Re: [Edu-sig] raging debates and the relevance of a real education

2016-03-01 Thread kirby urner
> > What is your opinion? > Is FBI attacking the privacy of iphone users? > > I think a state government should not be banned from running businesses, applying its own decals and ideals, and that Uncle Sam Smartphones or whatever could be handed out, free of charge, to underprivileged, say through

[Edu-sig] rounding out the debate

2016-03-01 Thread kirby urner
I don't think Juliano will mind my getting this posted given it was addressed to edu-sig in the first place consider this yet another test. Kirby From: Juliano Date: Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 6:36 PM Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] raging debates and the relevance of a real education To: kirby urner Cc

[Edu-sig] another test....

2016-03-01 Thread kirby urner
Here's another example of a post that failed to reach the archive, yet the one after it, senseless without this one, did. I've been polling a number of folks about their experience and the developing consensus is we're without a listowner at this time. My plan is to step forward with one or two o

Re: [Edu-sig] raging debates and the relevance of a real education

2016-03-01 Thread kirby urner
>>> "Compete in the free market, but through coercive court orders.".replace("but", "not") 'Compete in the free market, not through coercive court orders.' :-D Kirby ___ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/ed

[Edu-sig] raging debates and the relevance of a real education

2016-03-01 Thread kirby urner
Students lucky enough to get exposure to RSA (the algorithm) along their math track are likely having more informed debates in their classrooms, regarding the Apple vs. FBI standoff. They're certainly better equipped, concept-wise, than less privileged kids who might not even get any SQL in all fo

Re: [Edu-sig] Test

2016-03-01 Thread Christian Mascher
I joined the list and tried to write to it several times but seems that my letters are just vanishing. I also wrote to edu-sig-ow...@python.org and wil...@visi.com (couple of weeks ago) but got no response. I am a long-time lurker, but lately some of my mails seemed to vanish as well, so this