OT: Sci-fi (was RE: Ultra-portable terminals)

[John Esak]

> On the other hand, the ability to know how to find such information
> is equally (if not more) important.  You can't know everything, but
> if you know how to look it up...

Einstein said he never bothered to remember anything he could look up. He is
my hero.

>
> In high school, math/science/etc all used "closed book" tests.  In
> college, they all used "open book" tests.  It wasn't important to
> memorize formulas.  As long as you know which formula to use, and
> how to use it, it didn't matter if you memorized it or looked it
> up in the book.
>
> > Why are we not teaching basic computer skills, and programming
> > to kids immediately after they learn how to read?
>
> "We" as a society, or "we" as in "the people here on the filePro
> mailing list", or "we" as in "Laura and I", because Laura and I
> are certainly doing our part.

Always using the proverbial "we".


> We tought Alex about negative numbers before he was in Kindergarten.

And who taught him spelling? :-)

John