I was in high school, in a comp-sci course taught by a very good teacher. We used C++. I tried very hard to write a chess AI that learned by analyzing its previ

I was in high school, in a comp-sci course taught by a very good teacher. We used C++. I tried very hard to write a chess AI that learned by analyzing its previous games - I failed miserably, it was fun. The same teacher taught the "CCNA" class, which was also taught well. I've pointed it out to him before, but Mr. Nesler, if you're reading this, you're probably the best teacher I ever had. I remember discovering slashdot, and getting my "check what the URL looks like before clicking on it" reflexes. I also remember the "online journal" thing really starting to get popular. I remember being fascinated by Java.