I credit the delay in loading a game from cassette for my early start in programming. Perhaps I was too young and impatient but it seemed more like 20 minutes or more at the time.
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:51 PM, opinali <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday, September 30, 2011 11:27:36 AM UTC-4, Ricky Clarkson wrote: >> >> Though your 8-bit machine probably had a programming language interpreter >> you could learn to program with. >> > > True, alas it was basically the _only_ thing the machine offered, unless > I'd have the patience to wait 5 minutes to load a game from cassette tape :) > > It's a bit early to worry about this, my kid just started Kindergarten, > learning to read and write... but yeah, I already ponder how to introduce a > children to programming in a few years. > > A+ > Osvaldo > > >> >> *sniff* >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device >> ------------------------------ >> *From: * opinali <[email protected]> >> *Sender: * [email protected] >> *Date: *Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:40:25 -0700 (PDT) >> *To: *<[email protected]> >> *ReplyTo: * [email protected] >> *Subject: *Re: [The Java Posse] Computing and kids >> >> On Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:16:10 AM UTC-4, Josh Berry wrote: >>> >>> I don't have any real advice to offer as my children are all < 2. I >>> am very interested in any lessons learned, though. I can say that I >>> personally think the tablets are a very promising thing for kids. >>> Computers are just too easily broken, it seems. :) >> >> >> First lesson for you, then :-) A few months ago, my then-almost-2yo >> daughter got my laptop when I was distracted for only a few minutes, and >> she... ripped off most keys from the keyboard. I could not reinsert all the >> keys because some of the tiny key hinges were broken, so I had to order a >> new keyboard. >> >> I have a 5yo boy too. I let him play in my laptop, but only a couple hours >> in the weekend. He uses Google Chrome, because the chrome store is really >> easy, he learned to use it to discover games; and also because it's a "safe" >> source of games too (many popular sites that have hundreds of flash games >> contain adult games or links to ugly stuff, so got to take care, or use some >> blocking software). But I also bought him a toy laptop that has only >> "edutainment" games. Obviously he doesn't like that as much as my laptop, >> the kid already has a taste for beefier hardware :) [and also the toy >> doesn't have games that allow him to electrocute zombies...], but he can use >> it more freely. Also the toy laptop is sturdier, and if he ever breaks it, >> it's just $20. (But very likely, has more processing power than my first >> 8-bit machine in the late 80's...) >> >> A+ >> Osvaldo >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/** >> msg/javaposse/-/05x7v_PTh5UJ<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/05x7v_PTh5UJ> >> . >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]**. >> >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/javaposse?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en>. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
