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Re: lego reference
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Tue, 3 Oct 2000 02:40:24 GMT
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On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 02:46:00AM +0000, Christopher Masi wrote:
Hey all - just thought you'd be interested in this little reference we
came across, in "Bridges" by Etta Kner (ISBN 1-55074-146-2) p. 16:

"Try building a cantilever bridge out of Lego or other building material."

  Is this a challenge? Is the author trying to say that a cantilever bridge
cannot be built out of LEGO?

they say go make one, not that it can't be done...  maybe one day, we'll find
the time :)

Dan



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(...) I'm still curious about the context. Is Etta talking about RL bridges, or a LEGO model bridge? Is the implication that cantilever bridges are particularly difficult, or easy, or something else? Is it a comparision between LEGO and all other (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)

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(...) Dan, Is this a challenge? Is the author trying to say that a cantilever bridge cannot be built out of LEGO? Chris (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)

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