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Thursday, September 14, 2006 12:00 AM

Why Johnny can't code

BASIC used to be on every computer a child touched -- but today there's no easy way for kids to get hooked on programming.

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  • Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:00 PM

    Another idea

    How about just giving him one of those Diebold machines? I hear they are pretty easy to reprogram.

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