On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 04:24:27PM -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 16:03:57 -0700 > "H. S. Teoh" <hst...@quickfur.ath.cx> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 06:12:57PM -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote: [...] > > > Now, I'm a strong believer in being self-taught and learning > > > from books, but all I need for that is a library card, not a > > > $100k debt and four years of elitist attitudes from people who > > > clearly don't know what they're doing anyway. > > > > Heh. Nearly all of my programming skills are self-taught (well, and > > learned from experience now that I have some number of years in the > > industry), but I'm no reader either. I was doing online learning > > long before the 'Net became cool, > > Actually, my first introduction to programming was the interactive > tutorial disks that came with the Apple IIc. I sometimes find it kind > of depressing that instruction isn't even *that* far along anymore, > let alone any further advanced.
Yeah, no kidding! In the Good Ole Days (gosh I'm old :-P) the Apple PCs used to come with *full listings of the ROM code*, schematic diagrams of PC internals, and voltage/amperage levels and pin diagrams along with suggestions of how to hook it up to homemade electronics. A far cry from today's blackboxed lawyer-guarded device rentals. Sigh. T -- Political correctness: socially-sanctioned hypocrisy.
