Hi,
Gary Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com> said:
> Tony Duell wrote:
> >
> > > You basically hit at the heart of the matter. The reality is that US
> > > society on the whole does not do hacking at a hardware level anymore
> > > (which I suspect is the case in other parts of the world) and Radio Shack <snip>
> >
> It used to be that we encouraged people to learn and do.
> >
>
> > > Now we encourage people to buy and expend.
>
> >
> > Any suggestions as to how these trends can be reversed?
> >
> Thanks Tony . . . . The last big electronics boom started with WWII
> surplus and a gentleman named Howard Anthony who started manufacturing
> kits. Even simple things can still be built, and from those beginnings
> we can hatch a new generation of hardware hackers/builders.
At least here in the UK some people are making a positive effort to
encourage youngsters to build radio equipment from scratch or from kits,
we have a number of kit suppliers. No-one seems to be doing much on the
digital front though. Schools could do more, I think, because if you
don't get someone interested by the time they're thirteen or so, you
never will.
--
Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
Received on Sun Jun 09 2002 - 03:25:25 BST