rifle.
Darn! I'm gonna hafta watch pr0n the old fashioned way: left hand on alt+F4, right hand on...
For any broadcaster that dares let their photons onto my property, prepare to meet the wrath of tresspassing charges. If you want to let your ads onto my property, I expect to be fully compensated for it at standard billboard rates (1 frame = 1 billboard). While I'm at it, I might as well sue Kiss-108 FM for giving me cancer due to their EM radiation, and deafness from their bad music.
It started taking too long to sync Outlook to my Palm which sucked since I used to do it at the end of the workday and waiting 10 - 30 minutes for it to finish syncing wore on my patience.
It's not a question of whether it's a bargain.
Is this being marketed more towards the US or the Japanese? Rich Asian kids (I wish I was one) tend to spend money on toys like this.
China already is! Have you tasted the food around here (in the US)? Disgusting! (then again I'm in college so that could be caused by something else). This is not flaimbait, but American food is probably 2nd [euphymism]least yummy[/euphymism] in the world. If you're talking sirloin steak tips, I'll change my mind on that, but a whopper with cheese... eww.
Forget not that the Nationalists ransacked and stole as well before the Communists came in. I'm not saying ÃÖ÷ÏÍòËê here, but while fleeing to Taiwan the Nationalists didn't exactly help the situation in the mainland.
FYI: Pure water is nonconductive. It requires certain impurities (e.g. salt, blood, etc.) to make it conductive. Condensed water is essentially pure water.
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Well, since you're holding out for fuel cells, I'll be holding out for Mr. Fusion (Back to the Future 2). Chuck in something on the periodic table this side of iron, and you've got 1.21 Gigawatts for your cellphone to fry your brain.
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This was '96-2000. When I was a freshman, I was one of the few that could type above 30 wpm and write papers on WP51 (I had a 286 at the time, sure it was old but it booted in 15 s). By senior year, most people were typing above 30 WPM (I attribute this to the popularity of IM) and typed their homeworks. This way they made sure that people knew how to use the basic office application software that would be useful in college (My HS had a 95% college rate, so their objective was college prep), and didn't waste time with trying to teach everyone the same thing.
Also by senior year they were offering web design and video editing courses. Although the instructors they found for these courses were mediocre, at least they offered it.
Point: Learn from Universities and offer a variety of programs for people that have different experience levels with computers. Don't try to force it on everybody and don't try to bring it on before middle school.
It's going to go down in Acronymn history like BNC.
Remember back in the day (c. 1997-98) when PC's were shipping with 10x-24x CD-ROM Drives and Macs were still shipping with 4x drives? Now apply Murphy's law to your current situation. Yep.
Good point. Might as well just give free tickets to E.R. doctors.
Looks like the Aerospace is once again following the footsteps of Naval operations. If planes get [naval adjective eg big efficient etc] enough, I'm sure we'll see actual sick bays, full kitchens instead of those little galleys, and maybe even a ten-forward.
Why must everything turn political?!?!?!?!?!
Recently I've noticed that many /. posts have been villianizing the People's Republic of China. As a Chinese person, I would like to ask all of you to please refrain from doing this until we appear as the bad guy in a 007 movie.
When I'm in public, I set my phone to emit a piercing high pitched whine (not unlike a jet engine) for several seconds that makes it sound like a capacitor charging. If I don't pick up the phone in 5 seconds, my phone explodes in a dramatic shower of sparks. This way I can tell what phone is mine. It's the one that sounds like a plasma rifle.
Darn! I'm gonna hafta watch pr0n the old fashioned way: left hand on alt+F4, right hand on...
For any broadcaster that dares let their photons onto my property, prepare to meet the wrath of tresspassing charges. If you want to let your ads onto my property, I expect to be fully compensated for it at standard billboard rates (1 frame = 1 billboard). While I'm at it, I might as well sue Kiss-108 FM for giving me cancer due to their EM radiation, and deafness from their bad music.
Make sure the Palm is off when you change the batteries. Every time I've lost my memory it's been with the unit on.
So.. we should set up a RAID of colonized planets?
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It's not a question of whether it's a bargain. Is this being marketed more towards the US or the Japanese? Rich Asian kids (I wish I was one) tend to spend money on toys like this.
Forget not that the Nationalists ransacked and stole as well before the Communists came in. I'm not saying ÃÖ÷ÏÍòËê here, but while fleeing to Taiwan the Nationalists didn't exactly help the situation in the mainland.
FYI: Pure water is nonconductive. It requires certain impurities (e.g. salt, blood, etc.) to make it conductive. Condensed water is essentially pure water.
Here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/10 10_021010_dinomummy.html
Well, since you're holding out for fuel cells,
I'll be holding out for Mr. Fusion (Back to the Future 2).
Chuck in something on the periodic table this side of iron, and you've got 1.21 Gigawatts for your cellphone to fry your brain.
Yay sarcasm!