 | | Re: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!) —Dan Jezek
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| | | (...) That's because in Europe (Eastern Europe at least) kids mature earlier. At age 14 or 15 they already have to pick what they want to do with their life, whether to go to middle school or job training. By the time they're 18, they can speak at (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | RE: Cheap American shot (Was: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!)) —Clint Rutkas
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| | | | | <snip>That's because in Europe (Eastern Europe at least) kids mature earlier. At age 14 or 15 they already have to pick what they want to do with their life, whether to go to middle school or job training. By the time they're 18, they can speak at (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: Cheap American shot (Was: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!)) —Dan Jezek
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| | | | | | | (...) What I wrote are facts and not my own imagination so don't tell me to shut up. You may be an exception but in general, there is less expected out of kids that live in the US than out of kids that live in Europe. What you wrote in your last (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Cheap American shot (Was: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!)) —Jon Palmer
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| | | | | | | | | Jezek, you are stereotyping and generalizing Americans FAR too much here. I would believe that one as educated as yourself would not fall into this trap. "/rant" Please continue additional discussion in lugnet.off-topic.debate Thanks, -Jon (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | | | RE: Cheap American shot (Was: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!)) —Clint Rutkas
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| | | | | | | | <snip> What I wrote are facts and not my own imagination so don't tell me to shut up. You may be an exception but in general, there is less expected out of kids that live in the US than out of kids that live in Europe. What you wrote in your last (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Cheap American shot (Was: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!)) —Kyle D. Jackson
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| | | | | | | | People, I have something to say in lugent.off-topic.debate about this. Please move there to see it. Thanx, KDJ ___...___ Kyle D. Jackson Windsor, Ontario, Canada ___...___ (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | | Re: Cheap American shot (Was: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!)) —Roger Hamlett
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| | | | | | (...) This is becoming rather a silly thread. The simple fact is that Lego put a lower 'age' on the Mindstorm sets in Germany. The reason, also simple. They are as most companies, worried about product liability suits in the US, so put a very (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!) —Kya Morden
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| | | | | (...) Yeah, but we're REALLY good at killing each other *nods* (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | Re: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!) —Mark Herzberg
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| | | | (...) And what is the point of picking out your kob at 14? That is just ridiculous, IMO. And keep in mind that American kids are required to take a second language in high school, mainly Spanish or French, which are both commonly spoken in many (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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| | | | | | Re: NEW Mindstorms set shown (with picture!) —Kyle D. Jackson
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| | | | People, I have something to say in lugent.off-topic.debate about this. Please move there to see it. Thanx, KDJ ___...___ Kyle D. Jackson Windsor, Ontario, Canada ___...___ (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics)
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