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On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 09:18 +0100, Richard Huxton wrote:<BR>
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">and we had to file off the rough corners of the zeros ourselves, </FONT></TT><BR>
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Nice one >;) I'm going to have to remember to drop that one into conversation with my 16 year proto-uber geeky nephew and his mates next time I'm visiting and get into one of those greybeard "well in my day" recantations!<BR>
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Actually he's quite impressive since I introduced him to linux not much over 18 months ago - and its really taken off at his school amongst the nerd mob through him, there is hope if emulated in other schools for open/free systems if they are anything to go by there, as they will be the next generation into professional work soon. <BR>
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All it needs is one "seeding" and let the kids take it from there. I gather the county council school system is hopelessly compromised and beyond economic rescue. They've cracked everything a windows network and big filter at county HQ can throw at them, unless its adolescent boasting. But somehow I get the feeling they aren't lying too much...**<BR>
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He looong ago outstripped my limited knowledge and is kernel hacking, which I couldn't even dream of doing if I spent the next 10 years trying (if I live that long).<BR>
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** Check out Cory Doctorow's "Little Brother" - future fiction young adult book that sounds fun...
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