Hire an intern. Tell him to sit by the phone all day and to fix computers when somebody calls. Have an online trouble database for those troubles more delicate than "My computer doesn't work". If you think that is not enough work give hime the asdditional tasks of managing the printer maintenance and supplies. The intern gets something to put on his resume. You get a good portion of your workload lightened. Everybody wins.
I remember that I used to have a computer game for my Apple IIe. While I don't remember the name of it, the object was to build robots with AND and OR and XOR gates in order for them to make their way through obstacles. That taught me logic.
Make a game out of logic and you capture the imaginations of those kids. Make the higher levels software based and you have budding programmers.
There's a blurb on the release page about MS Office being released for OS X in the fall, I wonder how long it will take to make it to the rest of the *nix's.
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I thought the guide was for the favors mentioned in the grandparent... and clicked it.
What makes you think that Microsoft is a felon?
first things first.
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>>There is no reason that someone else cannot offer rewards for proof of prior art - even in the Amazon case!
They've probably patented the business model.
Hire an intern. Tell him to sit by the phone all day and to fix computers when somebody calls. Have an online trouble database for those troubles more delicate than "My computer doesn't work". If you think that is not enough work give hime the asdditional tasks of managing the printer maintenance and supplies. The intern gets something to put on his resume. You get a good portion of your workload lightened. Everybody wins.
What if all you watched was porn?
OR, They could mass mail the list to everybody and then whoever wanted to use it could; and those that did not, could just throw it in the trash.
Look into Gentoo
The Princess Bride. The next-best movie in the world, second only to The Fifth Element.
That is EXACTLY what these kids need. No Joke.
I remember that I used to have a computer game for my Apple IIe. While I don't remember the name of it, the object was to build robots with AND and OR and XOR gates in order for them to make their way through obstacles. That taught me logic.
Make a game out of logic and you capture the imaginations of those kids. Make the higher levels software based and you have budding programmers.
You can find the source here:
http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/nsd/index.html
It's OK. They clicked "I do not agree" first.
There's a blurb on the release page about MS Office being released for OS X in the fall, I wonder how long it will take to make it to the rest of the *nix's.