Prince Charles Says Computer Games Are Bad
from the crazy-brits...- dept
Okay, so there’s a large population of readers who read Techdirt from UK domains. Perhaps they can explain what’s going on with their countrymen. First, we have a Nobel Prize winner from the UK telling us that Legos are bad and now Prince Charles is trashing computer games. Why is it that people automatically assume that what they went through is better than what’s available now?
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Lego
First off, the word is Lego. it is not and never has been “Legos” Sheesh! And yes, in many respects what the article said about lego v mecanno is true, though of course seeing it is journalism the case is vastly over-stated. Using mecanno does introduce you a completely different set of structural concepts from lego – it is much more engineering than architecture might be one way of stating it. Mecanno also never went down the route that Lego has of having hundreds of specialised parts for particular models: you were expected to bend and mutilate if you had to!
The lego mindset is quite different from mecanno, though I am not saying that is better or worse.
Re: Lego
Actually, to be techical, the word is LEGO – it is properly spelled all in caps.
Re: Re: Lego
See? Not only are LEGO destroying engineering, they’re killing my own spelling abilities as well. In fact, they’re making me a virtual moron. 🙂
Re: Lego vs MECANNO
MECANNO is a learning tool for young engineers and in the earlier days you had to read the instructions and study and work them out, not just look at pictures to build them.
MECANNO to me gives long term satisfaction and helps me to chill out at the end of a days work