Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!selfless.tophat.at!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.037 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.93; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.04; 'ok.': 0.04; 'ubuntu': 0.04; 'admins': 0.07; 'python': 0.08; 'run.': 0.09; 'wrote:': 0.14; 'subject:python': 0.14; '[that': 0.16; 'blender': 0.16; 'crib': 0.16; 'looked': 0.16; 'cc:addr:python- list': 0.17; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.21; 'cc:2**0': 0.22; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.23; 'windows': 0.26; 'instead': 0.29; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.30; 'sort': 0.31; 'operations': 0.33; 'question': 0.34; 'received:209.85.212': 0.34; 'kids': 0.34; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.35; 'curious': 0.35; 'message- id:@gmail.com': 0.36; 'subject:/': 0.36; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'received:209.85': 0.37; 'put': 0.37; 'but': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'called': 0.39; 'received:209': 0.39; 'basic': 0.40; 'school': 0.61; 'john': 0.62; 'virus': 0.63; 'waste': 0.65; 'world.': 0.65; 'here': 0.66; 'secondary': 0.73; 'age': 0.84; 'omission': 0.84; 'received:209.85.212.178': 0.91; 'received:mail-px0-f178.google.com': 0.91; 'safety,': 0.93; 'schools': 0.93 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=BAiCWvlqhMR5/paas2Y6BP6hz8OnBnBt6hmadlS9NHo=; b=OEivBpmUMaaU59P9G2Ev5TngwpIK4xlJG4kH4g2tmYvNzG9/SVuW1ebzNQx7k+90tJ 7cM4HwdNP7XpSvQsQMae/Bof5+1bDVKqrPVG+iQ1vd0bPfbhs1vKeDXmIL9ojdanC8n5 Uaw2VQ0GAD8TVnp2qbwcFKJ+bZYmWIvzdT6SA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ZXphbQnBnpvudlFbZxXFcau0veFuClHlq8undkQ200SKHut+3IuBGyLr+oG2PgA76O gi0XpO7wHsK/H0JHB3w1rjYqOreGUfbtwPFoQN/n/argQ/7bqFAq7cCXsOOk8siBOFmT 878heog3znhOuOMfa/pjvXkLvNnmb0Hg0MZmM= Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 16:39:01 +0530 From: hackingKK User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110424 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Thornton Subject: Re: python in school notebooks/laptops References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1306753758 news.xs4all.nl 49048 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:34866 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:6652 On 30/05/11 15:45, John Thornton wrote: > Hello > Is it a waste of time to try to get school admins to put > python in their school laptops? > > OK. Here's the crib for the rest[!] of the world. Here in > Australia most secondary schools [that is kids from age approx 12-18] > have some sort of netbook/laptop program. I have looked at a few > schools and they put visual basic in but not python. [unless of > course it's a mac where python may already be in it] . This is a > curious omission when Blender needs python to run. Even better, try convincing them to use Ubuntu instead of a virus called Where I Never Do Operations With Safety, or WINDOWS for short. That way Python will come by default and VB will be out of question Happy hacking. Krishnakant.