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Re: Mindstorms on Slashdot
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:27:38 GMT
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Mr S <szinn_the1@[saynotospam]yahoo.com>
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Only one thing left to say:
We don't need no stinking instructions!
--- Steve Hassenplug <steve@teamhassenplug.org> wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > In lugnet.robotics, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> > > I noted this article on Slashdot:
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http://slashdot.org/articles/05/11/28/0443232.shtml?tid=159&tid=1
> >
> > The usual slashdot blend of insightful and not • quite as insightful. The
> > recurring theme that "once you have sold a user a • certain amount, they never
> > need more product, so that's why LEGO went with • licenses" is not one that I
> > agree with, and I suspect I am not alone, many of • us like to build big things.
> > But we're a niche.
> >
> > This link makes for interesting reading. • http://www.techuser.net/lego.html
> > Something doesn't gibe but I can't say quite what.
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>
> It's a very funny story. I really tried to read the
> whole thing, but I can't.
> I've spent too much time laughing.
>
> I recognize the author's logic trail from the
> cartoon network. IE: "That guy
> smokes, and those people were killed in a fire, so
> that guy killed those
> people..."
>
>
> Clearly, these two statements are indisputable:
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> "Media stories about Lego tend to create the
> impression that most Lego customers
> are Lego literate and are building sophisticated
> models, but there is no
> evidence that such is the case."
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> "Most people including long time Lego customers are
> totally unaware of the
> considerable play potential of Lego bricks and
> believe Lego play to be all about
> putting pieces together as depicted, and this
> perception of Lego play is turning
> away older age groups."
>
> Steve
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| (...) It's a very funny story. I really tried to read the whole thing, but I can't. I've spent too much time laughing. I recognize the author's logic trail from the cartoon network. IE: "That guy smokes, and those people were killed in a fire, so (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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