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Re: Mindstorms for Dummies (off topic)
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Mon, 22 Jan 2001 22:45:58 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Jeffrey Hazen writes:
I had to laugh out loud at Ralph's description: "Mindstorms for Dummies
really does live up to its name."

Not likely, but does anyone remember seeing a cartoon called The Ultimate
Video Game?  Just a single panel, showing an arcade game with a rifle
pointing out at the joystick.  The game was called "Test Your Mortality."

(Rant Mode On)

The whole "Whatever for Dummies" books baffle me.  I have to think that
this is an American phenomenon.  True?  Why on earth would you buy a book
targeted specifically at dummies?  AOL for Dummies I understand.  It seems
like an oxymoron, Mindstorms for Dummies.  What's next, Advanced Nuclear
Physics for Dummies.....Boom?

(Rant Mode Off)

Yeah, I'm waiting for "MENSA for Dummies."

BEN
(FUT OT.fun)



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  RE: Mindstorms for Dummies (off topic)
 
I had to laugh out loud at Ralph's description: "Mindstorms for Dummies really does live up to its name." Not likely, but does anyone remember seeing a cartoon called The Ultimate Video Game? Just a single panel, showing an arcade game with a rifle (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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