The kids have to start somwhere! Instead of bashing them cuz "It's been done before!", why not give them a word of encouragement?I'm sure anyone here was writing O/S'es and remote controlled real-time systems when they started getting into it either! It's not like they're claiming to be worthy of a Nobel prize or anything, it's just a freakin cool little hobby! And after seeing 14 year-old after 14 year-old doing nothing but gaming and starting flamewars, I think this is a project worthy of encouragement and support!
You say your not impressed? I say you should chill out on the elitist mindset and give these kids a chance!
Perhaps, but we aren't talking about a university with PHD's and Professors who have been doing this type of stuff for years...
If you RTFA, you'll see that they're teenagers playing in their basement. I personally think it's pretty impressive... Even though it's been slashdotted!;)
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And sending snail-mail to your MP's office is also free! If we all rally and send tons of paper, they might get a clue!
Well IT WASN'T THAT OBVIOUS!
After reading smartass comment after smartass comment, it gets difficult to discern when people are kidding, or talking out of their glory holes.
If your upload speed were zero, you couldn't be posting on /.
You need to send packets to receive packets. It's how TCP/IP works. Read up on OSI, you'll understand.
You say your not impressed? I say you should chill out on the elitist mindset and give these kids a chance!
Perhaps, but we aren't talking about a university with PHD's and Professors who have been doing this type of stuff for years... If you RTFA, you'll see that they're teenagers playing in their basement. I personally think it's pretty impressive... Even though it's been slashdotted! ;)