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In the 80s I learned more from pirating software on a Commodore 64 than I did in computer classes in school. I got the skill of figuring out a piece of softwar
by lurkinggrue 17y ago
In the 80s I learned more from pirating software on a Commodore 64 than I did in computer classes in school. I got the skill of figuring out a piece of software with no help or documentation.
The computer equivalent of "teaching a man to fish" I suppose. Shame schools don't teach exploration and play with computers.
- stcredzero 17y agoYah, mon! Leaving a curious 11 year old alone with an Apple II and some manuals is worth a hundred "facile" computer courses. Shame schools don't teach exploration and play with computers. Squeak eToys were all about that!
- C3MDigital 17y agoThat's what happened to me when I was 11. My dad brought home an apple IIe and some manuals. I saved my allowance and bought a 300 baud zoom modem and 4 years later "The Authorities" came banging on the door at 3 a.m and confiscated my precious Apple and all my notes. Moral of the story: I'm now a professional member of the I.T. Industry