On Sunday 29 July 2001 11:43, Romanator wrote:
> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
<snip> damn and I was 12 befor I built my first (dc powered) underwater
habitat, I wish we had things like solar arrays and lazers back in those days
> > > Is it true that you weren't allowed to use pointy objects like
> > > scissors? And, since then, fate had decided you enter the world of
> > > software rather than hardware? Ouch!
> > >
> > > Roman
> >
> > Yeah, my parents took my scissors away from me just as I was about to
> > complete my 100% efficient solar array that would've solved the all the
> > world's energy needs.
> >
> > 16 years later, I _still_ haven't gotten them back :-(
> >
> > I think I'll go throw a tantrum until I get what I want :-)
> >
> > --
> > Sridhar Dhanapalan.
> > "There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
> > LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
> > -- Jeremy S. Anderson
> >
> > > Sridhar,
> > >
> > > Is it true that you weren't allowed to use pointy objects like
> > > scissors? And, since then, fate had decided you enter the world of
> > > software rather than hardware? Ouch!
> > >
> > > Roman
> >
> > Yeah, my parents took my scissors away from me just as I was about to
> > complete my 100% efficient solar array that would've solved the all the
> > world's energy needs.
> >
> > 16 years later, I _still_ haven't gotten them back :-(
> >
> > I think I'll go throw a tantrum until I get what I want :-)
> >
> > --
> > Sridhar Dhanapalan.
> > "There are two major products that come from Berkeley:
> > LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence."
> > -- Jeremy S. Anderson
>
> The same thing happened to me. However, when I decided to build my first
> gas laser, they gave soldering iron on my birthday. However, I was
> already in grade 4. This is a true story. :-)
>
> Roman
