Posted by
ryuzaki0
on from the but-will-it-run-under-wine dept.
BHS_Turf writes "Check out Lego's version of
CAD , and give your kid everything you never had (like unlimited Lego)... or you may find that it's something cool for you to do in your spare time! "
Ah...it's appears you've confused "Legos" with "L'Eggos", the snap-together waffle breakfast. I can remember many enjoyable hours making fun toys out of these otherwise inedible breakfast treats, asking my Mom to toast just a few more so I can finish what I was building.
Or maybe it was just me.
-- "How perfectly Goddamn delightful it all is, to be sure"
Charles Crumb
But that's not where the fun of Lego is!
by
(void*)
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I hate to sound so critical. After all, this is cool. One can really let one's imagination run wild, unlimited by the physical numbers of bricks available. But all CAD software is like that.
The fun of Lego is to build, within the constraints of the number of bricks, and the constraints of physics and engineering, that cool toy you want to have! Half the fun is determining things like "What size of car can I build, since I have only x bricks?". Stuff like that. This teaches a kid mental planning. It's wonderful how such a thing can build tactile and physical experience for small kids!
Not really opposed to this, mind you. Just wondering what it is for. The kid in all of us, I guess.
Another Lego site to check out
by
Grant+Elliott
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If you want more information on CAD programs for Lego, go to lugnet They have all sorts of stuff for Lego freaks (like me). You'll probably find the CAD section informative.
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"I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy." -Richard Feynman
Or turn on frustration mode so that the kiddies have to search through 15 minutes of menus just to find the last damn bendy piece, then they find out its stuck to a little black flat piece and they have to wiggle the mouse, then bite one of the buttons for 7 minutes to get it off.
Lego should be covering my medical expenses, I estimate I lost 70% of my tooth enamel as a child trying to free that last damn bendy piece, and there's no way my kids are going to have it any other way.
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Ah...it's appears you've confused "Legos" with "L'Eggos", the snap-together waffle breakfast. I can remember many enjoyable hours making fun toys out of these otherwise inedible breakfast treats, asking my Mom to toast just a few more so I can finish what I was building.
Or maybe it was just me.
"How perfectly Goddamn delightful it all is, to be sure" Charles Crumb
The fun of Lego is to build, within the constraints of the number of bricks, and the constraints of physics and engineering, that cool toy you want to have! Half the fun is determining things like "What size of car can I build, since I have only x bricks?". Stuff like that. This teaches a kid mental planning. It's wonderful how such a thing can build tactile and physical experience for small kids!
Not really opposed to this, mind you. Just wondering what it is for. The kid in all of us, I guess.
If you want more information on CAD programs for Lego, go to lugnet They have all sorts of stuff for Lego freaks (like me). You'll probably find the CAD section informative.
"I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy." -Richard Feynman
This might be a good time to mention LeoCAD, a similar program which has a Linux version.
Or turn on frustration mode so that the kiddies have to search through 15 minutes of menus just to find the last damn bendy piece, then they find out its stuck to a little black flat piece and they have to wiggle the mouse, then bite one of the buttons for 7 minutes to get it off.
Lego should be covering my medical expenses, I estimate I lost 70% of my tooth enamel as a child trying to free that last damn bendy piece, and there's no way my kids are going to have it any other way.
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