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RE: Mindstorms for Dummies (off topic)
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Mon, 22 Jan 2001 21:39:03 GMT
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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)
Jeff
Jeffrey Hazen
North Mill Technology
jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net
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| (...) A friend of mine was asked to write Chaos for Dummies[1]. He declined[2]. :-) Cheers, Ben. [1] No, really! [2] I wonder if he'd've taken a less dim view of it if they'd called it "Dynamical Systems for Dummies"? -- (URL) is no limit to what a (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | | Re: Mindstorms for Dummies (off topic)
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| (...) No ! You can get such books in Germany too. I'm not sure of the meaning of "dummies" in american english (more than this puppets used for crash simulations ?) In geman "dumm" means "stupid". -> dummies = stupid persons The same in american (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
| | | RE: Mindstorms for Dummies (off topic)
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| Hi Jeffrey! On 22 Jan 2001, Jeffrey Hazen <jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net> wrote in <01C08491.E5EEA300@northmill1>: (...) Last dummy book I had in my hands (at the Frankfurt Book Trade Fair) was: "Sex for Dummies". I couldn't help but ask--I was at the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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