Space Legos! 42
mfarver writes "The Air Force is seeking research proposals for Space Legos. Now you can have your childhood fantasies of playing with blocks and getting paid for it. Actually, its not a bad concept, standarized components that can be "plugged" together in space for different functions."
Say It With Me... (Score:4, Informative)
Space Lego Blocks, dammit!
GTRacer
- Looking for a 953...
Yes! thank you! (Score:4, Informative)
from here [lego.com]. "Legos" makes no sense, dangit. How and why did people even start saying "legos"? The blocks/parts aren't legos! They're called LEGO blocks or blocks of LEGO or LEGO bricks or LEGO pieces... See, there's so many damn choices, why do people insist on legos? Gah! When I wuz a kid we knew what to call LEGO.
Re:Yes! thank you! (Score:2)
Well, (Score:2)
*Heh, decides not to get pedantic over "Lego's" (Lego is?) vs Legos* (Muahahaha - fear my grammar nazism)
Maybe it's just 'cause I don't live in the US, but seriously when I was a kid, none of us called them legos (IIRC). Perhaps it's just another of your weird Americanisms
Re:Well, (Score:2)
Definitely a nationality issue. Where are you from that the singular is Lego and not Legos?
Re:Well, (Score:2)
PS: Sorry, I didn't mean singular, maybe I confused the issue by saying "still" - Neither lego nor legos makes sense for a single piece.
Lego, no Legos! (Score:1, Redundant)
-psy
Re: Lego, no Legos! (Score:3, Funny)
No, the plural is BeoLego! Or LegoWulf. Either way is good.
Now, imagine a MindStorm of these!
Re: Lego, no Legos! (Score:2)
-psy
Re: Lego, no Legos! (Score:2)
Kinda like 'mostly harmless'.
Re: Lego, no Legos! (Score:2)
Re: Lego, no Legos! (Score:2)
Yeah, I seem to be quite the sexy bitch lately - weird.
Maybe if I had a Slashdot shirt with my karma rating on it, that'd happen in real life, too?
Re: Lego, no Legos! (Score:2)
And, in reality, it's LeGo....even if the company won't admit it...the name of the company comes from the Danish words "Leg Godt" which mean "Play Good".
-psy
Re: Lego, no Legos! (Score:3, Informative)
If the company won't admit it, why do they mention it [lego.com] on their webpages?
Bloom County (Score:2)
Didn't Berke Breathed have Opus spend millions of dollars in tax-payer money during the Reagan initiated "Star Wars" program only to deliver a Lego based defense strategy?
-2 point for non-originality.
Re:Bloom County (Score:2)
Re:Bloom County (Score:2)
Accuracy (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Accuracy (Score:5, Interesting)
The gears and other components are certintly NOT indended for accuracy by any stretch of the imagination. But they are fairly cheap, robust (except for those little 8-tooth gears...) and easy to assemble into just about anything you need.
I even built a joystick out of legos once. There was a bit of play in it, but not too much. What really killed it was the lack of a self-centering mechanism. You really go all over the place in an energetic game of Descent!
=Smidge=
Re:Accuracy (Score:1)
A good idea? (Score:4, Funny)
My motto is, if the Asgard can't do it, I shouldn't attempt it.
Re:A good idea? (Score:2)
Uh...Jack? Maybe you should take a look at the information under "Contracting Officer":
aaa (Score:1)
Space Legos + Slashdot =
Millenium Falcon and bad jokes [robotcity.com]This and that... (Score:2, Interesting)
You might want to build some of this [dolphination.co.uk] like that [skizzers.org]. Lego all the way.
It's the Borg! (Score:2, Funny)
Interesting idea... (Score:2)
Why do people insist on getting the plural wrong? (Score:2)
I'm sure that everyone who has ever read a slashdot story about lego must know this by now, so why are people still getting it wrong? Obstinacy? Stupidity? Or maybe posters (and the US Air Force) just think they are right and the Lego company are wrong about this?
Re:Why do people insist on getting the plural wron (Score:2)
The real question is which is the wrong pluralization. Why do we accept "sheep" as a plural form, but not "car"? Would it not be better to have a single method, rather than have to depend on memorizing multiple methods and exceptions.
Especially sheep. With the fading of agrarian life do we really need special plurals for sheep, oxen, or geese? (Although I do realize some slashdotters have a certain amount of emotional attachment to sheep...)
Re:Why do people insist on getting the plural wron (Score:2)
Re:Why do people insist on getting the plural wron (Score:1)
What do you call more than one Lego? Lego bricks? Maybe it's just a US thing, but in the US more than one Lego is refered to as "Legos", and considering how many times "legos" has been used on slashdot [slashdot.org] I'd say using the word "legos" is a slashdot thing too.
When on slashdot, do as the slashdotters do.
The AF Gets It (Score:1)
Hmmm...I'm guessing Microsoft's bids on this will fall on deaf ears...