My company has very affordable prices, however they are VERY appealing to those wanting to peddle warez. The only way we can provide these prices are limiting the content to content you own the rights to.
$12.49 gets you 5gb of space, 25gb bandwidth, with CPANEL, PHP, MySQL, Perl etc..
If you're interested check out: http://whydefy.us/
Note: Slashdot is currently having problems letting my ISP's registration requests go through, as well as some posts. (Is anyone else on Comcast using a router and firewalls having this problem?)
Half of the users above take into account their child hood computing experiences being the average or "norm." Ofcourse, anyone with the interlect of even a seven year old should be able to comprehend "everyone is different." Thirteen year old girls don't know the difference between Mac and Windows in some case, however, they do know how to chat, use the internet and check their E-mail. Is this incompetance? No, not by any means in my opinion. They're using the computer for the sole purpose of communication, or at a lower level to complete task(s). These task(s) vary and so do the skill levels required. To put a one size fits all logo on computing is crazy talk. Regarding three year olds, I'd begin computing with playing with a mouse and programming a custom application with the pictures of friends and relatives as a memory game which teaches "things represented on the screen are real, there's a picture of mommy and aunte wanda!" Once again, that is opinion.
Regarding my childhood: My parents bought me electronic toys... B I G mistake on their wallets part. I constantly threw them acrossed the room smashed them and crushed them... Why? At the age I was too young to manuever a screw driver I already wanted to know how they worked! At around 6-9 I was driving my mother insane with my little useless "inventions." When we finally got our first comptuter in 1997 I was hooked, and from here on is the timeline of no ordinary child, but what I imagine is far from "extraordinary" status.
1997: * Mastered the Windows Operating System
1998: * Trashed 2-5 computers (33mhz x 3, 25mhz x 1, 90mhz x1) to learn the internals of AT/ATX cases
* Learned HTML and started on Perl while creating and working at:: blushes:: fansites for The Legend of Zelda and Pokemon.
1999:
* Mastered HTML, Perl and Visual Basic * First exposure to "unix" style socket programming
2000:
* Furthered knowledge of web design and such, second attempt at C++
* Loaded FreeBSD on a 233mhz built from scratch from donated parts
2001:
* Learned PHP and MySQL * Began coding effecient and advanced code with high levels of understanding * Bought "lots" of and or bulk computer hardware and either bundled or restored it, and made $2,000 on eBay in four months during school with startup money of just $70. * Educated myself in the internals of Cannon and IBM Laptops
2002:
* I now know: HTML, Perl, Visual Basic, PHP, Java*, C*
* Slackware 8.1 + VMWare now serve as my main operating system
* I was a server administrator for three months on my own dedicated server I was renting from serverbeach.com$, which was cruely shutdown due to a billing error when Commerce Bank lost my account for the second time%.
* Not fluent in, I have either read books or putz around in the source but have not yet "wet my feet" or code any productive applications as of yet.
$ They shutdown my server when there was a billing error due to a lost account (see below). When it was straightened out, they blamed the crash on PLESK, so I said "I'd like a free change to ENSIM if this will insure the reliability of my server." They then installed Ensim and it crashed the first day, and they then directed me to a pay per incident Ensim service. For three months of payments in increments of $119 I lost $357 and was unable to continue my low cost hosting service or my eBay operations. As of now I am in school and broke with a Thinkpad who just needs $50 of parts and some TLC.
% Commerce Bank allowed my father to be the custodian on a checking account which bared my name as well. When this account was sent to the FDIC after the checks, check book, and Visa were issued it was flagged, and shut down. Minors in the state of Pennsylvania may not have checking accounts, putting too much faith in the bank and not enough in our insincts of minors holding checking accounts I had to start over with a new account. This new account was then LOST with a balance of $220 for a server payment. This resulted in my server being shutdown, blah blah blah.
I hope this was entertaining, but to say the least if the kid has the will, and a way
[if I didn't make it obvious, I will come right out and say out and say I would be classified as 'lower-middle class" and by no means was given something for nothing by my parents]
it can be done. Starting from grandma's check for $50 dollars, and a savings account hooked up to a Paypal account and verification using Mommy's credit card ***with permision***. They could be doing business on eBay under the supervision / in conjunction with a parent or guardian.
With a library card or an internet connection a child can begin programming. With a $15 dollar obsolete computer you can teach your child about the inner workings and basics of components etc. It all can make more of a difference then you know, however Linux vrs Windows on a three year old? The only thing that may result in a child reaching for the Rubber Tux over the Rubber Ducks.
Take this for what it is, the above is a true story missing so many steps and details it is laughable. I left out the medical issues I had to overcome at a young age, for the sole reason for everyone's problem somebody else has one more severe.
Encourage your child and your self to stay strong and go for your goals in whatever you do!
PARENTS PLEASE REMEMBER THE FOCUS IS 1) SCHOOL, 2) COMPUTER AND THAT IF GRADES ARE MANTAINED NOT TO CLIP A CHILDS WINGS. THE INTERNET IS A DANGEROUS PLACE AND I ADMIT BEING EXPOSED TO THINGS WAY TO EARLY AND MUST STRESS AUTOMATED OR OLD FASHIONED SUPER VISION!!!
I spend 6-12 hours on the computer a day, they call me "screens", this was first punished, frowned upon and is now accepted that it is both a job, for my education and entertainment and an exceptable replacement for just about any device.
Thanks, Jeff "Jephree" Mealo
P.S. If any other child programmers are out their drop me a line or hit me up on aim at Xx Jeph M xX. If anyone has comments, or questions be my guest.
P.S.S. Complaints or flames can be send to/dev/null.
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My company has very affordable prices, however they are VERY appealing to those wanting to peddle warez. The only way we can provide these prices are limiting the content to content you own the rights to. $12.49 gets you 5gb of space, 25gb bandwidth, with CPANEL, PHP, MySQL, Perl etc.. If you're interested check out: http://whydefy.us/
Note: Slashdot is currently having problems letting my ISP's registration requests go through, as well as some posts. (Is anyone else on Comcast using a router and firewalls having this problem?)
:: blushes :: fansites for The Legend of Zelda and Pokemon.
/dev/null.
Half of the users above take into account their child hood computing experiences being the average or "norm." Ofcourse, anyone with the interlect of even a seven year old should be able to comprehend "everyone is different." Thirteen year old girls don't know the difference between Mac and Windows in some case, however, they do know how to chat, use the internet and check their E-mail. Is this incompetance? No, not by any means in my opinion. They're using the computer for the sole purpose of communication, or at a lower level to complete task(s). These task(s) vary and so do the skill levels required. To put a one size fits all logo on computing is crazy talk. Regarding three year olds, I'd begin computing with playing with a mouse and programming a custom application with the pictures of friends and relatives as a memory game which teaches "things represented on the screen are real, there's a picture of mommy and aunte wanda!" Once again, that is opinion.
Regarding my childhood: My parents bought me electronic toys... B I G mistake on their wallets part. I constantly threw them acrossed the room smashed them and crushed them... Why? At the age I was too young to manuever a screw driver I already wanted to know how they worked! At around 6-9 I was driving my mother insane with my little useless "inventions." When we finally got our first comptuter in 1997 I was hooked, and from here on is the timeline of no ordinary child, but what I imagine is far from "extraordinary" status.
1997:
* Mastered the Windows Operating System
1998:
* Trashed 2-5 computers (33mhz x 3, 25mhz x 1, 90mhz x1) to learn the internals of AT/ATX cases
* Learned HTML and started on Perl while creating and working at
1999:
* Mastered HTML, Perl and Visual Basic
* First exposure to "unix" style socket programming
2000:
* Furthered knowledge of web design and such, second attempt at C++
* Loaded FreeBSD on a 233mhz built from scratch from donated parts
2001:
* Learned PHP and MySQL
* Began coding effecient and advanced code with high levels of understanding
* Bought "lots" of and or bulk computer hardware and either bundled or restored it, and made $2,000 on eBay in four months during school with startup money of just $70.
* Educated myself in the internals of Cannon and IBM Laptops
2002:
* I now know: HTML, Perl, Visual Basic, PHP, Java*, C*
* Slackware 8.1 + VMWare now serve as my main operating system
* I was a server administrator for three months on my own dedicated server I was renting from serverbeach.com$, which was cruely shutdown due to a billing error when Commerce Bank lost my account for the second time%.
* Not fluent in, I have either read books or putz around in the source but have not yet "wet my feet" or code any productive applications as of yet.
$ They shutdown my server when there was a billing error due to a lost account (see below). When it was straightened out, they blamed the crash on PLESK, so I said "I'd like a free change to ENSIM if this will insure the reliability of my server." They then installed Ensim and it crashed the first day, and they then directed me to a pay per incident Ensim service. For three months of payments in increments of $119 I lost $357 and was unable to continue my low cost hosting service or my eBay operations. As of now I am in school and broke with a Thinkpad who just needs $50 of parts and some TLC.
% Commerce Bank allowed my father to be the custodian on a checking account which bared my name as well. When this account was sent to the FDIC after the checks, check book, and Visa were issued it was flagged, and shut down. Minors in the state of Pennsylvania may not have checking accounts, putting too much faith in the bank and not enough in our insincts of minors holding checking accounts I had to start over with a new account. This new account was then LOST with a balance of $220 for a server payment. This resulted in my server being shutdown, blah blah blah.
I hope this was entertaining, but to say the least if the kid has the will, and a way
[if I didn't make it obvious, I will come right out and say out and say I would be classified as 'lower-middle class" and by no means was given something for nothing by my parents]
it can be done. Starting from grandma's check for $50 dollars, and a savings account hooked up to a Paypal account and verification using Mommy's credit card ***with permision***. They could be doing business on eBay under the supervision / in conjunction with a parent or guardian.
With a library card or an internet connection a child can begin programming. With a $15 dollar obsolete computer you can teach your child about the inner workings and basics of components etc. It all can make more of a difference then you know, however Linux vrs Windows on a three year old? The only thing that may result in a child reaching for the Rubber Tux over the Rubber Ducks.
Take this for what it is, the above is a true story missing so many steps and details it is laughable. I left out the medical issues I had to overcome at a young age, for the sole reason for everyone's problem somebody else has one more severe.
Encourage your child and your self to stay strong and go for your goals in whatever you do!
PARENTS PLEASE REMEMBER THE FOCUS IS 1) SCHOOL, 2) COMPUTER AND THAT IF GRADES ARE MANTAINED NOT TO CLIP A CHILDS WINGS. THE INTERNET IS A DANGEROUS PLACE AND I ADMIT BEING EXPOSED TO THINGS WAY TO EARLY AND MUST STRESS AUTOMATED OR OLD FASHIONED SUPER VISION!!!
I spend 6-12 hours on the computer a day, they call me "screens", this was first punished, frowned upon and is now accepted that it is both a job, for my education and entertainment and an exceptable replacement for just about any device.
Thanks,
Jeff "Jephree" Mealo
P.S. If any other child programmers are out their drop me a line or hit me up on aim at Xx Jeph M xX. If anyone has comments, or questions be my guest.
P.S.S. Complaints or flames can be send to