Post #4

Now, this chapter I actually found a little interesting. I thought it might be a little pointless to describe the whole binary coding process in the beginning, but at least I was amused. This also goes a long way towards letting people know what is in their computers, although most of the parts look a bit ancient in the scheme of things. It was also interesting seeing them describe how certain parts function, which isn't really a necessary skill for most educators (unless you're a tech. teacher). However, I found it amusing again. Some of the port descriptions were a bit misleading, in my opinion, and most of the input device descriptions were brainless or not useful (joystick and wheel/pedal - what teacher needs that?). Most of the hardware descriptions were alright, and I can't really pick those apart too much.

Eh, I didn't really learn anything that I know of from any of this. I browse websites and see more computer hardware/peripherals/software than could be included in any book. I knew how the things they described worked already, so there wasn't much in those for me either. If anything, it was just amusing to see binary and hardware interfaces mentioned.

I think I said most of everything that I needed to on my last post. Vegas will be fun, as will the Grand Canyon. I've never been that far west before (I think the farthest west I've been was up in Wisconsin). I don't remember if I've mentioned this before, but I'm building a new desktop. It's slow moving, as I don't make that much money working a minimum wage job. It'll be nice when I'm finished with it though, and I'll be happy.