Actually, I just thought about it for a bit and it was basketball, not tennis. Two rectangles moving around the screen with a bouncing square, trying to hit the fire button so that the square would hit another rectangle at the edge of the screen in just the right spot. Good stuff.
Need I really say anymore? I remember when my family got a 2600 for Christmas one year, we were I think the 2nd or 3rd family on the block so well-off.
Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Tennis I believe were the first 3 games we had, and I spent many a sick day home from school playing all of them until my hands were sore.
Happy Anniversary, Atari, you really did make growing up even more enjoyable.
Why, I thought this was one of the best scenes in the movie. All my life, I wanted to see Yoda as a real Jedi, rather than just a frail wise old master. This fight was what I have been waiting for from Star Wars for a long time.
Finally, you understand that Yoda, although frail physically, has the ability to channel the Force in ways that no other Jedi can, at least as far as we have seen.
I don't think that the fight was in any way a detriment to the character, it actually just enhances his mystique. Besides, the irony of him finishing up bouncing off the walls, only to pick up his cane and hobble around again was priceless.
I think this depends greatly on what kind of experience you are looking for. If your only interest is to learn system admin skills, you'd be better off getting an entry level job somewhere, developing those skills and moving your way up. A couple of certs can't hurt, either, but nothing replaces real experience.
If, on the other hand, you would like to learn about more in this world than just computers, college is a great way to go. The people you meet and the overall education won't easily be matched anywhere else. I went to college and earned a degree in Aerospace Engineering. Because of the flat job market at that time ('95), I settled for a job in computers and have been working that ever since. Just to show you, college can teach you skills that you may have never realized you would use later on in life.
Something else to consider as well, the main reason I got my current position was because my boss felt that I was the best educated of all the candidates.
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Actually, I just thought about it for a bit and it was basketball, not tennis. Two rectangles moving around the screen with a bouncing square, trying to hit the fire button so that the square would hit another rectangle at the edge of the screen in just the right spot. Good stuff.
Pac-Man, Space Invaders and Tennis I believe were the first 3 games we had, and I spent many a sick day home from school playing all of them until my hands were sore.
Happy Anniversary, Atari, you really did make growing up even more enjoyable.
It's that whole penis-envy thing, we're tired of finding out that theirs is bigger than ours.
Finally, you understand that Yoda, although frail physically, has the ability to channel the Force in ways that no other Jedi can, at least as far as we have seen.
I don't think that the fight was in any way a detriment to the character, it actually just enhances his mystique. Besides, the irony of him finishing up bouncing off the walls, only to pick up his cane and hobble around again was priceless.
If, on the other hand, you would like to learn about more in this world than just computers, college is a great way to go. The people you meet and the overall education won't easily be matched anywhere else. I went to college and earned a degree in Aerospace Engineering. Because of the flat job market at that time ('95), I settled for a job in computers and have been working that ever since. Just to show you, college can teach you skills that you may have never realized you would use later on in life.
Something else to consider as well, the main reason I got my current position was because my boss felt that I was the best educated of all the candidates.