I would suggest starting with web programming, specifically html, css and php. This gives a wide skill set, php is based off C so it makes the skill set easy to transfer, he'll learn some basic server administration and it gives an instant gratification that you don't always get with other programming languages.
There have been coders in recent years that appear to be able to switch languages with relative ease but studies on these coders have not been conducted and it is suspected that they could go off in a fit of rage at any moment and should be approached with extreme trepidation.
These would be web developers and should be approached with extreme caution becaause they could snap at any moment
My parents problem is they are trying to get $10,000 loan from some dude named Frank Petti in Nigeria. They don't believe that it's a scam despite me showing them the evidence and they are already out $500+.
But he even sent "credentials" which were the worst photoshop job I've ever seen. No kidding, I did better the first time I used it.
This is a perfect example of what I like to call "BioShock Conundrum" (since that was my first experience). Why buy when pirating is a more enjoyable and pleasant experience?
I know I'll be marking up 6 downloads just for my home computers plus one for work and 8-10 more for people I know that are too inept to do it themselves. Plus another 3 for my dual boot machines.
IMO it's still not fast enough for those of us that must have the latest, greatest stable version of Ubuntu. However, the shipit disks are a great way to prove that Linux and Ubuntu is professional quality. A burned CD looks illegal, a printed CD in a nice case looks like something worth whatever the cost, then when you tell them it's free, their sold.
I'm excited as Hell for the BSG story to continue, but I'm worried that it'll just be a cheesy spin-off like Stargate Atlantis. Apparently I'm glad I didn't read the article before the comments
In my experience larger laptops aren't really suited for much more then these ultra portables. I had a $750 Acer with AMD Turion x2, 2 GB RAM and 120 GB 4600 RPM HDD. With the exception of Photoshop, Illustrator and some code compiling there isn't anything I could do on it then I can do on my new eee 4g surf. Even the integrated graphics weren't good enough for any gaming.
What Wikipedia needs to do is figure out if it wants to be the Encyclopedia Britannica of the 21st Century, or the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I can see an argument for both. On the one hand Wikipedia could be the easiest to use, most readily available, reliable source on the internet. However, as it currently stands anyone can edit it anytime, anywhere, which makes for a library of information even if it is biased and sometimes inaccurate, but very interesting and unique.
From what you've said, it further proves my point. My internship uses Windows, yours used OS. In the job market, if you were working for the DoE and applied for a new job in a different division and didn't know both OS and Windows you could be screwed. I'm not trying to stick up for Windows, but we don't live in a perfect world and limiting yourself to only OS tools can have the same effect as only limiting yourself to Windows, a lack of employability. Since, in this case, we are looking at students, who will probably be looking to increase employability, responsible use of Windows will be good for them.
I'm interning for a national lab and I have to agree. They have a microsoft site license and having only used OS tools, it took time to learn the microsoft tools. With this program many students can have both the OS and Microsoft tools under their belts and increase their employability by increasing their skill set.
The thing to remember though is that you need to know both. Knowing one and not the other, either way, will limit your possibility.
I'm glad we are doing such a nice job of giving the poster a good mostly unified answer
Reading through it though I think the main answer is, "depends on what you plan to teach" If your teaching design then OSS or the old programs are both OK, but if your teaching program specific, using the old programs would be the best solution, but try to get the newest programs by any means necessary.
And concepts do go a long way. I'm working on a VoTech degree in web design and management and our classes all use Adobe CS2. When I got CS3 it only took me about an hour to find all my tools in the new program, and since I had the concepts I was able to get right back to what I was doing. Although there is a big difference between photoshop 7.0 and CS3 (which is version 10)
I hope your being sarcastic, or your drunk. 2 corrections, 1st it was the MPAA not the RIAA. 2nd the MPAA did not comply with a takedown, because no one with any authority could be contacted, their ISP did and probably notified the MPAA of the takedown so they could remove the dead link.
This is getting ridiculous. Not a week goes buy that I don't hear a story of Best Buy screwing its customers. I use to love going to Best Buy because I like shopping for stuff brick & mortar, but no more.
I've been following this story across several forums and newsites and I hope to shed some light on why this is the case.
As the subject suggests, it's about the money. While using words like fag and homo may be offesnsive to homosexual people, the same level of offense could be felt by non-tollerant hetrosexual people so BLizzard, to keep as many customers as possible, takes a neutral stance. They don't allow non-tollerants to make durogatory remarks to and/or about homosexuals and they keep homosexual appearances in game (such as GLBT guild ads and same sex marriages) banned.
This is one of those "squeaky wheel gets the oil" situations. I play Guild Wars with a couple ex-WoW players whose accounts were banned because they called other people fags when they saw them do something stupid. But as we've seen in the past the homosexual community is less secure in modern society so they scream or "squeak" louder when they are offended then hetrosexuals so that they can draw attention to the discrimination against them and support for homosexual society changes.
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The only downside from my experience working that schedule is that there is very little productivity on the work Friday
I would suggest starting with web programming, specifically html, css and php. This gives a wide skill set, php is based off C so it makes the skill set easy to transfer, he'll learn some basic server administration and it gives an instant gratification that you don't always get with other programming languages.
There have been coders in recent years that appear to be able to switch languages with relative ease but studies on these coders have not been conducted and it is suspected that they could go off in a fit of rage at any moment and should be approached with extreme trepidation.
These would be web developers and should be approached with extreme caution becaause they could snap at any moment
My parents problem is they are trying to get $10,000 loan from some dude named Frank Petti in Nigeria. They don't believe that it's a scam despite me showing them the evidence and they are already out $500+. But he even sent "credentials" which were the worst photoshop job I've ever seen. No kidding, I did better the first time I used it.
This is a perfect example of what I like to call "BioShock Conundrum" (since that was my first experience). Why buy when pirating is a more enjoyable and pleasant experience?
I know I'll be marking up 6 downloads just for my home computers plus one for work and 8-10 more for people I know that are too inept to do it themselves. Plus another 3 for my dual boot machines.
It's purely a copyright thing. All LDS materials are copywritten.
"Use ReiserFS or I'll !@#$ing kill you"
IMO it's still not fast enough for those of us that must have the latest, greatest stable version of Ubuntu. However, the shipit disks are a great way to prove that Linux and Ubuntu is professional quality. A burned CD looks illegal, a printed CD in a nice case looks like something worth whatever the cost, then when you tell them it's free, their sold.
to being rick-rolled
I'm excited as Hell for the BSG story to continue, but I'm worried that it'll just be a cheesy spin-off like Stargate Atlantis. Apparently I'm glad I didn't read the article before the comments
In my experience larger laptops aren't really suited for much more then these ultra portables. I had a $750 Acer with AMD Turion x2, 2 GB RAM and 120 GB 4600 RPM HDD. With the exception of Photoshop, Illustrator and some code compiling there isn't anything I could do on it then I can do on my new eee 4g surf. Even the integrated graphics weren't good enough for any gaming.
What Wikipedia needs to do is figure out if it wants to be the Encyclopedia Britannica of the 21st Century, or the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I can see an argument for both. On the one hand Wikipedia could be the easiest to use, most readily available, reliable source on the internet. However, as it currently stands anyone can edit it anytime, anywhere, which makes for a library of information even if it is biased and sometimes inaccurate, but very interesting and unique.
From what you've said, it further proves my point. My internship uses Windows, yours used OS. In the job market, if you were working for the DoE and applied for a new job in a different division and didn't know both OS and Windows you could be screwed. I'm not trying to stick up for Windows, but we don't live in a perfect world and limiting yourself to only OS tools can have the same effect as only limiting yourself to Windows, a lack of employability. Since, in this case, we are looking at students, who will probably be looking to increase employability, responsible use of Windows will be good for them.
I'm interning for a national lab and I have to agree. They have a microsoft site license and having only used OS tools, it took time to learn the microsoft tools. With this program many students can have both the OS and Microsoft tools under their belts and increase their employability by increasing their skill set. The thing to remember though is that you need to know both. Knowing one and not the other, either way, will limit your possibility.
You can also get the software if your school uses JourneyEd for software
I'm glad we are doing such a nice job of giving the poster a good mostly unified answer Reading through it though I think the main answer is, "depends on what you plan to teach" If your teaching design then OSS or the old programs are both OK, but if your teaching program specific, using the old programs would be the best solution, but try to get the newest programs by any means necessary. And concepts do go a long way. I'm working on a VoTech degree in web design and management and our classes all use Adobe CS2. When I got CS3 it only took me about an hour to find all my tools in the new program, and since I had the concepts I was able to get right back to what I was doing. Although there is a big difference between photoshop 7.0 and CS3 (which is version 10)
I hope your being sarcastic, or your drunk. 2 corrections, 1st it was the MPAA not the RIAA. 2nd the MPAA did not comply with a takedown, because no one with any authority could be contacted, their ISP did and probably notified the MPAA of the takedown so they could remove the dead link.
This is getting ridiculous. Not a week goes buy that I don't hear a story of Best Buy screwing its customers. I use to love going to Best Buy because I like shopping for stuff brick & mortar, but no more.
I've been following this story across several forums and newsites and I hope to shed some light on why this is the case.
As the subject suggests, it's about the money. While using words like fag and homo may be offesnsive to homosexual people, the same level of offense could be felt by non-tollerant hetrosexual people so BLizzard, to keep as many customers as possible, takes a neutral stance. They don't allow non-tollerants to make durogatory remarks to and/or about homosexuals and they keep homosexual appearances in game (such as GLBT guild ads and same sex marriages) banned.
This is one of those "squeaky wheel gets the oil" situations. I play Guild Wars with a couple ex-WoW players whose accounts were banned because they called other people fags when they saw them do something stupid. But as we've seen in the past the homosexual community is less secure in modern society so they scream or "squeak" louder when they are offended then hetrosexuals so that they can draw attention to the discrimination against them and support for homosexual society changes.