Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #05080
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Robert McIntosh robmc@acay.com.au
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 08:53:06 +1000
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Something funny with the 1382 voltage triggers?
I agree wholeheartedly. You're left wondering how you can get in to The
Knowledge when you just want to get going.
Rob
Steven Bolt wrote:
> Which present BEAM makes harder than necessary.
>
> > I do wonder if it really matters in the end. If a newbie
> > wishes to learn "proper use" they will. If they just want to
> > build something cool without knowing what's going on inside, they
> > will. Perhaps, just getting them interested is the real hurtle.
> > And BEAM puts them over that one quite well. There are many
> > online who I have seen start out with asking "which way does a
> > resistor go in" who are now discussing advanced neural nets. Not
> > many, but they are there.
>
> It seems to me that fewer would turn away in frustration, and more
> would learn to really enjoy mechatronics if BEAM would put them not
> so much in the dark to begin with.
>
> Best,
>
> Steve
>
>
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