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- Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:02 pm
- Forum: Other projects
- Topic: Datalogging; RPi as a datalogger?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7946
Re: Datalogging; RPi as a datalogger?
<t>You would need:<br/> <br/> <br/> A RPi that booted to some sort of datalogger program.<br/> A datalogger program. Any language is suitable including, but by no means limited to, Python or a bash script.<br/> Some I/O with the drivers to read it. That probably means the gertboard or similar.<br/> ...
- Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:14 am
- Forum: Staffroom, classroom and projects
- Topic: RasPi as a basic school desktop replacement
- Replies: 104
- Views: 35834
Re: RasPi as a basic school desktop replacement
<t>wittzi said: <br/> <br/> To be effective in the workplace (not necessarily IT), you need to be proficient with Microsoft products.<br/> mightygoose said: <br/> <br/> I actually learnt more at primary school, playing with LOGO and helping the teachers assemble the schools first network circa 97-9...
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:54 pm
- Forum: Staffroom, classroom and projects
- Topic: Raspberry Pi For Education User Guide
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2276
Re: Raspberry Pi For Education User Guide
I believe Computing At School are the people writing the manual. That link will get you to the page about joining them.
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:19 pm
- Forum: General programming discussion
- Topic: Best first language choice
- Replies: 140
- Views: 39193
Re: Best first language choice
<t>Tom Cole said: <br/> <br/> In most houses you have a family laptop - which everyone has to use and it cannot under any circumstances be tampered with! Windows is of course pretty easily broken and difficult often to fix without losing something. <br/> In actual fact this is entirely incorrect. It...
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:18 pm
- Forum: General programming discussion
- Topic: Best first language choice
- Replies: 140
- Views: 39193
Re: Best first language choice
Double-post
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:53 pm
- Forum: General programming discussion
- Topic: Best first language choice
- Replies: 140
- Views: 39193
Re: Best first language choice
<t>I wont go over the ground covered by andyl, but this link to Python success stories might underline it. Python is not a toy language.<br/> <br/> sonickev said: <br/> <br/> My personal suggestion would be to restrict programming to those languages that are compiled rather than interpreted, but tha...
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:23 pm
- Forum: General programming discussion
- Topic: Best first language choice
- Replies: 140
- Views: 39193
Re: Best first language choice
<t>JohnoFon said: <br/> <br/> <br/> rurwin said: <br/> <br/> <br/> I would also characterise the arguments over OOP as being over and won. Maybe the fight now is between richly typed languages and older languages with framework-provided rich types.<br/> <br/> <br/> Can you explain that, please?<br/>...
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:54 pm
- Forum: Other projects
- Topic: Control and communication via internet
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7235
Re: Control and communication via internet
The standard Python library includes three HTTP server implementations, one of which allows CGI scripts to be used.
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:42 pm
- Forum: General programming discussion
- Topic: Best first language choice
- Replies: 140
- Views: 39193
Re: Best first language choice
<t>I would be disappointed if you were flamed.<br/> <br/> This thread is primarily aimed at suggesting a first language for the original poster, who I assume is an adult. That is subtly different than choosing a first language for a child, or choosing the best language for a particular job.<br/> <br...
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:40 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: STICKY: Introduce yourself!
- Replies: 3888
- Views: 302341
Re: Introduce yourself!
<t>I first started programming back in 1974. The computer was a mini-computer at the Birmingham education authority and we connected to it with a telephone and an acoustic-coupler. You dialled the number and when you heard the modem tones you quickly jammed the handset into the rubber cups on the ac...
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:06 pm
- Forum: Off topic discussion
- Topic: ICT to be scrapped
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5488
Re: ICT to be scrapped
<t>If there are any teachers in Leicester, or willing to commute there or work online, that want to be able to teach programming but feel themselves under- or non-qualified, I will teach them everything they need to know before these changes come in, free of charge. It would be either distance learn...
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:32 am
- Forum: Off topic discussion
- Topic: Lord of the Pi
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1306
Re: Lord of the Pi
<t>The "How many do you invision purchasing?" thread reminded me of this little rhyme that is in desperate need of being brought up-to-date.<br/> <br/> Nine megs for the secretaries fair,<br/> Seven megs for the hackers scarce,<br/> Five megs for the grads in smoky lairs,<br/> Three megs for system ...
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:15 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: How many do you invision purchasing?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 13646
Re: How many do you invision purchasing?
Probably two or three ultimately, but as someone said above, one at a time.
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:21 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: ICT to be scrapped for programming
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5323
Re: ICT to be scrapped for programming
<t>The only problem I can see with it is that the article on the Radio 4 news at 8am stated that they would be consulting Microsoft and Google on the way forward. We must not allow Microsoft, or Google, or any others, to hijack this.<br/> <br/> I hope the Raspberry Pi foundation are hammering on the...
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:53 am
- Forum: General programming discussion
- Topic: Best first language choice
- Replies: 140
- Views: 39193
Re: Best first language choice
<t>I started programing in (Dartmouth) BASIC on a 110 baud teletype in 1974, learned some assembler like MIX, then went to University and learned Pascal. Out in the real world I taught myself C from the manual and real assembler by dint of hard work. One day I happened to mention in an interview tha...
- Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:30 pm
- Forum: Other projects
- Topic: Raspberrypi case
- Replies: 31
- Views: 23583
Re: Raspberrypi case
<t>london_bug said: <br/> <br/> <br/> Found my case over christmas ...and i enjoyed the chocolates <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Firstly, be very careful if you are cutting holes; it will crack very easily.<br/> <br/> Secondly, do not paint the outside. Start by painting or otherwise applying the logos, p...