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Subject:	Re: ISD build record
Newsgroups:	lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.events.brickfest
Date:	Fri, 9 Jul 2004 13:14:28 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Matthew Jeffery wrote:

In lugnet.events, Todd Thuma wrote:

In lugnet.events, Holger Matthes wrote:

In lugnet.events, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:

1 hour, 2 minutes and 28 seconds

Snipped for brevity

Matt

I would also like to point out that the BrickFest PDX 2004 event was held at sea level and the latest “attempt” was carried out in Germany at an altitude greatly above sea level.

The differences in atmospheric density at higher altitudes allows baseballs and javelins to travel father and for water to boil at lower temperatures. Most record books profiling baseball accomplishments or Olympic records always note when record breaking attempts were performed at higher altitudes.

Clearly, this latest attempt in Germany at the higher altitude had some unfair advantage since the less dense air at that altitude allowed the builders to work more quickly. The PDX record was acheived at seal level where the builders had to fight the denser air.

So, sadly, even though this latest attempt may have only had 10 members and a mysterious 11th man from the LEGO Company (probably a Master Model Builder or the guy that desgined the ISD) who supoosedly only “timed” the 10 member team, there will have to be a footnote under this attempt indicating that this “record” breaking attempt occured at a higher elevation leading to this artificially fast time.

Good job though guys! Nice try!

Todd

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		Re: ISD build record
(...) On the other hand, the Berlin builders had to fight the infamous "Berliner Luft", so I guess that evens out things a bit :P (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)

		Re: ISD build record
(...) <snipped> (...) seal level eh? So you're admitting that the PDX builders had assistance from a slippery marine mammal? This means that the PDX record is even longer, as an 11th member of the team was added (the seal) without anyone noticing! (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)

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		Re: ISD build record
(...) <SNIP> Really? Subtracting on one side to make 10 and adding on the other to make 11 is not doing the same function on both sides. Just the maths pedant in me speaking, but last I checked, when doing statistical, numerical, any kind of (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)

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