I would say this is pretty good for somebody still in school. A lot of maintaining a *nix server is reading sometimes cryptic documentation and then editing even more cryptic configuration files. Instead of setting up an online game it's web servers, databases, and email systems. People who read documentation and then independently take on applying what they've read without getting frustrated or scared are a pretty rare find.
Now if you came home and he was writing custom maps and game mods - that would be something to really brag about. Adam. >I am not a fan of first person shooter games (I can hear you all out there >going naaawww...you're kidding... really?) :) I do have a question about >Tribes that someone here may be able to answer. > >My son is an avid Tribes player. I think I have mentioned here before that >I homeschool. I need to have a chat with someone about his academics >tomorrow as I am thinking, if he is willing to get serious about his math, >that he would be best off just writing SATs and/or a GED and enrolling in a >computer science curriculum, which seems to be where he wants to go. The >thing is the school system here apparently requires some sort of permit to >graduate early (which I think is really dumb) and I am liable to need some >professionals backing me to get it. Thus the conversation tomorrow. > >On to the tribes question. He has taken to modifying the configuration >files, and I would like an idea how impressed I should be by this. Is this >common practice, or something he would find a cookbook for on one of the >gamer sites? In other words, is he just good at following instructions or >is he actually reading code? What is Tribes written in anyway? >Anyone know? I had assumed he was working through some sort of UI but what >he was looking at earlier looked java-ish. I don't want to embarass myself >by citing this tomorrow if it's something pretty easy to do and I just >don't know it cause I don't play the thing. If that's the case I will just >stick to the hardware skills when I brag about his computer knowledge <g> > >Thanks for any answers, >Dana >-- >Mr Jones and me >We're stumbling through the barrio.... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
