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2010-05-06
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#62
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Originally Posted by tzsm98
Years past Mac and Windows worked almost nothing alike. And CDE was also very cludgey. (people still swear by it though..)
One of the complaints of years past was "The kids were all taught on Apple IIe machines and PCs are in the work place." Perhaps some of the institutional Windowsphilia comes as a reaction to that criticism.
Mac still is a bit out in left field... but Windows and KDE/Gnome (two most common Linux DE's) are pretty much interchangeable on how they look/feel/work.
But, very basic example, teaching kids to "look for an applications menu" is a better idea than teaching kids to "click start".
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2010-05-06
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Originally Posted by fatalsaint
Agreed. Especially your comment about clicking 'Start'. A lot of good it'll do, now, to look for 'Start' in these newest versions of Windows.
Years past Mac and Windows worked almost nothing alike. And CDE was also very cludgey. (people still swear by it though..)
Mac still is a bit out in left field... but Windows and KDE/Gnome (two most common Linux DE's) are pretty much interchangeable on how they look/feel/work.
But, very basic example, teaching kids to "look for an applications menu" is a better idea than teaching kids to "click start".
Get back to computer science and stop pretending that Windows is what a computer looks like.
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2010-05-06
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Originally Posted by danramos
This is true. I had forgotten that start was replaced by the blue windows logo ball now
Agreed. Especially your comment about clicking 'Start'. A lot of good it'll do, now, to look for 'Start' in these newest versions of Windows.
. Still on XP at the work environment and the home environment well.. hah. Windows. Right.Get back to computer science and stop pretending that Windows is what a computer looks like.
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2010-05-06
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Originally Posted by fatalsaint
I think I directed it at anyone that thinks Windows is what computers look like. But then, that was from me half an hour ago. I was so much younger and wilder then.
... I really hope this wasn't directed at me....
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2010-05-06
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#66
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I think that a person without an antivirus program wouldn't necessarily know if they had ever had a virus. But they would be dangerous to their friends.
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2010-05-06
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#67
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What the hell is a woman working in a school and not cooking the dinners? (sorry not 4chan...)
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2010-05-06
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#68
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Originally Posted by geneven
Are we still talking COMPUTER viruses here?
I think that a person without an antivirus program wouldn't necessarily know if they had ever had a virus. But they would be dangerous to their friends.
I never use a constantly-on AV, but periodically scan my computer, and usually find nothing (or, rarely, very low threat level nuisances). I believe that the ONLY way to protect your data is by regular backups, and anything else is FUD.
Using an AV all the time is like taking antibiotics every day...
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2010-05-06
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for those people earlier in this thread wanting a manual for ubuntu... i came across this one a few days ago:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/04/u...-released.html
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/04/u...-released.html
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2010-05-06
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Originally Posted by tzsm98
I agree that it is important for every kid to be given the opportunity to interact with computers, at home or in school. Still, if they need TEACHING (rather than learning/discovering by themselves), I guess that they will only use a computer in their future job to add the price for the fries and the burger...
...but you have to teach them to use a computer...
...Once they graduate the machine they turn on in the business where they landed a job is probably going to be a Windows machine.
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One of the complaints of years past was "The kids were all taught on Apple IIe machines and PCs are in the work place." Perhaps some of the institutional Windowsphilia comes as a reaction to that criticism.
I am all for letting the students take a class in Linux, C++, php or what ever technology tool they want to learn. Once they graduate the machine they turn on in the business where they landed a job is probably going to be a Windows machine.