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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    03/31/09

    In reply to The Pixel Cloud Skyscraper Is a JRPG Dream Fortress
    不真正得!
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    Image of Nick Nick
    03/31/09

    In reply to The Pixel Cloud Skyscraper Is a JRPG Dream Fortress
    doesn't someone here use that as an avatar?
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    Image of Voryn Voryn
    03/31/09

    In reply to The Pixel Cloud Skyscraper Is a JRPG Dream Fortress
    I cannot be more confused from that last picture.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    03/31/09

    @Voryn: Wasn't that from an episode of either The Next Generation or Voyager?
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/31/09

    @Voryn: It's the final boss from Street Fighter 3.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/05/09

    In reply to 9 Year Old Writes iPhone Application
    When I was 9 I was either neck deep in LEGO bricks, or playing with my BMX trying to outrun cars on the sidewalk. Daddy, why didn't you buy me a computer? What's that Daddy? You want me to burn this office down? OK, you're the boss I guess.
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    02/05/09

    In reply to 9 Year Old Writes iPhone Application
    What a childhood. The only way this kid is ever going to have a social life is if he pays for one.
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    Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of frigg frigg
    02/05/09

    @Shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: If he's already writing successful apps at age 9, paying for a social life is not out of the question.
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    Image of sumocat sumocat
    02/05/09

    In reply to 9 Year Old Writes iPhone Application
    "Man, this makes the "Clean Desk Award" I earned in 3rd grade seem like total crap." -- If it makes you feel better, that award was total crap to begin with.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/05/09

    @sumocat: A clean desk is nothing to be ashamed of, not at all. I have never won such an award, and would proudly display it if I had. Either that or I'd leave it lying under a pile of crap on my desk, for the sake of irony.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    02/05/09

    In reply to 9 Year Old Writes iPhone Application
    Kids are practically born wired in now, and its not a bad thing. There is so much information available to them on line and through cable tv that we didnt have. I had my daughter on my lap and on line at 9 months old and she is a rabid Mythbusters and TimeWarp fan. (She also just tested in the top 5% in the country in Science, so SOMETHING is working).
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/05/09

    @Curves: "She also just tested in the top 5% in the country in Science, so SOMETHING is working."


    Just introduce her to Gizmodo commenting. THAT will put a stop to that "learning" nonsense!

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    Image of Curves Curves
    02/05/09

    @bosskev: I let her read Giz posts (the ones I think she will like) but I dont let her read the comments for obvious reasons.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/05/09

    @Curves: "...but I dont let her read the comments for obvious reasons."


    And thus she stays in the top 5% of the country's class.


    Oh, and tell her that a stranger from far, far away thinks she is really cool to be achieving such high Science scores and encourages her to keep up the good work!

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/05/09

    @Curves: It's because of me isn't it. Isn't it!?


    :'(

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    Image of raylites raylites
    02/05/09

    In reply to 9 Year Old Writes iPhone Application
    Isn't there labour laws against this behaviour, understandbly the kid is high intelligent, and must be applauded, but I am left wondering as to how much input his father had in the making of the app.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/05/09

    @raylites: "...but I am left wondering as to how much input his father had in the making of the app."


    See frigg above. No fatherly input at all. Nope. Not even the tiniest little comment.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/05/09

    @raylites: I lost a finger playing with Javascript.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/05/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: "I lost a finger playing with Javascript."


    It could have been worse. You could have been playing with Lorena Bobbitt.

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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/05/09

    @bosskev: ... in which case the finger wouldn't be completely lost. It would be found, reattached, and the subject of a docudrama starring its rightful owner.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/05/09

    In reply to 9 Year Old Writes iPhone Application
    "His father, who also writes iPhone applications..."


    ... had absolutely nothing, I mean nothing, to do with writing this one. Nothing at all. Really. Didn't even know about it till it hit the app store. Seriously.

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    Image of adhir adhir
    02/05/09

    @frigg: you the dad?
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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/05/09

    @adhir: you Maury Povich?
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    frigg was starred frigg was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/05/09

    @adhir: Um, adhir, I think you've misunderstood. Hamsters don't write iPhone apps. (They work for Palm.)
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    02/05/09

    In reply to 9 Year Old Writes iPhone Application
    I really like the father-son angle.


    It's not like this kid is sitting in his room by himself with no human contact like some kind of anti-social savant.


    Nope, he's working with his family and linking his skills and hard-work with the love, support, and good-natured competition that only close ties can provide.


    *single tear*

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/05/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Nicely put, 92BLS. It is nice to see that, at least in some places, family bonds matter. Still, I would not trade memories of my dystopian upbringing for nothing.


    Well, maybe not nothing. I would consider swapping my disfunctional family memories for one of those Costco 24-packs of Twinkies. Yeah, that I would do. And maybe a tub of cashews.

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/05/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: "I really like the father-son angle."


    Yeah and in such a positive way too and not like, "Luke, join me on the Dark Side and together we'll rule the Galaxy as father and son."

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    Image of matthewharding matthewharding
    02/05/09

    In reply to 9 Year Old Writes iPhone Application
    Impressive. I have a hard time writing coherent VBS scripts.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/05/09

    @Matthew Harding: Ditto, quite impressive. I, too, have a hard time...well, umm...with everything.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    02/05/09

    In reply to 9 Year Old Writes iPhone Application
    Who wants to bet he'll learn how to dismantle and reassemble his intrinsic field?
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    02/05/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Not for a while, at least. But then the Super Man will be real... and from Singapore! Wait...
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    Image of Keith Edwards Keith Edwards
    02/05/09

    In reply to 9 Year Old Writes iPhone Application
    I like at how the end you made a joke about how average you were in third grade in contrast to the kid in the article! Gold!


    Do you do stand up?

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    Image of zweihander zweihander
    02/05/09

    @Keith Edwards: FACEBOOK LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE!!!
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    Image of Ike_Skelton Ike_Skelton
    02/05/09

    @zweihander: I see what you're saying, but weren't these facebookers around before, just using site-specific usernames?
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    Image of JDickson87 JDickson87
    02/05/09

    @Ike_Skelton: See, this opens up the site to everyone with a facebook account though. That's the problem. It makes it much easier to comment on something you may know absolutely nothing about. Before, you had to make an effort to register an account, and that bounces a lot of the lazy idiots just like that.
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    Image of Keith Edwards Keith Edwards
    02/05/09

    @jdickson87:


    Sorry there isn't a star next to my name and, to be honest, could give a shit what you guys think.


    The joke was lame and unnecessary.


    I want news not a cheap, poor attempt at humor.

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    Image of Amsterdaam Amsterdaam
    02/05/09

    @Keith Edwards: I then recommend, fine Facebook user, that you go ahead and find a specific news site, and not a BLOG.


    In addition, it's hilarious that you think that your opinion matters. You are lame and unnecessary.


    I want quality comments, not a cheap, poor attempt at flaming.

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/05/09

    @I, Amsterdaam: "I want quality comments, not a cheap, poor attempt at flaming."


    Agreed. Cheap, poor attempts at flaming will not be tolerated. Give us well-articulated, full-on ranty raving flames, fergawdzake...THAT's what Gizmodo is all about, dammit!

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    bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/05/09

    @Keith Edwards:


    "The joke was lame and unnecessary.


    I want news not a cheap, poor attempt at humor."


    I thought it was amusing. Also, like many others here I enjoy the humor, no matter how lame or cheesy it may be at times. I have enough sh*t to deal with IRL so I appreciate being able to come here, hang with some good people, share a laugh or two and shoot the breeze for a while.


    If you don't like it here no one is forcing you to stay....

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    Image of Ryan Orman Ryan Orman
    02/05/09

    In reply to 9 Year Old Writes iPhone Application
    and his childhood is destroyed
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/05/09

    @Ryan Orman: That is quite presumptuous. I know people who were child prodigies and lead very balanced lives.
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    02/05/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: You know multiple child prodigies? I guess they're a dime a dozen these days.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/05/09

    @lostarchitect: I know a couple from college. It's weird because you wouldn't know that they were geniuses until someone tells you their Putnam competition rank.
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    Image of amābō tē?「Tayler」 amābō tē?「Tayler」
    02/05/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Putnam is only for math, isn't it?


    I don't consider someone a genius/protegy unless they excel in at least 3 categories, one being a fine art, one a math or science, and one a geography or history.


    I think those are the official guidelines for a genius! In fact, I'm coining them as the guidelines.

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    Image of amābō tē?「Tayler」 amābō tē?「Tayler」
    02/05/09

    @TaylerTesminombre: And a native and foreign language. Can't forget them.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/05/09

    @TaylerTesminombre: So by your definition, if Einstein spoke only German and could not paint, then he would not be a genius?
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    Image of Nutchromeo Nutchromeo
    01/09/09

    In reply to Japan Has Double the Robots of Everyone Else, Density-Wise
    Perhaps, but who has the largest number of sentient being created out of only sticks, Gorilla Glue, and googly eyes?


    That's right baby...the proud Nation of Chromeo!

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