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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At 18:42 08/02/04, you wrote:
Being competent in basics like an editor
Why? What need has the average user of skills in an editor?
and ... what were my other examples, are for everybody. That's if you want everyone to competently do tasks on a computer. These skills are the 21st century extension of reading and writing.
Your original comment was <quote> I wish there was a course at primary school that teaches proper basics. Like putting them on a proper editor at a young age. Getting them familiar with CVS. Filing bug reports. Sending patches. Applying patches. </quote> I cannot see how the majority of computer users need to know anything of CVS, bug reports, sending patches - but especially at a young age. Such things do need teaching but at an appropriate age to an interested audience. That is, the 10% - 20% of the school population who will actually get their hands dirty with computers rather than using it a games machine, expensive typewriter, web browser and porn search engine. Mike Callaghan Newquay, Cornwall GPG Fingerprint: 52C0 1F95 EAF0 3736 D8E0 5F59 E214 5779 8D86 B65E -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 iQA/AwUBQCaacuIUV3mNhrZeEQLCTQCg3DbZHJAwtIlHUzwvMeIf/0O49yMAn11y uWtlmCb6hFtT0/+jPJHUdict =CI47 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.