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To: twntaipan

This isn’t anything new, back in the 80s, I was teaching the teachers routinely that were teaching the programming and computer classes.

By the time I was in those classes I was already doing 6502 assembly and playing around with hardware and software interrupts, while their training was based on a few courses in Apple II basic.

I wouldn’t say its gotten any worse, just not any better.


16 posted on 12/17/2007 11:49:53 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: HamiltonJay

Whenever life was going a little too well, I sat down and tried to learn assembly language.


23 posted on 12/17/2007 11:52:16 AM PST by dmz
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In Junior High (must have been 86) we were using C-64's in the computer lab/class. Only AP students got to take the class.

The class without the computers and the lab with the computers were two separate rooms with a locked door in the middle.

One day I programmed what I called a "sound bomb" to disrupt class. Just a quick program that ran silent for 25 minutes then made a whole hell of a lot of racket.

Hit run and turned up the volume all the way....on all 20 computers.

Learned two things: First, under stress Junior High teachers cannot unlock doors, second under stress Junior High teacher also forget how to turn off power and insist on just banging on a disabled keyboard.

She never did figure out who did it.

39 posted on 12/17/2007 12:00:05 PM PST by Domandred (Eagles soar, but unfortunately weasels never get sucked into jet engines)
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