...is breaking them. Young kids won't find as much enjoyment with computerized construction toys as they will their real-life counterparts for a few reasons, but the primary reason is the inability to break them. I remember the sick joy I got from breaking my Lego creations and smashing my Lincoln Log houses like I was Godzilla.
Maybe I'm just sick. Who knows...but man loves to destroy. It gives us a sense of control. Until we can tap all that sick perverted pleasure with a computer program, even I won't be making anything in the imaginary world of 1's and 0's. I like to see plastic fly, woodchips soar, and smell the spoils of my personal, private wars.
Give me a magnifying glass, some army men, Lego's, and some beer and I'll have a jolly good time!
Your flame is so childish I'm not going to even reply to it....oh, wait a second...damn. I guess I did.
Now that you got me talking, I may as well go ahead and burst your bubble. Mac's are not the best systems in the world. Windows PC's are not the best in the world. And...here it comes...*nix systems are not the best in the world. In summary, there is no "One True System" that trumps all the others.
People like to say that they have the best of something. The best car...the best console system...the best box...the best whatever. The truth is that your definition of "the best" is not my defninition nor is it most likley anyone elses definition. This argument is so old it is not even interesting anymore. Take the old console argument, for example. People fight over which console is the best and some even refuse to buy competing consoles. Everybody's either heard it or participated in it, I'm sure.
People spend so much time defending "their system" that they never experience the other systems or they just neglect to see the perks of the other systems. Sure, everything has imperfections. But, everything has its own beauty. By being system biased, you miss out on the other systems' beauties.
Our human nature says "be the best". Darwin said "survival of the fittest", therefore implying that the "best" will prevail. Sometimes you have to put aside all that competition crappola and see the innate beauty in things. I like Windows because I like games. I like Mac's because of their attitude and photo/video editing support. I like GNU/Linux because of the GPL and the fact that for a couple bucks I can get a CD off of the 'net that has so many GPL'ed programs I have a complete GNU system for $5 shipping. If I had a lot of cash, I would have all of them.
Mac's are beautiful, Wintel's are beautiful, *nix boxen are beautiful. If they could only live together in peace and harmony. Why can't we all just get along? Now I sound like a hippy...eh, a techno-hippy I am.
Thank you Lord Hugh Toppingham for giving me something to do while I am stuck at work. I consider the use of the internet and the reading/posting at Slashdot "research" for the IT dept. It's been fun.
I like to carry my own personal off switch...it's called a Desert Eagle. That way if the built-in off switch fails, I have a back-up. Those machines aren't going to be taking over my town any time soon.
Actually, I don't have a gun. But, if robots start to be integrated into our lives, I will make sure to carry one. I don't trust machines. If and when we do have robots all over the place in sensitive locations (the home, gov't buildings, schools, etc.), then we will need to make sure that we can trust the lives of our family in the hands of some metallic bucket of bolts. We have to make sure that we have "open" robots as to prevent a backdoor being built into it. Think of how bad a backdoor in a security bot in charge of your family would be. I won't trust the machines unless I can actually see any code or whatever is used to make the things run.
A message to future robot companies: Either keep your robots "open" or I'm going to keep a gun pointed at it.
...or better yet, we write NO applications with the SDK. Instead, we write a FREE SDK that lets you do whatever the hell you want with your program using whatever the hell you want to use to make it. The programmer could then close source it or open source it under one of the many licenses if you want.
Sure, I don't know anything about writing an SDK or even if we could reverse engineer MS's SDK. It's just a thought and a better idea than trying to start a legal war that I can't afford.
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...is breaking them. Young kids won't find as much enjoyment with computerized construction toys as they will their real-life counterparts for a few reasons, but the primary reason is the inability to break them. I remember the sick joy I got from breaking my Lego creations and smashing my Lincoln Log houses like I was Godzilla.
Maybe I'm just sick. Who knows...but man loves to destroy. It gives us a sense of control. Until we can tap all that sick perverted pleasure with a computer program, even I won't be making anything in the imaginary world of 1's and 0's. I like to see plastic fly, woodchips soar, and smell the spoils of my personal, private wars.
Give me a magnifying glass, some army men, Lego's, and some beer and I'll have a jolly good time!
Now that you got me talking, I may as well go ahead and burst your bubble. Mac's are not the best systems in the world. Windows PC's are not the best in the world. And...here it comes...*nix systems are not the best in the world. In summary, there is no "One True System" that trumps all the others.
People like to say that they have the best of something. The best car...the best console system...the best box...the best whatever. The truth is that your definition of "the best" is not my defninition nor is it most likley anyone elses definition. This argument is so old it is not even interesting anymore. Take the old console argument, for example. People fight over which console is the best and some even refuse to buy competing consoles. Everybody's either heard it or participated in it, I'm sure.
People spend so much time defending "their system" that they never experience the other systems or they just neglect to see the perks of the other systems. Sure, everything has imperfections. But, everything has its own beauty. By being system biased, you miss out on the other systems' beauties.
Our human nature says "be the best". Darwin said "survival of the fittest", therefore implying that the "best" will prevail. Sometimes you have to put aside all that competition crappola and see the innate beauty in things. I like Windows because I like games. I like Mac's because of their attitude and photo/video editing support. I like GNU/Linux because of the GPL and the fact that for a couple bucks I can get a CD off of the 'net that has so many GPL'ed programs I have a complete GNU system for $5 shipping. If I had a lot of cash, I would have all of them.
Mac's are beautiful, Wintel's are beautiful, *nix boxen are beautiful. If they could only live together in peace and harmony. Why can't we all just get along? Now I sound like a hippy...eh, a techno-hippy I am.
Thank you Lord Hugh Toppingham for giving me something to do while I am stuck at work. I consider the use of the internet and the reading/posting at Slashdot "research" for the IT dept. It's been fun.
I don't know...I thought he was a robot and now he doesn't "function" properly anymore...
Are YOU a robot, too?
I like to carry my own personal off switch...it's called a Desert Eagle. That way if the built-in off switch fails, I have a back-up. Those machines aren't going to be taking over my town any time soon.
Actually, I don't have a gun. But, if robots start to be integrated into our lives, I will make sure to carry one. I don't trust machines. If and when we do have robots all over the place in sensitive locations (the home, gov't buildings, schools, etc.), then we will need to make sure that we can trust the lives of our family in the hands of some metallic bucket of bolts. We have to make sure that we have "open" robots as to prevent a backdoor being built into it. Think of how bad a backdoor in a security bot in charge of your family would be. I won't trust the machines unless I can actually see any code or whatever is used to make the things run.
A message to future robot companies: Either keep your robots "open" or I'm going to keep a gun pointed at it.
...or better yet, we write NO applications with the SDK. Instead, we write a FREE SDK that lets you do whatever the hell you want with your program using whatever the hell you want to use to make it. The programmer could then close source it or open source it under one of the many licenses if you want.
Sure, I don't know anything about writing an SDK or even if we could reverse engineer MS's SDK. It's just a thought and a better idea than trying to start a legal war that I can't afford.
Call me a pansy if you must.