Discussion of all things related to Public Domain

[Alex <alex AT synchcorp.com>]

Good point. How else do people learn how things work? The fastest way people
learn is by taking apart things to see why they work. I learned the most about
computers in one sitting the day I first installed Slackware Linux, because it
made me look at each piece of hardware and figure out what was going on. Then 
it
made me break down the OS itself to figure out how it all fit together --
mke2fs, fdisk, devices, packets, processes... the list goes on. Do you think
Windoze with their "you don't need to know what we're doing while we install
ourselves for you, just sit back and trust us to do it all correctly out of
sight of your prying eyes" mentality actually helps people to learn about how 
a
computer works? Show me a room full of 100 computer-illiterate IT 
professionals
and I'll show you 100 MCSEs. Show me a room full of 100 people that use and
understand Linux, and I'll show you 100 people qualified to fix, troubleshoot 
or
upgrade any computer in the world.

Alex Heizer
http://www.synchcorp.com/alex
http://www.synchcorp.com/alexheizer


tom poe wrote:

> On Thursday 18 April 2002 06:38, Andrew Choens wrote:
>  If we set the boxes up so
> > they could tinker with, but not destroy the computers set-up, we might be
> > amazed what they could teach themselves.  There are lots of community 
> > based
> > groups out there that might be interested in this sort of a plan.
>
> Hi:  No problem, Andrew.  They destroy, and fix, and support is available
> through volunteers.  The malicious destruction isn't a big problem, I don't
> think.  Could be wrong, but at the same time, I don't think there's a
> realistic solution that would lend itself to this issue.  We'll just have to
> deal with it, and make sure the schools have support available.
> Thanks,
> Tom Poe
> Reno, NV
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