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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 (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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