9-year-old IT Wiz Says PC Games a Waste of Time

[joe nate]

There's nothing "serious" about football. Instead football players should go out and mingle with friends. I just hope I have enough time for my second second biggest love, video games.

 

[xyzionz]

What a sad childhood..

 

[xyzionz]

By the way, is there any edit button on this one?
Kids should be kids and have fun, but maybe he is having fun on what he/she's been doing since birth.
But this just can't force other kids or adults to think like what he/she is.
Can't say that computer games is a waste of time, but if he/she says computer games might waste a lot of time, that makes a lot of sense.
What people need is time management, and a good one.
I have my own business, I have a mother having cancer, and a father that just got stroke and a 11 year old little brother to take care,
and YET still, I play computer games frequently.
And IMHO, i don't think that computer games is a waste of time, it might though

 

[backin5]

I think he just look feminine, though the earring is misleading as well. If he was a girl, that would explain the dislike of video games. Most of them are usually made to appeal to guys.

As much as I love PC games, I have to agree that doing nothing but playing them can be problematic.

 

[Sunburn74]

poor kid. Looks like high dose anti depressants may be in his future if he doesn't freaking lighten up.

 

[Guest]

He should code some demos !

 

[tpi2007]

Hmmm.. I live in Portugal, and therefore I have a question regarding this vague, supposed challenge:

"However Marko said that it's possible to cram HDTV over a basic DSL connection without glitches (...)"

Whithout going into the details, I wonder what he means by a basic DSL line. What speed it that: 1 mbps, 2, 4 ? It's just that what is said is not a novelty.

Here in Portugal we have Triple-pay (TV, Phone, Internet) services over DSL, and that includes HD channels. The thing is, when you're watching an HD channel, you might not be able to browse the net at comfortable speeds. So, that said, it is possible to cram HDTV over DSL, but that is a given. Tell me I can cram two at the same time, or that I can browse at something like 10Mbps at the same time, and that would actually be a novelty.

The maximum theoretical 24mbps of ADSL is just that - phone lines on the street are old, prone to the weather all year, and the distances to the substations is farther away than desirable. That said, the investment needed to revamp the lines is not worth the potential, and that is why we are now transitioning to fiber optics, with basic speeds starting at 5mbps and going all the way up to 100mbps, all within affordable prices. There is also 200mbps and a 1gbps offering, but it is substantially more expensive.

The portuguese PT (Portugal Telecom) in collaboration with a university I think, actually developed a box that allowed remote interior locations on the countryside to get adsl connectivty, and that was a big achievment.

So that said, I wonder what this kid has done.. is it software or hardware? Did he manage to compress the HD signal is a new way ? Or did he manage to increase the available bandwidth of the noisy phone line through some even better filtering technology ?

 

[Guest]

wait till little Anakin gets pissed off cause he has no friends and turns his computer skills to the dark side. Hellooo Darth.

 

[Guest]

Glad the kid likes technology, but HDTV over DSL isn't a big deal at all. There's two issues at stake: HDTV-Codec and DSL-standard. HDTV programming can use H.264/MPEG4, VC1, etc., all of which have bitrates in upwords of 20Mbps (assuming 1920x1080 resolution). From a DSL perspective, there are not many flavors of DSL which can produce this level of throughput, mostly resigned to the VHDSL variety popularized by AT&T (as uVerse).

The problem in transmitting video is always resolution and bitrate. You can lower the bandwidth required by lower either or both factors, but at a performance cost. Personally, I have no problem with 480p from my DVD player and it's probable that the kid is referencing a use of H.264 at 720x480. As they say, you can't get something for nothing. Or, if something sounds to good to be true, it probably is.

Given the geniuses that work on this stuff with multiple Ph.D's and backgrounds in satellite transmissions and electrical engineering, I do not believe for one second that this kid will produce anything at Cebit that doesn't already exist in some other form.

 

[Guest]

I'm starting to think this is a hox. TimeOnline wrote about it on the 16th, and in the last 24hrs everyone is going apeshit about it.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

Yea, I feel like I wasted the last 10 years of my life. This kid is going to rule the world. Trust me.

 

[Guest]

i reckon if he's gifted and he knows what he's doing...let him be a genius. all people are unique so don't try and tell him what he should or should not be.

 

[Pailin]

If he likes football, yet cannot see fun in interacting with maybe some of the most skilled people on the planet through an FPS every night after school... In what other sport on the planet do you get that kinda opportunity?

is he retarded or something to not see the enormity of this possibility?

 

[enzo matrix]

Various sources reporting on this this month report him as being both 8 and 9 years old. Which is it?

 

[coolgod]

[citation][nom]someguy2001[/nom]I'm starting to think this is a hox. TimeOnline wrote about it on the 16th, and in the last 24hrs everyone is going apeshit about it.[/citation]
I agree with what he says. lets all w8 and see what this "genius" can come up with.

 

[brendano257]

Something about these kid geniuses always strikes me as incredibly stuck up and "I can do it and you can't" type thing, but that could just be a childhood phase? XD

 

[crabsncancer]

An activity only wastes time if there is no enrichment or growth from that activity. If somebody playing Street Fighter IV gains better hand-eye coordination or even simply practicing for competition, then it is not wasting time.

Activities only waste time if the participant doesn't feel he is getting any kind of enrichment from said activity.

 

[tleavit]

He needs to be in it 20 years and a wife before he talks any more smack

 

[nforce4max]

I can care less about HD content over a typical DSL as for the comment about gaming lets say work with out play is no life either some of us game while others have other hobbies to spend our time. As for achievement I think these stack up more than yours. http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf2_eX6q7pg (Big guns)

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsNlmiLJGIw

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rXtG3vfAlA (Saturn V Launch Views - High Speed Cams)

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3sVuFjJlp4

No matter how big or small it is when every ones achievements come together to make them grand by working together at the best of our abilities.

 

[FoShizzleDizzle]

Fapping is a waste of time too. So what?

brb fapping