Scratch

BirdByte wrote:

At least you know Python

I don't.

BirdByte wrote:

Hardmath123 wrote:

BirdByte wrote:

At least you know Python

I don't.

You're a genius anyway, it shouldn't be that hard to learn. I've been told it's a great first programming language because it's one of the easiest.

Thanks. I suppose that helps. I have been working with it for a couple of hours; it's not hard. Just annoying with all the whitespace and colons and lack of brackets and weird class declarations.

I did. They gave me a huge "You can do it, we can't help" smile. It was mildly encouraging.

Use PHP instead 

Hardmath123 wrote:

Firedrake969 wrote:

Hardmath123 wrote:

I did. They gave me a huge "You can do it, we can't help" smile. It was mildly encouraging.

Hmmm.... what languages DO you know?

JS/HTML/CSS, survival Squeak, survival Python, Scratch ( ), Objective-C, Scheme.

What languages do you need to know for the event?

Hardmath123 wrote:

Firedrake969 wrote:

Hardmath123 wrote:

JS/HTML/CSS, survival Squeak, survival Python, Scratch ( ), Objective-C, Scheme.

What languages do you need to know for the event?

Dunno. Probably some Windows hacking language, Unix commands, and Python.

What's the difference between Python and Survival Python?

As far as assembling a computer (I assume you won't make actual CPUs) you should figure out the parts of a computer, and basically just use common sense. For example, there should be a big cable (thin, but wide) that has a bunch of connectors on it. You'll see that it fits in with a slot in the motherboard and a slot in the hard drive, those obviously go together. The basic components are going to be the GPU, CPU, Motherboard, RAM, PSU (Power Supply Unit), HDD, and if you are installing Linux I assume you will have a CD/DVD drive. Download Debian or something and practice installing it in a Virtual Machine, and while you are waiting for it to install, practice some Python. If you search, I'm going through MIT's Open Courseware lesson on Python. Are you sure it's in Python, though? I'd think that a social networking site would be more like PHP. As far as a replication virus goes, basically it just copies itself and spawns more instances of itself, taking up RAM, CPU usage, and HDD space until something ends up crashing.

Cozyhut3 wrote:

Hardmath123 wrote:

I did. They gave me a huge "You can do it, we can't help" smile. It was mildly encouraging.

Atta boy.    But there's NOTHING you can do to get out? You can't just drop out?

Find the sickest person you can
Use their toothbrush or something
???
Profit ??

Cozyhut3 wrote:

Hardmath123 wrote:

I did. They gave me a huge "You can do it, we can't help" smile. It was mildly encouraging.

Atta boy.    But there's NOTHING you can do to get out? You can't just drop out?

I wanna go. I went for it last year in the junior category, and won.

16Skittles wrote:

Cozyhut3 wrote:

Hardmath123 wrote:

I did. They gave me a huge "You can do it, we can't help" smile. It was mildly encouraging.

Atta boy.    But there's NOTHING you can do to get out? You can't just drop out?

Find the sickest person you can
Use their toothbrush or something
???
Profit ??

Actually, no, no one would profit from that ;_;

luiysia wrote:

My suggestion would be to use the way I passed gym - learn a tiny bit, then make a lot of meaningless gestures and contribute a little so it looks like you're helping.
Also, whoever told you to "Google frantically and create a deception of deep understanding whenever you have no clue what you're doing" was smart, listen to their advice.

It is good advice, that's what I do whenever I get in an issue, google until I find an answer.

Wow - sounds like a real learning experience, whatever the outcome!  Good for you.

I suggest you talk to previous participants as much as possible and get a feeling for what they found most useful during the competition - then cram on those items and hope for the best.

This seems like it would be a better fit for Making and Creating or Advanced Topics than Reading and Playing.  I'll move it to MaC for now.