The question begs, do heart surgeons need to know and understand cardio vascular systems, do auto mechanics need to know and understand internal combustion theory and practice and on it goes. Just imagine your heart surgeon in a class being taught by a prof using a script. Business software development depends upon knowledgeable software developers. It's not only the understanding of how the computer works at the bare metal level it's also about having the capability to understand how people/users requirements are met by following strong GUI and application architecture principles. Too often I have been on a web site that is not congruent with how people expect a software application to respond to their needs. I cut my programming teeth on an IBM 360/30 "mainframe circa 1970". (yes I'm an older guy - 74). A very small system with a max of 64K RAM. I taught myself assembly language. In those days your code had to be very efficient and tight and assembler was good at providing that capability. You really needed to understand how the hardware operated. Thankfully, IBM provided excellent programming and hardware manuals which I studied intently to understand how the computer worked so I could make effective use of limited hardware resources. So yes programmers do need to understand the hardware/operating system basic functions and capabilities.

I am a 73 year old retired computer operator, programmer, systems analyst, IT consultant. I cut my teeth in this industry on the IBM 360/30 "Main Frame". I am self taught in assembler, COBOL, basic.... As a computer operator I read and digested as much IBM manuals about the operating system and data storage (i.e. file formats, structure, "PIOCS" (physical input output control systems). Knowing and understanding these concepts makes a better programmer regardless of programming language used. Understanding the most basic operations of any machine is paramount to understanding how to use the equipment effectively and efficiently whether it is a car or computer and today a car has become essentially, a computer on wheels. From what I have gleaned from other posts on this subject I find it odd that this is not being taught as part of the computer science curriculum.

I have been using Firefox since it it was launched. Before that I was a Netscape fan. Firefox is, IMHO the best browser out there. I refuse to use chrome or explorer. Unfortunately I am not a wealthy person otherwise I would put money into the support and maintenance of Firefox. I think the issue about the sliding popularity of Firefox is the money that is behind chrome/explorer pushing those browsers onto the general population of computer users. When someone buys a google or microsoft hardware they don't have the desire to look for a better solution to their browser needs hence the built in browser works for them. If it were possible to include Firefox with these hardware products there may be more acceptance of the Firefox product. When ever I can I promote Firefox to people who ask (or don't ask) which browser is the best one out there. That goes for Thunderbird as well. I hope that Firefox does not become lost. Thank you Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird teams for providing a superb product!!

Really!!!... Trump is a bag of air and empty promises. No one can make excuses for his demeanour, attitude, his lack of communication skills, racism, and all his other "lack there of's ".

he agreement to delete your information says "When we are done processing your request, the photo of yourself you shared to facilitate the request is de-identified. You will not appear in any Clearview search results. We will maintain a record of your request as specified by relevant law." De-identified is not "deleted" it is flagged as "ignore" in a search of the information. Government needs to satep in here. But, sadly we know that won't happen as they want that information for their own purposes.

Absolutely right... teaching kids to code is way overblown!! Teach them to think first. You can teach a monkey to code. Anyone can put a few drag and drop widgets together and come up with a web page. But, if you want to create apps then you need to be a "Programmer". I am amazed at how many experienced and learned "coders" just sit down at the keyboard and start creating code on the fly without any idea of structure and process. I don't care how bright you are or how many letters follow your name if you don't plan, design, test how are you going to know you have achieved your goal. If you don't have or understand the function of the OS, the compiler, the physical hardware you're swimming up stream. A programmer needs to know what the OS/HW will do under certain conditions. Just writing code is like setting off on a long trip with no destination, no plan and no tools hoping that you will eventually arrive at the place you think you should be at.

Happened to my laptop with win 7 on it. Every time it asked to upgrade I said no. Started it up one morning and the message read welcome to windows 10!!!! I was really PO'ed. Not only that There was malware on it from "livepcexpert" and Now I'm really PO'ed! Microsot can deny all they want . I know I didn't authorize or accept any win 10 offers to replace what I had.