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 http://www.studioforrecording.org/ http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/ http://renotahoe.pm.org/ _______________________________________________ Community_studios mailing list Community_studios@lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/community_studios