No no no. You can NOT be past it whilst still in your teens, it's simply a physical impossibility!

I myself am 18, and whether this is melodramatic or not, I was wondering how many of you are a bit past it. With such a relatively small userbase it is important to have lots of young(ish) people. Just an opinion. Please don't call me ageist, I'm not trying to be, I'm just thinking of topics of conversation. And there's nothing wrong with being old, it seems a lot easier to me... but you aren't around to buy the computers as long

(Sorry )

I see I forgot to put the smiley after the poll suggestion though

You're right about the bragging, I think. As long as we don't get silly (never!) about it - and have something to brag with... (where's that RiscStation Laptop...and no silly names!)

<joking> I hear that if I put enough monkeys on this board it'll get a mention in the national press! </joking>

(That's my excuse!)

Please note that I said it has something to do with a new user base etc etc. Of course every age group (and computer literacy category and a myrriad of other socioeconomic issues) have equally as much to do with it.

However, by the time I'm 50 or whatever, society will have crumbled due to a lack of oil. Just think, no plastic to make RiscPC cases from ...!!! :O

Anyway, the question was "how old are you", not "bog off if you're over the hill" innit!

And ... relax.

Meeeow! (don't 'spose you'd care to mention which twenty somethings?)

In defence of this thread, DOB may have little to do with "youngness" but it does have (something) to do with a new and (at least potentially) expanding and sustainable user base, or lack thereof. Since that was the purpose of this thread (to find out one way or another) I wonder if these 20 odd posts have answered [steve]'s curiosity? Eh? Eh?

[Edited by mentat at 17:06, 9/11/2000]

I feel the same now as I did 15 years ago. I play 5-a-side and can run faster than those half my age. How old was Linford when he retired as a world class sprinter !! how old is Steve Redgrave !! What on earth does age have to do with sitting on your bum in front of a computer screen. Age is only problem for 2 groups of people:

1. People who think the year of your birth is related to how young you are.
2. Ageists (easily idenitifed cos they say "I'm not an ageist".

Oops nearly forgot I'm 42 and clearly considerably younger than some twenty somethings here

And certainly they're not still up!

Course all it means is that I've been in the scene a bit longer
than you under 25s...

[Edited by Gulli at 09:53, 8/11/2000]

but shhhhhhhhh! (this is a secret!)

[Edited by Matrix at 08:58, 8/11/2000]

What were you worrying about, Steve

I'm 20 BTW, and have absolutely NO disposable income

However, I expect I'll still find a way to get a RiscStation Laptop in the not too distant future... then we can go about actively expanding the user base innit

I may be over the hill but I bet I've got more disposable income that could be used supporting the market than you 8P

...now if only there was something worth buying!!

Then again I don't expect to be buying RISC OS computers when I'm 60. If I am then something has gone seriously wrong in HCI research