I think you guys know im not trying to be funny.

do you see how i study something.

I label the subject then ask questions then analyze the answers then ask more questions.

Definitely, I remember writing up things like that when I was a kid (~9 yrs old). I used to particularly enjoy designing layouts for crazy houses and amusement parks. Man, I'd love to find some of those things again, and the way my mom keeps stuff around, I wouldn't be surprised if they're hiding in a box somewhere.

And now you're studying yourself and you are slightly surprised by what you've found. Evaluating yourself is a good thing as it can help you figure out what things you need to work on.

Piccolo is the true king of random!!
Screw all your Mersenne Twisters, just let him talk.

i did not make that type of stuff i made weapons like crossbows, super soakers, i made a plain out of Styrofoam. A speed boat out of wood all with out plans this is when there was no access to the internet. So every one was amassed.

I draw and wrote stories but they where labeled as disturbing so i stopped drawing for and writing and focused on my inventions.

Okay, that's true about the amusement parks thing, but I was pretty serious about some of the house designs I did. I remember some of my designs had tires in the walls to act as insulation and they were all heated by running pipes of water through the walls from a reservoir that was solar-heated.

This is bullcrap.

Piccolo, so are you Shem, Ham or Yaphet?
Guess: Yaphet, like Yaphet kotto from Homicide: Life on the Streets

I think I showed my ideas to my parents and they were encouraging (as always). I wanted to be an architect for a long time. All the way up to high school that's what I told people I wanted to be 'when I grew up'. In high school I took all the CAD classes that were offered, but I was also exposed to programming classes for the first time too. I ended up enjoying my programming classes a lot more and started coding games as a hobby, so that influenced by decision to go to university for computer science as opposed to pursuing the architecture.

As far as a dramatic 'personality change' I would say that I still maintain an interest in developing new and interesting things, but it's more focused on my area of expertise (programming and CS) now. I think that probably goes for most of the people here: the crazy imagination one has as a child thinks up new ideas all the time and doesn't give too much thought to the implementation, but as you grow older you become more aware of the challenge in implementing these ideas so you begin to focus your creative energies on things you're more likely to be able to implement. Instead of designing a revolutionary house (something I have no expertise in) I am more likely to spend my time designing a revolutionary program or game (still difficult, but much more reasonable).

Oh, yeah. I should also add that as I child I used to design a lot of board games. After my CS course that changed to designing video games

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Are you really trying to design or build a space ship in real life? One that will carry people or one of those smarter, smaller lightweight things that use solar power and slowly rise out of the atmosphere?

This thread is great. Just great.