Thursday, April 25, 2002

"Imagine, if you were a Zeppelin pilot... well, you wouldn't have much work unless you learned a similar skill, perhaps you could transition to becoming an airline pilot." -- slashdot comment And yet some people think that schools should teach [technology] in a CS curriculum. I feel strongly that we should teach concepts and have students learn the technologies on their own, with support, but not hand-holding. 9:57:10 PM    comment []

A request for $1 billion in foreign aid was denied. 3:59:08 AM    comment []

If someone posted an article like this one about GNU/Linux or BSD, Slashdot would be all over it. However, someone saying that "The kernel in XP is not fully protected against what application programs might do; the kernel in Unix is" will just slide by. 1:26:04 AM    comment []