Games: was Re: Get up on the wrong side of the bed ...

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Tue May 30 10:21:10 2000

"R. D. Davis" wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 May 2000, Wayne M. Smith wrote:
> [> Sellem (sp?) wrote:]
> > > On Sat, 27 May 2000, Marvin wrote:
>
> > > > What makes you think a flame war is an effective
> > way to learn? A game
> > > > perhaps, but learning???
>
> Have you never heard of learning from games? :-) I learned a lot about
> DCL by writing a game of adventure in it that doubled as a command
> line interpreter, and didn't a certain classic book on UNIX mention
> the importance of learning by playing?

Different strokes for different folks; what do we learn with a flame war?
The games I am talking about are better described in "Games People Play",
don't remember the author.

It would be interesting though to see if there is any correlation between
competitiveness and computer technical people (programmers, hardware, etc.)

  Of course, in today's world
> where children are supposed to be overstressed little adults and not

While that is off topic, I couldn't agree more with your sentiments!
Received on Tue May 30 2000 - 10:21:10 BST