Re: [Tutor] Seattle PyCamp 2011

2011-06-19 Thread Alan Gauld
"Noah Hall" wrote Well, if you decide that in this day and age that asking whether someone knows how to use a browser to download files, or if someone knows how to install a program, This is not out of place. I have experienced it myself with users of my web tutorial. I have had several

Re: [Tutor] Seattle PyCamp 2011

2011-06-19 Thread Chris Calloway
On 6/19/2011 3:53 PM, Noah Hall wrote: 1984 was not to be taken literally, of course. ;) Well, if you decide that in this day and age that asking whether someone knows how to use a browser to download files, or if someone knows how to install a program, then that's entirely up to you. I am mere

Re: [Tutor] Seattle PyCamp 2011

2011-06-19 Thread Noah Hall
> 1984 was not to be taken literally, of course. ;) > > > Well, if you decide that in this day and age that asking whether > someone knows how to use a browser to download files, or if someone > knows how to install a program, then that's entirely up to you. I am > merely in disbelief that you coul

Re: [Tutor] Seattle PyCamp 2011

2011-06-19 Thread Noah Hall
On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Chris Calloway wrote: > On 6/17/2011 11:03 PM, Noah Hall wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 2:15 AM, Steven D'Aprano >>  wrote: >>> >>> Noah Hall wrote: >>> Just a note, but are these questions jokes? > Know how to use a text editor (not a word proc

Re: [Tutor] Seattle PyCamp 2011

2011-06-19 Thread Chris Calloway
On 6/17/2011 11:03 PM, Noah Hall wrote: On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 2:15 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: Noah Hall wrote: Just a note, but are these questions jokes? Know how to use a text editor (not a word processor, but a text editor)? Know how to use a browser to download a file? Know how to run

Re: [Tutor] Seattle PyCamp 2011

2011-06-17 Thread Noah Hall
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 2:15 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Noah Hall wrote: > >> Just a note, but are these questions jokes? >> >>> Know how to use a text editor (not a word processor, but a text editor)? >>> Know how to use a browser to download a file? >>> Know how to run a program installer? >>

Re: [Tutor] Seattle PyCamp 2011

2011-06-17 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Noah Hall wrote: Just a note, but are these questions jokes? Know how to use a text editor (not a word processor, but a text editor)? Know how to use a browser to download a file? Know how to run a program installer? If not, then I'd consider removing them. This isn't 1984. I think the que

Re: [Tutor] Seattle PyCamp 2011

2011-06-17 Thread Noah Hall
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Chris Calloway wrote: > University of Washington Marketing and the Seattle Plone Gathering host the > inaugural Seattle PyCamp 2011 at The Paul G. Allen Center for Computer > Science & Engineering on Monday, August 29 through Friday, September 2, > 2011. > > Regis

[Tutor] Seattle PyCamp 2011

2011-06-17 Thread Chris Calloway
University of Washington Marketing and the Seattle Plone Gathering host the inaugural Seattle PyCamp 2011 at The Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering on Monday, August 29 through Friday, September 2, 2011. Register today at http://trizpug.org/boot-camp/seapy11/ For beginner