> I never really got into some of his books but Snow Crash and Diamond Age
> are a must read. As for the girls training, it works for her as
> she's young
> and has no pre-conceived notions of programming. If I wanted to
> follow the
> same path and logic I'd probably fail as I'd have to unlearn
> things. On the
> other hand, if someone wrote up a 'learn programming' game in that vein,
> I'd buy it for my kids in a heartbeat.
Actually, and I could be wrong, I don't remember it as being just code
learning, it was more a "life skills" type thing. Ok, for those who plan on
reading the book, please ignore the rest:
>From what I remember, the technology was this - a book that was really a VR
unit. It was partial AI + real people. Ie, when the girl used the book, she
was actually in contact with a real person. I guess in the fictional world
in the book AI wasn't really strong enough yet. The girl in question was
dirt poor, couldn't read, couldn't do much of anything but watch TV. The
book/ai/person system basically adapted to her and began teaching her...
well, everything. If I remember correctly it even taught her self defense.
What was _very_ cool was that everything was done in a fantasy/rpg type
context. It wasn't obvious at first to the reader, but once you caught on,
it made sense.
Ray Camden
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