Students Build Life-Sized Trojan Horse For Class Project 72
A good old-fashioned Iliad diorama just wasn't big enough for a group of Chicago area students. They decided to build a life-sized Trojan Horse for their class project instead. From the article: "As Newsradio 780s Mike Krauser reports, their teacher couldn’t believe it. 'It was a surprise and it was a big surprise,' said teacher Bob Pomykala. The students wouldn’t tell Pomykala what they were up to. 'They said they had a great idea, but they wouldn’t tell me what it was,' he said. What they did was build a giant Trojan Horse, which, according to Greek mythology was used to sneak soldiers into the city of Troy for a triumphant battle. They built it in senior Sergio Aguilar’s yard, and then moved it right in front of Marengo Community High School.
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They used it to sneak drugs into the school...
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Sex and drugs... a student was caught swinging their legs from between the hind quarters as the cheerleading squad walked by.
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Sex and drugs... a student was caught swinging their legs from between the hind quarters as the cheerleading squad walked by.
Speaking about Sex. I always thought Trojan was a terrible name for a brand of condoms.
Considering the Trojan horse was pushed through the city gates whereupon it broke open and these little guys came pouring out of it and caused all kinds of trouble.
I think this is a wonderful thing (Score:2)
They used the same plywood that was available to Odysseus and the Achaeans!
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Ooooh is that a gift? (Score:2)
Trojan Horse? (Score:2)
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This is /. so I would expect a story about a trojan unicorn (preferably one without a goatse link).
Are you proposing they feed stardust to the unicorn to see if it farts rainbows?
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Are you proposing they feed stardust to the unicorn to see if it farts rainbows?
Yes, yes I am.
Disappointing. Looks nothing like Stephen Elop (Score:2)
huh? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:huh? (Score:5, Funny)
Life-sized? (Score:3)
This horse only holds 12 people. The original Trojan horse held 30 people, according to Wikipedia [wikipedia.org].
So it doesn't exactly sound "life-sized" to me.
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This horse only holds 12 people. The original Trojan horse held 30 people, according to Wikipedia [wikipedia.org].
So it doesn't exactly sound "life-sized" to me.
People where smaller back then and folded up easier...
Re:Life-sized? (Score:5, Funny)
But they clearly had enormous balls.
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According to some accounts they were more, and they were probably carrying some armor (and lets not mention two spies fitting on the mouth alone), so it is definitely not "life sized".
But the biggest disappointment for me is that it doesn't look like a horse. I am sure the Trojans would not bother to roll it in their city looking like that. Ok, it was just a school project, but still...
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It doesn't run Linux either.
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"Mikey, find a use for your wooden AT-AT or I'll burn it!"
"Yes, Father."
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This horse only holds 12 people. The original Trojan horse held 30 people, according to Wikipedia [wikipedia.org].
So it doesn't exactly sound "life-sized" to me.
Um, apparently you don't realize that stories have a way of exaggerating what really happen. Sure, it sound great to say it was 30 peeps in the book, but really? It was probably like 2 dudes, enough to lift the gates open.
Let's be real. Some force has been camped outside your gates, trying to break in and kill you. They aren't able to, so over night, they dissappear and put a "horse" that can hold 30 peeps outside the gate? How fucking stupid would you have to be, to roll that bad boy in your fucki
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And actually, if you bothered to read the wiki article you used as proof, you'd see the number was challenged by different sources.
you sir, failed.
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The Chaser Boys did this too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3SfNANtig
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This horse only holds 12 people.
And they cheated and used pre-made 2x4s, pre-made plywood sheets, and I'll bet those lazy jerks used power tools instead of hand-made brass tools. Why did those kids even bother! It's not authentic.
Or, perhaps you didn't mean to criticize the school kids; maybe you meant to criticize Slashdot for using the term "life-sized". Well, here's a pro tip for you: people will often use inexact language. I'm pretty sure that in this context, "life-sized" means "much bigger than a
Gift (Score:1)
I want to know who they're giving it to.
In Soviet Greece ... (Score:2)
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A new example ... (Score:2)
....of being wary of geeks bearing gifts?
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....of being wary of geeks bearing gifts?
Be wary of rifts among geeks.
Alors! There ees a wooden rabbit outside le gate?!?
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No, no, be wary of geeks bearing gifs. Sage advice, I think.
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You are so wrong. The real danger is geeks bare in gifs
Not quite... (Score:2)
They should have built a giant wooden badger (Score:1)
Won't These Students be Disappointed (Score:2)
Imagine how bad they'll feel when they learn that the entire Greek Civilization never existed [theonion.com] and they did all that hard work for nothing...
Hey, just what are kids today up to? (Score:1)
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Yes.
Instead of just shouting "You're stupid! You suck! I hate you!" and running away, they're proving it and watching you blog about it.
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Sounds like a Bueller question. (Score:2)
Burn Baby Burn (Score:2)
10$ says this thing gets torched in effigy at the end of the school year at the big schools out for summer bender.
Naysayers (Score:5, Insightful)
Man, what's with Slashdot, the comments are full of so much negativity this past year.
These kids are in high school. That's pretty amazing that they were able to build that on their own, without it being assigned, including forming a team, agreeing on the project and following it through on their time and expense. I'm sure some of you were splitting atoms after school but my high school was certainly not like that. It may not be sized/shaped to historically accurate accounts (whatever that means) but they are making something by hand, and staying off the PC/Gaming Console/TV long enough to finish it.
I'm an amateur woodworker and can point out all sorts of flaws but that's really not the point here. It's easier to tear something down than build it up.
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I'm sure it's also completely unrelated to distressing reports of Marengo High School being razed and pillaged, and its cheerleading squad being carried off into captivity.
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I'm sure some of you were splitting atoms after school
Nah, at my school we were violating security on the local University Mainframe.
And all was fine until (Score:2)
...the safety inspectors arrived.
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...the safety inspectors arrived.
Yes, I hear he was a Trojan and had seen this sort of thing before....
A trojan what? (Score:1)
We made a life-sized trojan also [trojancondoms.com], but it got us kicked out of school.
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A real challenge would be one that you could fit 30 to 40 men at once in.
No wheels? (Score:1)
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Okay, Mr. Picky, they built a replica of the Trojan Horse. Happy now?
-Mike
Explain again... (Score:2)
...Who gets out of the rabbit?
Obligatory (Score:1)
Perhaps if they built a large wooden badger...
Oh no, I fear for my system (Score:1)
Doesn't look authentic (Score:2)
Beware... (Score:1)
Serenity (Score:2)
They Clearly need more education (Score:2)