I work for an ISP and have been running quarterly LAN's for about 2 years. We have alot of high school kids that attend, and (with the proper rules and organization) it's a HUGE learning experience for them thats also fun.
It teaches them how to interact with people they don't know and from different age groups, but it also gives them the oppoutunity to lean ALOT about the principles of basic networking and how to set up hubs, routers and NIC's. This is something that they'll never get in a high school course. We've even had a few of the kids who really know their stuff in charge of helping the newbies get set up and it's great watching them learn from one another. We've even seen some smaller at-home lans pop up with just the younger kids since this whole thing started. We allow the parents full access to our all-nighters if they choose, and they couldn't be happier. The kinds love it (they get to stay out all night) and the parents love it because they know their kids are having fun and learning at the same time.
If more schools would promote something like this I think it would be HUGE. They have the room and resources, and it really doesn't hurt anyone. I also think it would be a great PR tool for their computer program as well. It's good to see that at least one school has picked up on this idea....hopefully it'll spread.
Yep..you're right. No INSTALL file....I was just thinking the same thing. Maybe if I just Use the Force it will compile right the first time without any help:)
Thanks for the update guys....we (the majority of the/. readers) appreciate it. We wish you the best in fighting the (soon-to-be-separated) Evil Empire. Keep up the good work!
To bad you guys aren't located near Pennsylvania.....we need some friggin' excitement out here. I think the highlight of my day today was compiling 2.2.11! W00p!
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I work for an ISP and have been running quarterly LAN's for about 2 years. We have alot of high school kids that attend, and (with the proper rules and organization) it's a HUGE learning experience for them thats also fun.
It teaches them how to interact with people they don't know and from different age groups, but it also gives them the oppoutunity to lean ALOT about the principles of basic networking and how to set up hubs, routers and NIC's. This is something that they'll never get in a high school course. We've even had a few of the kids who really know their stuff in charge of helping the newbies get set up and it's great watching them learn from one another. We've even seen some smaller at-home lans pop up with just the younger kids since this whole thing started. We allow the parents full access to our all-nighters if they choose, and they couldn't be happier. The kinds love it (they get to stay out all night) and the parents love it because they know their kids are having fun and learning at the same time.
If more schools would promote something like this I think it would be HUGE. They have the room and resources, and it really doesn't hurt anyone. I also think it would be a great PR tool for their computer program as well. It's good to see that at least one school has picked up on this idea....hopefully it'll spread.
....a pig just flew by my window! Oh wow, hell just froze over, too! OMG!
Seriously though, congrats to the Mozilla Team! It's been a long time coming, but well worth the wait.
ooga-booga!
Smokin!
FP!
Yep..you're right. No INSTALL file....I was just thinking the same thing. Maybe if I just Use the Force it will compile right the first time without any help :)
Thanks for the update guys....we (the majority of the /. readers) appreciate it. We wish you the best in fighting the (soon-to-be-separated) Evil Empire. Keep up the good work!
To bad you guys aren't located near Pennsylvania.....we need some friggin' excitement out here. I think the highlight of my day today was compiling 2.2.11! W00p!