Maybe Metallica or whoever run the tests for them actually put out a lot of Metallica MP3 in a regular Napster client(s) and added some unknown home-made stuff. All this on a VERY fat connection and then just counted all the hits... Whereas the unknown music just got one download attempt. Would they do that just to get the figures? (maybe they modified a napsterclient to abort all transfer attempts so they did'nt release their own music. It would make the 1.4 million hit possible on a nice connection)
AMOS Pro on an cheap old Amiga is the best way. It was for me (I am now employed as a unix C-programmer). It connects to any TV-set. It is fun for them to bring the computer to school and show of to friends and they need something they can carry around. If your kids want to learn programming that goes right into productivity and creativity rather then computer terms and DOS white-blackness and graphics and sound-driver issues that is so common in PC-computing:-). You can instantly design a moving sprite and compose sampled/tracker music. You can show graphical results instantly and also having FUN while doing it. I can't think of any kid that would have the patience to learn complex syntax and wierd screen mode settings and DOS limitations on their first programming experience - they WILL get bored. With Amos Pro, I never bored out... I still have fun using it from time to time. Guess the hard part is the use of another platform...
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Maybe Metallica or whoever run the tests for them actually put out a lot of Metallica MP3 in a regular Napster client(s) and added some unknown home-made stuff. All this on a VERY fat connection and then just counted all the hits... Whereas the unknown music just got one download attempt. Would they do that just to get the figures? (maybe they modified a napsterclient to abort all transfer attempts so they did'nt release their own music. It would make the 1.4 million hit possible on a nice connection)
AMOS Pro on an cheap old Amiga is the best way. It was for me (I am now employed as a unix C-programmer). It connects to any TV-set. It is fun for them to bring the computer to school and show of to friends and they need something they can carry around. If your kids want to learn programming that goes right into productivity and creativity rather then computer terms and DOS white-blackness and graphics and sound-driver issues that is so common in PC-computing :-). You can instantly design a moving sprite and compose sampled/tracker music. You can show graphical results instantly and also having FUN while doing it. I can't think of any kid that would have the patience to learn complex syntax and wierd screen mode settings and DOS limitations on their first programming experience - they WILL get bored. With Amos Pro, I never bored out... I still have fun using it from time to time. Guess the hard part is the use of another platform...