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To: ShadowAce
My kids are into FIRST's Lego League, where they get to program robots made from the Mindstorms sets.

They placed second this year in the state competition.

Excellent! Give them my congratulations. I'll bet y'all have a lot of fun with it.

58 posted on 01/19/2009 12:39:27 PM PST by zeugma (Will it be nukes or aliens? Time will tell.)
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To: zeugma
I'll bet y'all have a lot of fun with it.

It is fun, though very tiring, as the teams meet 2-3 times per week, plus my oldest is also in FIRST's FRC league, which also meets multiple times per week.

Lots of fun, and the kids learn a lot about programming--not the nuts and bolts, of course, but at least the generalities of how to design code.

65 posted on 01/19/2009 2:36:19 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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