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Re: Mindstorms for Dummies (off topic)
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Mon, 22 Jan 2001 22:02:00 GMT
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Jeffrey Hazen wrote:
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> I had to laugh out loud at Ralph's description: "Mindstorms for Dummies
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> does live up to its name."
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> 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."
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> (Rant Mode On)
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> 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?
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"?
--
http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html
"There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he
doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff
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