From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Oct 9 05:05:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA19304 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 05:05:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from banshee.cs.uow.edu.au (banshee.cs.uow.edu.au [130.130.188.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA19250 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 05:05:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ncb05@banshee.cs.uow.edu.au) Received: (from ncb05@localhost) by banshee.cs.uow.edu.au (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id WAA26797; Fri, 9 Oct 1998 22:04:41 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 22:04:40 +1000 (EST) From: Nicholas Charles Brawn X-Sender: ncb05@banshee.cs.uow.edu.au To: Sue Blake cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: age check :) In-Reply-To: <19981009200951.60385@welearn.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Sue Blake wrote: > Has age got something to do with interest in games, or is this > particular game age-restricted? Maybe this is explained in web page you > mentioned, but I can't read bright white and yellow on black. (Does > that give you some clue to the next question?) The page described a game that the developers are porting from windows to Linux. I instantly wondered whether we would ever have a similar situation with FreeBSD, and whether the actual userbase is of the same demographics as that of the average gamer. Of course, my perception of the "average" gamer is someone between 15-25, with regard to age at least. > > As a quick check, how many people here are between the ages of 16-20, > > 20-25, or 25+? > > What you're asking is, out of freebsd-chat readers (a very small group > of FreeBSD users, possibly older than on our other lists but not > necessarily), what are the ages of those list members who are both > willing to reveal their ages and also think it is worth answering. True, but I don't see why it's such a problem. If you don't wish to reply to my mail, there's no pressure to. > > Nick (who just fits into the 16-20 age bracket) > > Tell me, why is it that people in this age group are so obsessed with > other people's ages? I never see older people take much interest in > ages, but teenagers can't relax until they know. Meeting strangers on > the Internet must must be awfully uncomfortable for you. I am "obsessed" by your definition, simply because I feel myself to be a minority - a teenager whose choise of operating system is unix, and whose personal preference is FreeBSD. I'm curious as to how many others my age there are out there. And with regard to meeting strangers on the internet - that's never been much concern, as you soon learn to judge someone based on their mental age, and by their actions and words. From experience, many a 15yo has acted in a more mature way than some 30yo's i've met. Of course, there are still a large number of immature people out there, regardless of age. :) > Anyway, you don't have an age bracket for me that I could point to > without being misleading :-) Is it still OK if I play games? Sure. My main interest was in determining what the demographics - age-wise are with regards to FreeBSD users. And the hope that there are more young 'uns like me taking it up. :) > -- > > Regards, > -*Sue*- > > Nick -- Email: ncb@poboxes.com - http://www.poboxes.com/ncb Key fingerprint = DE 30 33 D3 16 91 C8 8D A7 F8 70 03 B7 77 1A 2A To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message