In the "Interesting Timing" department, O'Reilly deal for the next week is books for learning how to program. Here is the link: http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z1mhjofm6qtu3eih7t23lnh5edcg02oh9tt6l00g A couple of the titles are for kids. Use discount code: WKCODEKID ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Engebretson" <eng at pinenet.com> To: "TCLUG Mailing List" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 11:57:52 AM Subject: Re: [tclug-list] [OT] Your kids' chances of becoming programmers? ZERO Delightful article! Thanks, Mike. Looking forward to the next. Out of some complete coincidence, I had started grad school at the U Biophysics Dept. in 1975. I didn't know it but the head was famous for inventing the digital Schmitt trigger. Big tube iron everywhere, plus new semiconductors. Much of my grad research was in the Chemistry building, and lots of interest in how to computer automate chemistry. It was frustrating to learn using punch cards (heavy boxes of them), then a year later you would see students using video terminals. Otto Schmitt was a big advocate of "microcomputers." Unfortunately, Minnesota was a "supercomputer" state. We lost our ass. I had worked at a baby bell and read a book from AT&T about fiber optics. Some business guy once asked, "Who ever heard of glass wires?" Part2 is probably about how we like losing our asses. Mike Miller wrote: > Here is Part 1 of an article that I think will interest many of you: > > > Your kids' chances of becoming programmers? ZERO > We had it all in the 1980s. Here's what went wrong... > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/06/why_your_kids_cant_program_part_1/ > > > We have to wait for Part 2 to get the answers. > > Mike > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list