Nine-year-old writes hit iPhone app - 4000 downloads

2009-02-10 18:44:24

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blademaster: I'm moving to Brazil; +2,075|7083

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You might think you're pretty hot stuff because you've figured out how to change your Facebook status from your iPhone, but you've got nothing on nine-year-old Lim Ding Wen.

This young prodigy from Singapore is fluent in six programming languages, according to a BBC report this week, and his newest creation, an iPhone drawing game called Doodle Kids, has racked up over 4,000 downloads in just two weeks. He wrote it for his younger sisters, who love to draw.

Doodle Kids, which lets players sketch with their fingers on the iPhone's screen and shake it, Etch-A-Sketch-style, to clear, has already racked up a healthy three-and-a-half star rating on the App Store. One reviewer commented: "Awesome app!...Amazing that something like this was made by a 9 year old"

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2009-02-10 18:46:37

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AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6591|what

In b4 Etch-A-Sketch file lawsuit for copyright infringement.

2009-02-10 18:46:46

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Roc18: `; +655|6229|PROLLLY PROLLLY PROLLLY

Damn... I feel stupid once again.

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2009-02-10 18:47:11

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Eagle: Togs8896 is my evil alter ego; +567|7069|New Hampshire, USA

I call hacks tbh

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2009-02-10 18:48:05

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blademaster: I'm moving to Brazil; +2,075|7083

Roc18 wrote:
Damn... I feel stupid once again.

nah ur not stupid u can beat the kid up and steal his application and show him that ur stronger eh and smarter

2009-02-10 18:50:58

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Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6976|Long Island, New York

inb4asianjokes

2009-02-10 18:55:28

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Roc18: `; +655|6229|PROLLLY PROLLLY PROLLLY

blademaster wrote:
Roc18 wrote:
Damn... I feel stupid once again.
nah ur not stupid u can beat the kid up and steal his application and show him that ur stronger eh and smarter

lol but he's fluent in 6 programming languages, I wonder how a 9 year old does that when he is being taught how to read paragraphs in school still.

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2009-02-10 19:18:13

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Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|7070

I can't even learn Turing, fuck me.

2009-02-10 19:50:26

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Catbox: forgiveness; +505|7154

does he get paid for this...?

Love is the answer

2009-02-10 19:54:02

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Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6140|College Park, MD

[TUF]Catbox wrote:
does he get paid for this...?

Assuming it's not free, I think it's something like a 70/30 split between the developer and Apple respectively.

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2009-02-10 19:58:23

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Poseidon: Fudgepack DeQueef; +3,253|6976|Long Island, New York

I just checked the app store and it's free.

Still awesome for him regardless...I'm sure he'll be working at a Fortune 500 company in no time.

2009-02-10 20:13:59

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Catbox: forgiveness; +505|7154

He'll be burnt out by the time he's 14...lol

Love is the answer

2009-02-10 20:22:59

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trippy982: Member; +34|6836

Fluent in 6 programming languages doesn't really mean much considering some are pretty similar to each other with only minor variances...

I'm fluent in QBasic, TI-Basic, Visual Basic 6.0, VB.NET, TruBasic, and oBasic. That's 6 right there...

2009-02-10 20:39:04

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Tetn1s: Member; +59|7080|Los Angeles

trippy982 wrote:
Fluent in 6 programming languages doesn't really mean much considering some are pretty similar to each other with only minor variances...

I'm fluent in QBasic, TI-Basic, Visual Basic 6.0, VB.NET, TruBasic, and oBasic. That's 6 right there...

your not 9 right? I hope not.

2009-02-10 20:43:10

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Brasso: member; +1,549|7068

Gooners wrote:
fuck me.

sure

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2009-02-10 20:44:13

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Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|6140|College Park, MD

The kid is Japanese it's not that surprising. Those crazy folk have an entire year of high school (I think it's after the equivalent of 12th grade for us Americans) dedicated to studying for the Japanese equivalent of the SAT.

2009-02-10 20:44:13

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Gooners: Wiki Contributor; +2,700|7070

haffeysucks wrote:
Gooners wrote:
fuck me.
sure

ill put a noodle in your ass and pull it out of your mouth.

i want you haffey, i want you xx

2009-02-10 22:12:22

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TopHat01: Limitless; +117|6342|CA

Yahoo news fucktards wrote:
You might think you're pretty hot stuff because you've figured out how to change your Facebook status from your iPhone

These journalists are retarded, seriously.

Check out my YouTube channel

2009-02-10 22:36:40

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Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6635|Winland

Already posted.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-02-10 22:38:07

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Mutantbear: Semi Constructive Criticism; +1,431|6403|London, England

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
[TUF]Catbox wrote:
does he get paid for this...?
Assuming it's not free, I think it's something like a 70/30 split between the developer and Apple respectively.

70/30 seems very generous, im suprised

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2009-02-10 22:43:23

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Roger Lesboules: Ah ben tabarnak!; +316|7015|Abitibi-Temiscamingue. Québec!

Mutantsteak wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:
[TUF]Catbox wrote:
does he get paid for this...?
Assuming it's not free, I think it's something like a 70/30 split between the developer and Apple respectively.
70/30 seems very gracious, im suprised

Its a good thing they would be generous considering that its the people that make the iPhone even better and sell more.

2009-02-11 04:12:12

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Metal-Eater-GR: I can haz titanium paancakez?; +490|6710

[TUF]Catbox wrote:
He'll be burnt out by the time he's 14...lol

Indeed.

2009-02-11 04:26:40

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RavyGravy: Son.; +617|6843|NSW, Australia

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
The kid is Japanese it's not that surprising. Those crazy folk have an entire year of high school (I think it's after the equivalent of 12th grade for us Americans) dedicated to studying for the Japanese equivalent of the SAT.

the kid is from Singapore, not Japan

2009-02-11 04:29:21

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AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6591|what

XxRavenxX wrote:
Hurricane2k9 wrote:
The kid is Japanese it's not that surprising. Those crazy folk have an entire year of high school (I think it's after the equivalent of 12th grade for us Americans) dedicated to studying for the Japanese equivalent of the SAT.
the kid is from Singapore, not Japan

Check mate.

2009-02-11 04:48:44

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TopHat01 wrote:
Yahoo news fucktards wrote:
You might think you're pretty hot stuff because you've figured out how to change your Facebook status from your iPhone
These journalists are retarded, seriously.

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