While we arrest them for developing P2P, lets go ahead and arrest car makers for all the felonies committed with cars, gun makers for guns used in crime. Why not, just go ahead and jail anyone that makes an innovation thats capable of being used in a crime.
I was first introduced to computing at the tender age of 4 when my dad sit me down in front of his Commodore 64. At the time he was into games, somewhat as much as I am now. We'd run out of games to play and pick up the Commodore user's magazine and begin punching in the lines of BASIC code printed near the rear. This was a great introduction into programming for me as I learned how to type and some of the code as I typed it out of the magazines.
The C64 was a great educational tool in computers and has been the foundation of all my computer knowledge today. It was able to teach me the basics of programming, file maintenance (across hundreds of 5 1/4" floppies), and even GUI (GEOS 2.0).
Eventually I migrated to DOS, then Windows, and finally in 1995 I started using Linux. I've tried many things since my C64 days, and thankfully that experience I feel has given me an edge when it comes to learning new things in computers.
My advice for someone who is wanting to learn beyond the basics of general computing, give them something that takes a little work to make it run smoothly, trial-by-error is the easiest and fastest way to educate a young mind.
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While we arrest them for developing P2P, lets go ahead and arrest car makers for all the felonies committed with cars, gun makers for guns used in crime. Why not, just go ahead and jail anyone that makes an innovation thats capable of being used in a crime.
I was first introduced to computing at the tender age of 4 when my dad sit me down in front of his Commodore 64. At the time he was into games, somewhat as much as I am now. We'd run out of games to play and pick up the Commodore user's magazine and begin punching in the lines of BASIC code printed near the rear. This was a great introduction into programming for me as I learned how to type and some of the code as I typed it out of the magazines.
The C64 was a great educational tool in computers and has been the foundation of all my computer knowledge today. It was able to teach me the basics of programming, file maintenance (across hundreds of 5 1/4" floppies), and even GUI (GEOS 2.0).
Eventually I migrated to DOS, then Windows, and finally in 1995 I started using Linux. I've tried many things since my C64 days, and thankfully that experience I feel has given me an edge when it comes to learning new things in computers.
My advice for someone who is wanting to learn beyond the basics of general computing, give them something that takes a little work to make it run smoothly, trial-by-error is the easiest and fastest way to educate a young mind.