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Re: Tower crane
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Date: 
Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:44:39 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.nalug, James Brown writes:


The RCX let you run the crane by remote, but it also had a default program
that would run the crane through a random sequence.

Do you seriously mean a random sequence? Or just a preprogrammed sequence of
ops. If random, where was the random seed being obtained?

Learning experience: if you don't want an RCX accidently over-ridden, cover
over the I-R port...

Indeed.



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  Re: Tower crane
 
(...) I'm not entirely certain if the entire sequence was randomized, but the durations certainly were. NQC has a random number function. thanks, James (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)

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(...) Answering ('cause I happen to know)... The RCX let you run the crane by remote, but it also had a default program that would run the crane through a random sequence. This was good at the show in that people ooohed and aaaahed at the crane (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)

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