in reply to Programming with Kids

I too am a bachelor, and as such i really don't see why you shouldn't just harness your child to a small "merry-go-round" device that allows your child to run run run while generating energy for your house at the same time. Maybe dangle a candy bar or a toy in front of them. Clean energy! Friends tell me i really should get a girlfriend. :/

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

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Re^2: Programming with Kids
by pmonk4ever (Friar) on Jan 15, 2009 at 17:24 UTC
    "I don't wanna work, don't wanna play, I just wanna bang on the drums all day!"

    Super idea, attach the "merry-go-round" to a generator and develop DC current to charge the gel batteries in the basement, most of your energy for night-time reading would be supplied with a 0% carbon footprint!!!

    ki6jux

    "No trees were harmed in the creation of this node. However, a rather large number of electrons were somewhat inconvenienced."

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      Super idea, attach the "merry-go-round" to a generator and develop DC current to charge the gel batteries in the basement, most of your energy for night-time reading would be supplied with a 0% carbon footprint!!!
      A 0% carbon footprint? Are you suggesting to not feed the child? ;-)

      Anytime a human (or animal) performs labour, he/she/it uses muscles. And just like a combustion engine, muscles need to burn a fuel to get their energy. The fuel comes from reducing sugars, carbohydrates and fats; producing CO2. And in the digestive system, CH4 (methane) is produced.

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        Oops! Sorry, must feed the child, but you get 'free' energy because you have to feed them anyway!!!

        Girlfriends push faster, but can whine and demand jewelery and other high-cost items, thereby raising the cost of the energy.

        ki6jux

        "No trees were harmed in the creation of this node. However, a rather large number of electrons were somewhat inconvenienced."

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Re^2: Programming with Kids
by zentara (Cardinal) on Jan 15, 2009 at 18:02 UTC
    Friends tell me i really should get a girlfriend.

    Yeah I heard the same thing. Girlfriends can push the merry-go-round faster than kids.....thus generating more power for ya. :-)

    I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth Remember How Lucky You Are
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Re^2: Programming with Kids
by tilly (Archbishop) on Jan 16, 2009 at 04:51 UTC
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