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Re: Anybody want to invest in my idea?
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Date: 
Mon, 23 Jul 2001 17:09:38 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Maggie Cambron writes:
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.

Okay then, who wants to invest?  It'll be the wave of the future, I tell ya!

(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!

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



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(...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)

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