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Re: Anybody want to invest in my idea?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:17:02 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Adrian Drake writes:
> Here's the concept. Take a warehouse and install a sorting machine there,
> one that can sort by weight, size, and color. Match it with a piece
> database and fuzzy matching software. What you end up with is this: You
> dump a bunch of pieces into the hopper. The machine then sorts each
> individual piece out, counts it, individually bags it, and labels each bag
> with the count and parts database ref number. All you'd do is ship your
> container of loose lego (we would even process unopened sets for you) and
> we'd send you a box of sorted, labelled lego bags.
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> Okay then, who wants to invest? It'll be the wave of the future, I tell ya!
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> (this is what happens when I spend all weekend sorting...)
Hey, I have two of those-- the primitive tow-headed model that performs basic
sorting tasks all right but is unreliable when called on to do more complex
categorizing. The benefit is that they are low maintenance-- just toss them a
jelly sandwich now and then and promise them your Jar Jar heads when they're
done!
(this is what happens when you have kids...)
Maggie C.
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| (...) Ahh, kids! Now that's the way to do it...cheap labor! The heck with this mechanical idea. Maybe I can outsource the entire thing to a Guatemalan Sweat Shop or something. Or not. Adrian (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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| "Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:GGxp8E.1M6@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) basic (...) complex (...) them a (...) they're (...) I parted out nine soccer busses the other day along with some other stuff all it (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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| Here's the concept. Take a warehouse and install a sorting machine there, one that can sort by weight, size, and color. Match it with a piece database and fuzzy matching software. What you end up with is this: You dump a bunch of pieces into the (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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