Angry Words from Angry Nerds (between scenes of Angry Birds)?

They both copied the PARC gui - that was limited in its function (no overlapping windows, etc) - but Apple copied it better. And have been ahead ever since.

It's not from where you take ideas that is important, it's where you take them.

It's obvious that parent's AC author has never made it that far with a girl.

Jobs was good at one thing: Ergonomics. Not only did he know his product was good, he knew why it would be useful to consumers even before it was ever made. That merits respect - most CEO's either don't care what they sell, or only want to make 'what's already selling'.

Arthur: What manner of man are you that can summon up fire without flint or tinder?
Tim: I... am an enchanter.
Arthur: By what name are you known?
Tim: There are some who call me... 'Tim'...?
Arthur: ...greetings, Tim the Enchanter.

...not to mention AOL.

...we weren't expecting that to happen.

Mod parent +3 Funny.

I assume the wall in question is... the consumers? On their next 'product' launch, remind me to wrap myself in saran wrap. That should do for software, but just remember to add a layer of padding beforehand if the product in question is something like a 'ZuneTwo'.

...I'm checking them out... I've got it figured out. Talking Heads, 'Cities' - great song! Although I always heard 'thinking' as 'drinking' in the last line you cited.

I was referring to the point that this 'article' reads like an ad (and tried to link it to the 'no ads' feature) - perhaps I wasn't clear, sorry.

I see that my 'disable ads' option is gone... has this changed for article content too?

That would mean that it is also impossible to land an Airbus (a landing ~is~ a controlled stall). You are right on the banking angle though - and at 30,000 feet, there was time enough for ~some~ maneuvering.

I really think the pilots got stuck in a panicked "are my instruments or instincts right?" quandry, until it was too late.

After having RTFA, I can understand that the author has no solution for the problem, but because many topics covered in CS2 should be part of CS1 - or in other words, students should be introduced to the ~context~ of programming before being thrown into the code itself.

Coming from both a creative and academic background, I can say that programming (that I learned on my own) is a mindset completely different from any other course or trade I have learned - it is a trade of ~method~ more than anything, but classes today are putting the language before the method. Yes, I know I'm repeating myself.

The best way to learn programming is to ask a student "what do you want to do - what is the goal of the program you would like to make?". Only after he is able to draw a logical schema of what he wants to do, and identify the types of input/data that he would like to treat in his program, can he fully understand the purpose and syntax of the language he is going to be programming in. Better still, a student using this method will more quickly understand the capabilities and limitations of the language he is programming in, and this will allow him to think constructively, if not creatively, about the task he has at hand. What's more, once he has the 'goal, step and method' logical mindset down pat, learning yet another language will be much easier for him.

Pfffft - looks like you read the fine print for me ; P All the same, 24€ is around $17 nowadays. And yes, the "only with home combo" and "unlimited but limited high-speed options" imposition sucks too; basically, at the end of the month, you'll have no VOIP and will have only Edge for the web.

FWIW, I'm hooked up to a 'real' unlimited mobile plan (with Orange), but it costs me €72 ($50) a month.