[ale] my 3 year old hacker

[Ronald Chmara]

On Jun 12, 2004, at 10:14 AM, Jim Philips wrote:
> My daughter has one of those interactive toys that try to teach 
> spelling. She
> has discovered that if you press a certain combination of buttons, the 
> toy
> will spell out the word for her. This is clearly not an intended 
> "feature".

Check out this guy's extreme "speaking machine" hardware hacks:
http://www.carrionsound.com/gallery/speaks/thumbs.htm

(He also hacks clocks, drum machines, etc., 
http://www.carrionsound.com/)

> So, which skill is more valuable? Spelling or hacking?

Would you rather her be an author of computer manuals or a proofreader 
of them? :-)

-Bop