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Sad, really. It's rather like telling somebody that he's a chef after you've shown him how to use a knife and fork...citricsquid said:it really is depressing how poor computer education is nowadays ... when I was at school (less than 5 years ago...) high school IT extended as far as using Microsoft Excel ...
We had 8 480z machines and a server (floppy based server for that matter), 2 BBC Bs, an Electron and a 2 Spectrums.Kickstart said:When I was at school we had about a dozen BBC micros (and an old Research Machines 380Z) which were used for programming but only in BBC basic. That this has in most places been replaced with lessons in how to use particular software packages is worrying.
Hey, I worked at Staffs Uni for 4 years. Don't get me started!Having seen some code written by very bright university computing graduates (ie, no concept of code flowing through in order) I am also unsure if universities are actually usefully teaching people programming.
Depends. How about the backend stuff like PHP? Actually PHP would be a good one to teach, as it is sufficiently C like to be useful, and the idea of making a cool website might appeal to the kids. Just a thought.Plenty of people knocking up web sites, but (with no offense meant at all) this is a very different skill set. More artistic than technical.
Looking forward to seeing this on youtube.Toble said:But you shouldn't trust my thoughts... they might lead you towards a wifi enabled toy dalek that you control via a web server...
Done a fair bit of classic ASP but not much for a few years. Ajax makes things fun though.tek-monkey said:I'm a classic ASP man myself, bit behind the times but I can do everything I need to. Since AJAX came along anway. My job is essentially taking data from multiple sources and outputting it in a meaningful way, I'm useless at the artistic side!
Its one of the old 12" RC ones. My sister got it for a quid on a car boot sale as it had no controller.Kickstart said:And how big is the Dalek? Could be fun to build a full size one based on a mobility scooter.
Pics, crap video and waffling: http://www.tonyblews.co.uk/category/dalek-2/Colin Grigson said:Looking forward to seeing this on youtube.Toble said:But you shouldn't trust my thoughts... they might lead you towards a wifi enabled toy dalek that you control via a web server...
That is brilliant.tek-monkey said: