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The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)
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Robert, a seventh grader, expressed his conversion to this style of programming by exclaiming: “See, all my procedures are mind-sized bites.” Robert amplified the metaphor by comments such as: “I used to get mixed up by my programs. Now I don’t bite off more than I can chew.” He had met a powerful idea: It is possible to build a large intellectual
... See moreSeymour A Papert • Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas
Celia was present while the plans were being examined, and observed Sir James’s illusion. ‘He thinks that Dodo cares about him, and she only cares about her plans. Yet I am not certain that she would refuse him if she thought he would let her manage everything and carry out all her notions. And how very uncomfortable Sir James would be! I cannot be
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Great Expectations (Wisehouse Classics - with the original Illustrations by John McLenan 1860)
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