On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Joe R. wrote:
> TinkerToys are wooden sticks that you can put together with blocks and
> wheels with holes in them at various angles and make simple projects. Very
> suitable for 4 year olds.
Yet complex enough to build a digital Tic-Tac-Toe computer:
http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/naha/TT-tic-tac-toe/readme.html
> >> Is this a trick question? I guess you don't get out much. Here's the
> >> short list: Cold beer, hot cars, hot women, sports, tv, movies, old
> >> computers, friends, traveling, pets, reading, family, tending my garden,
> >> taking care of my house, etc etc etc.
> >
> >I truely pity anyoe who regards drinking alcohol, women, sports, TV (at
> >least the TV we get over here), (watching) movies as being more
> >interesting than constructing anything.
>
> Well I know I'm a lot more selective about my TV and movies than the
> majority of people but are you trying to tell me that there's NOTHING worth
> watching on TV or movies? What do you have against women, beer and sports?
> You also overlooked the rest of the list or do you have something against
> all of them too?
I suppose it would depend on the computer or the woman. I've met some
women that are far more interesting than computers (and much more fun to
play with). I've met some women that are way less interesting than
computers (and dumber too).
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Received on Wed Jul 28 2004 - 11:45:01 BST