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Re: lego reference
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 3 Oct 2000 15:12:56 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Dan Boger wrote:
> 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:
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> > > "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?
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> they say go make one, not that it can't be done... maybe one day, we'll find
> the time :)
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 building materials?
Ah. Here's a brief review of the book:
<http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol22no4/revbridges.html>. That
makes more sense now.
Steve
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| (...) they say go make one, not that it can't be done... maybe one day, we'll find the time :) Dan (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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