What 'Network Games' Could Have Looked Like

An anonymous reader writes "A game for children modified for geeks: The austrian art (or something like that) group monochrom has made the worlds probably first massive multiplayer thumbwrestling performance in the viennese Museumsquartier. They've got some photos and explanation of several network structures (even includes a Death Star Reactor - i wonder how many things like that could be done - new kind of simple origami?). A network game in the 50s? Beware: requires real social interaction!"

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enter the matrix

[Anonymous Coward]

A teenage boy was sentenced in a British court on Friday for assuming false personas in an Internet chat room in order to induce an online friend to try to kill him. The boy who was convicted, 14 at the time of the events in question, fooled his friend, then 15, with an "elaborate matrix" of fictional identities, including that of a spy, in the chat room, the court was told.

Acting on the "spy's" orders, the older boy tried to kill the younger one, stabbing him in the chest and stomach in June of last year, leaving wounds that required hospitalization.

The court, which identified the older boy only as "Boy A" and the younger one as "Boy B," sentenced them both on Friday.

Boy A, who had pleaded guilty to attempted murder, was sentenced to two years of supervision to be overseen by probation officers, police and social workers.

Boy B, who had pleaded guilty to obstructing the course of justice and incitement to murder, was given three years of supervision, was barred from chat rooms and was told he could only have access to Internet under adult supervision.

"It's staggering to be dealing with a case that arises out of a boy's invention of false personalities, false relationships and events arranged for his own killing at the hands of a boy who he had met via an Internet chat room," Judge David Maddison said while sentencing the teens in Manchester Crown Court.

Belinda Sproston, an Internet expert, said the case showed how confused children can become in conversations on Internet chat rooms about the difference between fantasy and reality.

According to testimony, Boy B persuaded the older boy to carry out the attack by pretending to be a middle-age female spy who would reward him with sex and money and help him become a spy himself.

Detective Chief Inspector Julian Ross, who led the investigation for the Manchester police, said he believed that Boy B had launched the scam in an effort to commit suicide.

dexterity required

[acceber]

Looking at those pictures, being ambidextrous would be a huge advantage. The average person would be predominantly right or left handed and would probably end up being caught "out" much quicker than somebody who could use both hands with equal ease.

But then, the average person wouldn't be playing massive multiplayer thumbwrestling.
And true ambidexterity is rare.

Re:dexterity required

[CGP314]

And true ambidexterity is rare.

Well, this is something I wonder about and hope that a more qualified person on slashdot could provide an answer to. Is there any such thing as a naturally ambidextrous or left/right handed person? I'm asking because so many of the things people do with their hand are practiced skills. For example I'm right handed and thus have always shaved with my right hand. But if I were to try and shave using my left hand would my left-handed shaving be any better than the first time I tried to shave with my right hand?

I'm just curious because I have an Aunt who says she's ambidextrous, but I think it's because when she learns something new, she makes an effort to learn it with both hands. IE, when she learned to play tennis, she switched hands every few hits. Also, for my [shameless plug] London Journal[/shameless plug] I usually write the entries out long hand first. But after a few pages my right hand gets tired. Because I didn't want to stop, I decided to learn to write with my left hand as well so I could alternate hands on each page.

I just wonder if handedness is the result of the fact than it takes less energy and effort to make one one hand a specialist that is required to make two.

did that top pic make anyone else think...

[JeremyALogan]

Third-Reich Thumb Wrestling???