fandomhigh | Computers and Fun #2 5/31 Wednesday Afternoon

Abby sat on top of the table in the computer lab, sipping a large glass of pop. As each student came in, they would find a box of various computer parts and a lab coat stitched with their name.

"Hey guys, how did the virtual pets go last week? Did any of them live through the whole week?" Abby grinned at a few of the students. "Or even last through the class?"

"Today we're going to over the basics of computers, how they work and how to build them." Abby launched into a brief history of computers and how they operate, covering everything from the abacus to windows XP. Okay, so maybe it wasn't that brief. "Just in case some of you fell asleep during that, we're going to watch a video that might help you understand."

Abby lifted up a spare box of parts and shook it lightly. "In each of your boxes you'll find enough bits and pieces to make a rudimentary computer. Each box is different, but everyone should be able to make something that can light up or beep or do both. Be sure to wear your lab coats to protect your clothing, not to mention the fact that they look really spiffy."

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Let me know what happened with your virtual pets.

Listen to the lecture, watch the video, ~~sleep~~ ask questions.

[You can build anything you want. Really simple computer, robot, blinking light thingy. Just not anything that can kill us all, please.]

Talk to Abby. Talk to each other. Talk to yourself, although you shouldn't need a thread for psychosis.

I love the magic school bus so much. We need a Ms. Frizzle here at FH.

John signs in. HIs virtual pet has not dissappeared, was not dissassembled, and did not get sent back in time.

Also, he couldn't find anyone with the virtual pet to fight, so it's a bit weak.

John assembles something that beeps, lights up, and ~~gives the finger~~ moves slightly. It's hand shaped.

"Good job, John!" Abby came over and bent down to look at his creation. "Why did you decide on a hand?"

Zack signed in.

His virtual floating head has somehow accquired a virtual straightjacket.

Zack sat down and started sorting through the components.

He might have had a slightly evil expression on his face.

Willow signed in.

Her virtual hippo is not dead. It can also do a rudimentary cha cha. Or maybe it's the twist. Hard to tell with something 2D.

Willow took avid notes. This was the sort of enthusiasm that other students would probably reserve for Becky's sex ed workshop. To Willow sex ed vs. computers was six of one, half-dozen of the other.

Willow sat down amongst her parts and tried to build a wee robot dog.

Not that she was jealous of certain people's boyfriends or anything.

Conner signed in, virtual-pet-less on account of having missed the first workshop. He was slightly more apologetic about this than you might expect.

Conner spent the lecture and video doodling a schematic of something that looked a lot like a soccer scoreboard. Odds were very, very good that it was, in fact, a soccer scoreboard.

Demyx signed in. His virtual monkey died twice, but he seekritly reset it (by mashing buttons and hoping) and it's currently just-barely still alive.

Demyx stared throughout the movie. It was hard to tell if he was actually avidly watching...or if he fell asleep with his eyes open.

Looking at the various computer parts spread out in front of him, and very uncomfortable-looking in the white labcoat, Demyx fidgetted constantly. He didn't have much luck fitting pieces together, and after about a half hour he looked frustrated and on the verge of tears.

Conner put together a -- big surprise -- soccer scoreboard. Granted, it wasn't your fancy big stadium board with the plasma screen and exhaustive team and player stats. He certainly wasn't capable of anything remotely close to that; if he had been, Hayley would've been out of a job and he wouldn't have had so much red clothing.

Plus, his box didn't exactly contain all the requisite components for something like that.

It did, however, have little blinky LED number counters on either end and another blinking light that, in theory, was supposed to flash like a crazy strobey thing when a goal was scored.

Whether or not it would actually keep accurate score was an entirely different question.

Abby walked over and sat on the Zack's table. "So what do you have planned here?"

"How's it going, Willow?" Abby asked, leaning down to watch her work.

Abby walked over and spoke quietly. "Would you like some help, Demyx? I think together we could come up with something pretty cool."

Willow looked thoughtful. "I'm trying to decide how much of a brain to give him. Because on the one hand why not make him as smart as he could be? But on the other what if he grows up to be smarter than I am and then totally logs into the school's database and messes with my GPA just because I didn't let him surf the internet porn sites?"

"Oooh! Flashy!" Abby grinned. "What's its purpose?"

"Maybe you could give him the brains and a PG-13 filter." Abby grinned. "Sorta like neutering him."

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