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I just played Pinball in Windows 2000 in Chrome on Windows 10. I lost, but winning was not the point. Playing was. :) I think that that sentiment encapsulate

I just played Pinball in Windows 2000 in Chrome on Windows 10. I lost, but winning was not the point. Playing was. :) I think that that sentiment encapsulates my CS experience.

SubiculumCode 9y ago
Just want to say that Windows Pinball may be MS's best software ever. The gameplay is pretty deep and well balanced.
- gattilorenz 9y ago
  This sounds a bit sarcastic, considering it's not by Microsoft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Tilt!_Pinball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Tilt!_Pinball
jameskegel 9y ago
>winning was not the point. Playing was. Wise words, I hope you don't mind me pasting this on my monitor. This phrase resonated with me particularly while I'm trying to work out a particular intellectual tough spot.
- seszett 9y ago
  In case you don't know it (it's well known in France but not sure about elsewhere) that was the motto of the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin. The important thing is not to win, but to take part.
  - justsid 9y ago
    In German we have „dabei sein ist alles“: „taking part is everything“
vram22 9y ago
>I lost, but winning was not the point. Playing was. :) Ha, that reminds me something from the book "The Soul of a New Machine" by Tracy Kidder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine From the article above: [ The motivational system is akin to the game of pinball, the analogy being that if you win this round, you get to play the game again; that is, build the next generation of computers. ] The idea is described better in the book, though. [ The book won the 1982 National Book Award for Nonfiction[1] and a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. ]
- jacquesm 9y ago
  That book is a must-read for anybody in tech. I used to order it by the stack to give them away.
  - vram22 9y ago
    Ha ha, cool :)

I just played Pinball in Windows 2000 in Chrome on Windows 10. I lost, but winning was not the point. Playing was. :) I think that that sentiment encapsulates my CS experience.

SubiculumCode 9y ago

Just want to say that Windows Pinball may be MS's best software ever. The gameplay is pretty deep and well balanced.

gattilorenz 9y ago
This sounds a bit sarcastic, considering it's not by Microsoft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Tilt!_Pinball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Tilt!_Pinball

jameskegel 9y ago

>winning was not the point. Playing was. Wise words, I hope you don't mind me pasting this on my monitor. This phrase resonated with me particularly while I'm trying to work out a particular intellectual tough spot.

seszett 9y ago
In case you don't know it (it's well known in France but not sure about elsewhere) that was the motto of the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin. The important thing is not to win, but to take part.
- justsid 9y ago
  In German we have „dabei sein ist alles“: „taking part is everything“

vram22 9y ago

>I lost, but winning was not the point. Playing was. :) Ha, that reminds me something from the book "The Soul of a New Machine" by Tracy Kidder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine From the article above: [ The motivational system is akin to the game of pinball, the analogy being that if you win this round, you get to play the game again; that is, build the next generation of computers. ] The idea is described better in the book, though. [ The book won the 1982 National Book Award for Nonfiction[1] and a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. ]

jacquesm 9y ago
That book is a must-read for anybody in tech. I used to order it by the stack to give them away.
- vram22 9y ago
  Ha ha, cool :)