I don't understand why people have got to blast everything on slashdot. I'm 19, and I'm willing to admit that I still play with Lego sometimes. I've been playing wince I was 4. Lego helped me look at stuff in different ways, and think about plot, and different worlds. My interest in engineering had it's roots in Lego when I'd figure out complicated stuff to build, and then build it. The feeling of finally finishing a complicated Lego project is the same as Finally getting a real complex piece of code to compile without errors.
Mindstorms are just the next step. I wish I had them when I was a kid, to be able to actually control what my Lego would do througha computer... WOW! Sure it's kinda crappy, and maybe lame right now, but all cool stuff evolves, it just doesn't come into being. In another 10 yrs these will be the forefathers of all the cool toys that we'll be too old to play with. Wouldn't your grandfather have loved all the toys you played with?
I don't understand how this could stop identity theft anyway. Hackers have been able to break into almost any system. They'll definetly break into this identity DNA database too. Also, why does the government need to know this information? It's just another step towards all of us becoming drones whose every facet of life is controlled by big brother.
I don't know why so many people are ragging on Napster. A lot of people use it, and it's helped all of us at College find new stuff to listen to. Those pricks in suits need to find a life.
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I don't understand why people have got to blast everything on slashdot. I'm 19, and I'm willing to admit that I still play with Lego sometimes. I've been playing wince I was 4. Lego helped me look at stuff in different ways, and think about plot, and different worlds. My interest in engineering had it's roots in Lego when I'd figure out complicated stuff to build, and then build it. The feeling of finally finishing a complicated Lego project is the same as Finally getting a real complex piece of code to compile without errors.
Mindstorms are just the next step. I wish I had them when I was a kid, to be able to actually control what my Lego would do througha computer... WOW! Sure it's kinda crappy, and maybe lame right now, but all cool stuff evolves, it just doesn't come into being. In another 10 yrs these will be the forefathers of all the cool toys that we'll be too old to play with. Wouldn't your grandfather have loved all the toys you played with?
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I don't understand how this could stop identity theft anyway. Hackers have been able to break into almost any system. They'll definetly break into this identity DNA database too. Also, why does the government need to know this information? It's just another step towards all of us becoming drones whose every facet of life is controlled by big brother.
I don't know why so many people are ragging on Napster. A lot of people use it, and it's helped all of us at College find new stuff to listen to. Those pricks in suits need to find a life.