Depends what you consider basic programming. There's already software out there that allows kids to do problem solving and create/test algorithms by dragging tokens onto the screen and creating relationships between them. It's even used in many Grade 2 curricula, and all students seem to enjoy bits of it, even if they don't all end up creating really complex bits of software with it.

I didn't have the Internet to pull from, but that's pretty much what happened with me too. Bad math teaching in elementary school turned me off Math, and the only thing that got me back into it was programming. I started writing software when I was 9, and by the time highschool came around, I was getting algorithm books out of the library, and realized how it all depended on optimization maths. So I took some advanced math/calc courses in HS, but the damage was already done... mathematics weren't intuitive for me, so crunching the numbers was hard work.

So what K-12 REALLY needs to teach is a math segment on algorithms and optimization. Simple bits in the early years, more complex bits later on. Make it applied, so the kids have to solve real world problems with it (like writing some software, supporting a popsicle stick bridge, etc). All the bits are already supposedly in the curriculum, they just haven't been put together in a compelling way. No need for a required CS class, just slip it into the existing curriculum (write physics simulators, chem calculators, bio models, etc. instead of buying short-lived expensive software that does it all for the kids and lets them sit back and watch).

This is what TrueCrypt did. However, as the GP pointed out, it will do nothing. SF will shut down the repo, and replace the product offering with their own bundled version taken from github or wherever the live source is located.

I find this sad, because I used SF a lot pre-Dice to host small projects.

All my cookies expire when I close my browser, so you'll have to grab them while they're hot!

Indeed... the last time I encrypted someone, they were unrecognizable when I was finished with them.

I've got a slightly different observation:

So it's bad (no questions asked) when citizens have loose interpretations of the law, but you misapplying (or ignoring) the laws that are supposed to govern law enforcement is OK?

Actually, NAFTA means that Canadians/Americans/Mexicans generally don't have to pay customs fees when crossing the border. What Canadians pay when coming back from the US is GST (federal tax) on the value of the products purchased outside the country.
And if a Canadian buys a NetFlix subscription, the GST is added on in Canada. So there's no theft from this angle.

No, you misunderstand... Bell Media owns the Canadian equivalent of Hulu. They're trying to knock NetFlix Canada out of action, but then realized that most people are watching NetFlix US anyway.

The curious want to know: what is she playing on the violin? And does she have licenses to a) have a copy of the music and b) perform in public?

I'd rather go about this a different way. If the president of Bell Media wants to call infringement stealing, I'd like to compile a list of things stolen by Bell Media.

If the definition of "stealing" is that loose, we can surmise that the president of Bell Media:

Has stolen US programming -- it is also available from Bell Media under license, which steals from the US: after all, residents can step over the border and legally view the programming, so Bell Media is stealing viewers from the US.

Has stolen broadcasting technologies from people everywhere -- You know that TCP/IP? It wasn't invented in Canada. You stole it.

Has likely stolen all sorts of documentation -- a quick pass through the office would be enough for me to find multiple cases of infringement.

Just because Bell Media has come to an agreement with US distributors of media doesn't mean that individuals have to go through Bell, no matter what Bell ExpressVu was able to pass into law regarding satellite broadcasts.

So is this basically a framework that allows people to port all their Flash games to the console? Because at the end of the day, that's what it sounds like.

Adding another layer of abstraction means adding another layer of non-optimization in the coding process. For desktop apps, that's not too big an issue; but consoles have a longer upgrade cycle and a restricted memory footprint.

So for games that don't push the hardware in the first place, this should work fine -- such as porting a bunch of Web Flash games. But for doing anything serious, you're going to want to get as close to the metal as possible.

What I'd REALLY like to see for consoles is an asset optimization system -- something that will package up game assets in the optimal format for storage/loading on each platform. Then the coding becomes much simpler.

It was written by a computer... give it some slack.

I'd like to see if it can do anything with "Can waze show me the way to my ways and means meeting?"

What we have just learned is that SoundHound has better comprehension than some Slashdot commenters :)

Something that makes it more interesting is infrastructure sharing. In China, you'll often get a plant that was set up to produce reliable parts for some global corp where someone who works at the factory sets up an independent company that comes in at night with lower-grade source materials and uses the exact same facilities with a different staff. Kickbacks then go to the management of the original company.

As a result, you can get precision-crafted products that look just like top-of-the-line materials, but are made with alloys etc. that are total junk.

And even worse, every once in a while, some of the "night shift" stock accidentally makes it into the "day shift" pipeline -- which is where you get the unexplainable runs of super-sub-par stuff coming out with odd serial numbers.