On Friday 24 June 2005 08:22, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
Most of the guys who propagate this 'learn on your own' crap are guys who have 3-5 years of formal education in computers, on which basis they are now capable, to a certain extent, of learning on their own. incidently, on a personal note heard tell you were going for german classes - how come you didnt learn german on your own (I did).
And 3~5 yrs it does take to learn - in or outside a formal institution. The difference is that inside you will view the world thru the prof's blinkers - and most of those are very colored. IMO learning outside is far better, inspite of the hurdles and occassional hot reception to (ahem) dumb questions.
I would suggest that unhelpful replies like this be avoided. If a guy asks for info about courses available, either give the info or refrain from adding to the noise on the list.
The op's (non) question itself shows that the person has probably never even installed linux on his machine leave alone written a line of code for anything at all. It his duty to first aquaint himself with the basics before diving into the deep end. And besides the hot answers there were cool ones too. Kind of nice balance.
rgds jtd