Damnit that is similar to my idea, I was going to send him a shiny Windows
disk full of viruses to blow up his pc... oh, it seems that's been coming as
default since Windows 3.11 for crappy RM workstations.
Sent from my Android powered HTC Hero.
On 26 Aug 2010 23:08, Jacob Mansfield
hey I could always send them my MEMORY STICK OF DEATH
On 27 August 2010 09:20, Kris Douglas krisdoug...@gmail.com wrote:
Damnit that is similar to my idea, I was going to send him a shiny Windows
disk full of viruses to blow up his pc... oh, it seems that's been coming as
default since
Well, assuming that we are not seriously going to blow up any
machines... I wonder how Research Machines managed to become nothing
more than Windows enforcers? When I was at school we had the classic
RML-380Z
For those who are too young to remember, there's a contemporary review here...
On 26/08/10 07:10, alan c wrote:
Express your views to the Royal Society soon.
http://royalsociety.org/Education-Policy/Projects/
I am a bit perplexed. There have been approximately 20 entries in this
thread so far, and I do not recall any single one person saying they
will contact the Royal
On 27/08/10 09:27, Sean Miller wrote:
Well, assuming that we are not seriously going to blow up any
machines... I wonder how Research Machines managed to become nothing
more than Windows enforcers? When I was at school we had the classic
RML-380Z
For those who are too young to remember,
thanks for this, I will pass it on to the
http://opensourceschools.org.uk community and might have a go at
responding myself.
Alan.
On 26/08/10 07:10, alan c wrote:
or nearly that, anyway.
Article:
Royal Society opens inquiry into why kids hate tech
Lessons that is, not games, mobiles,
will the RS rm -r rm?
On 27 August 2010 09:32, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
On 26/08/10 07:10, alan c wrote:
Express your views to the Royal Society soon.
http://royalsociety.org/Education-Policy/Projects/
I am a bit perplexed. There have been approximately 20 entries in this
On Fri, 2010-08-27 at 09:32 +0100, alan c wrote:
PLEASE make your own contact with the RS in this matter, after all
they *are* asking!
Done that! But considering some of the information I've gained from
other replies (eg RM) I can't help wondering what a survey will
accomplish. Do the RS have
Personally, I think that half the reason people find computers boring
these days is that there isn't the mystique about them that there
was when I was growing up (the 80s)... you had a BBC Micro, your mate
had a Commodore 64... you argued about which was the better computer
and you programmed
Perhaps they haven't looked at the GCSE curriculum - I've been a
computer-holic for almost 40 years, and it sent me into a coma of
boredom!
Also, most experts or enthusiasts I think still prefer to do IT rather
than teach it.
My daughter had 5 IT teachers in one year - one took their coursework
On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 07:16 +0100, Sean Miller wrote:
Personally, I think that half the reason people find computers boring
these days is that there isn't the mystique about them that there
was when I was growing up (the 80s)... you had a BBC Micro, your mate
had a Commodore 64... you argued
On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 07:10 +0100, alan c wrote:
or nearly that, anyway.
Article:
Royal Society opens inquiry into why kids hate tech
Lessons that is, not games, mobiles, Facebook:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/25/royal_society_schools_computing/
'exam results have shown
On 26 August 2010 09:37, Matthew Daubney m...@daubers.co.uk wrote:
On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 07:10 +0100, alan c wrote:
or nearly that, anyway.
Article:
Royal Society opens inquiry into why kids hate tech
Lessons that is, not games, mobiles, Facebook:
IT should be more about computers less about office work!
Increasingly the stance is that IT functional skill should be embedded
across all lessons. Therefore part of say GCSE Biology would be to create a
report using word with tables, footnotes for references etc.
Hopefully this will free
GCSE IT must always be done the boring and monotonous way, instead of the
fun and interesting way that the markers can't be bothered to learn it
properly
On 26 August 2010 09:37, Matthew Daubney m...@daubers.co.uk wrote:
On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 07:10 +0100, alan c wrote:
or nearly that,
Further to the other replies...
I've had a look through the KS3 and the KS4 curricula and, in my
opinion, there's nothing in there that is necessarily bad. So if it
isn't the subject itself that's turning people away, perhaps it is the
people who teach it.
In my experience, all too often a
** Matt Sturdy matt.stu...@gmail.com [2010-08-26 09:50]:
On 26 August 2010 09:37, Matthew Daubney m...@daubers.co.uk wrote:
snip
My experience of GCSE IT was that it was This is Microsoft Word, write
a 2 page document including a table, a graphic and a footnote. which is
_not_ what IT
As a student in Scotland currently studying Computing, I can safely
say that computing is well subscribed to up here. However, for
personally there are some turn offs. When I am older I would like to
be a programmer, but we are taught visual basic. I realise that it is
an easy language but I want
apparently A lever IT is better, I'll find out in a year
On 26 August 2010 12:48, Paul Tansom p...@aptanet.com wrote:
** Matt Sturdy matt.stu...@gmail.com [2010-08-26 09:50]:
On 26 August 2010 09:37, Matthew Daubney m...@daubers.co.uk wrote:
snip
My experience of GCSE IT was that it was
Dianne
Your real experiences may be key to the Royal Society's investigation,
I do hope you can seriously consider contributing. if nothing else,
almost a straight copy and paste of what you are saying here is
information which paints a valuable picture to them. And they may be
getting very
On 26/08/10 07:10, alan c wrote:
or nearly that, anyway.
Article:
Royal Society opens inquiry into why kids hate tech
Lessons that is, not games, mobiles, Facebook:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/25/royal_society_schools_computing/
'exam results have shown computing subjects are
On 26 August 2010 18:33, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote:
On 26/08/10 07:10, alan c wrote:
or nearly that, anyway.
Article:
Royal Society opens inquiry into why kids hate tech
Lessons that is, not games, mobiles, Facebook:
On 26/08/2010 19:25, Kris Douglas wrote:
but said because of the computer contract with Research Machines,
My wife works for the largest Educational Publisher in the world and RM
is a TOTAL NIGHTMARE. They dictate to schools what software they can or
can't use - any software has to be
On 26 August 2010 22:24, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote:
On 26/08/2010 19:25, Kris Douglas wrote:
but said because of the computer contract with Research Machines,
My wife works for the largest Educational Publisher in the world and RM
is a TOTAL NIGHTMARE. They dictate to
On 26/08/2010 22:27, Kris Douglas wrote:
On 26 August 2010 22:24, Gordon Burgess-Parkergbpli...@gmail.com wrote:
On 26/08/2010 19:25, Kris Douglas wrote:
but said because of the computer contract with Research Machines,
My wife works for the largest Educational Publisher in the world and
when I was in primary school I made plans to send a large bomb to RM
On 26 August 2010 22:31, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote:
On 26/08/2010 22:27, Kris Douglas wrote:
On 26 August 2010 22:24, Gordon Burgess-Parkergbpli...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 26/08/2010 19:25, Kris
On 26/08/2010 22:45, Jacob Mansfield wrote:
when I was in primary school I made plans to send a large bomb to RM
Pity you didn't do it - I'm sure that schools IT would be in a FAR
better state if you had!
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On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:31:35 +0100
Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
On 26/08/2010 22:27, Kris Douglas wrote:
On 26 August 2010 22:24, Gordon Burgess-Parkergbpli...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 26/08/2010 19:25, Kris Douglas wrote:
but said because of the computer contract with Research Machines,
I still could, I just need to run
sudo apt-get nitroglycerine
sudo apt-get install timer
tar bomb package
sendmail bomb b...@rm.shithead.iddiot from s...@google.xxx
can't wait for
it---^^^
On 26 August 2010 22:55, Grant Sewell
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