Does this look like a good curriculum?

I've been learning java for about 2 months now, and a friend recommended this series to me. They said that it was important to watch before getting to far into any language before bad habits are set in. Has anybody here also heard of and/or seen this series? Can have a look at the description of the classes and let me know if if the curriculum looks good? Thanks!

http://www.extension.harvard.edu/open-learning-initiative/introduction-computer-science

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So what I got out of this is that
1) Tons of memory/slow
2) Bad syntax (subjective, though i do agree)
3) vulnerabilities
These are all true from what i have seen, but they aren't convincing me that I should actively avoid java as a FIRST language.

Convince me that java is auto, and c is stick.

Also, does anybody want to suggest some other resources to check out? The 2 linked in >>3 look pretty good.