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RE: Cheap American shot (Was: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!))
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lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 29 Jan 2000 14:12:51 GMT
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<snip>That's because in Europe (Eastern Europe at least) kids mature
earlier. At
age 14 or 15 they already have to pick what they want to do with their life,
whether to go to middle school or job training. By the time they're 18,
they
can speak at least 2 if not 3 languages while some 18yr olds in the US can't
even locate the US on the world map.</snip>
<rant>
Easy there Jezek, I'm 18 right now and can speak Russian, German, and
English. I can do 7 different programming languages, have a 3.9 out of 4.0
GPA, and taking college classes to supplement what my current High school
can't handle due to costs of the equipment.
And at age 14 to 15, if you have decided what you want to do, you have been
brainwashed into believing it, only at 17 did I decide I wanted to peruse CS
as a job, even now I'm tossing up between programming and networking.
And yes, there are the few Americans that can't locate possible certain
states, but if you lived where a single state is the size of YOUR entire
country, my response would be to shut up and get a wee bit more informed.
</rant>
Now back onto the Lego track, the DDK was pretty poor, the DSDK will be just
as poor, the only thing I would want are the instructions for the ATAT.
Clint Rutkas
cRutkas@techie.com
http://www.pronerd.com
http://members.xoom.com/rutkas
Fight Reality, Question History, Revolutionize the Future
-----Original Message-----
From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com]On Behalf
Of D. Jezek
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 1:05 AM
To: lugnet.starwars@lugnet.com; lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
Subject: Re: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!)
In lugnet.starwars, Matthew Wilkins writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Christian Gemuenden writes:
> > I thought that some of you might be interested in a translation of the • text
> > shown on this page. I tried it, but it does not 100% reflect the original
> > german text:
> >
> > The new never ending universe of Star Wars
> > still claims ( /needs?) more! Han Solo is just prepairing one of the • fastest
> > ships ready for a jump into hyperspace, to land in our solar system at • light
> > speed: Millennium Falcon is on its way! And the two most legendary
> > spaceships X-Wing Fighter TM and TIE Interceptor TM are coming in the • super
> > large Deluxe Version, such as the Dark Side Developer Kit from LEGO
> > Mindstorms - only for real Star Wars fans!
>
> Interesting that in Germany, the Ultimate Collector's (The TIE • Interceptor(TM)
> and X-Wing Fighter(TM)) sets are for ages 14 and up, whereas in the USA • they
> are for ages 16 and up.
That's because in Europe (Eastern Europe at least) kids mature earlier. At
age 14 or 15 they already have to pick what they want to do with their life,
whether to go to middle school or job training. By the time they're 18,
they
can speak at least 2 if not 3 languages while some 18yr olds in the US can't
even locate the US on the world map.
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