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Subject:	Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:09:17 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Don Rogerson wrote:

This is why it is ridiculous for him to make a logical leap from this data to a claim about usefulness.

If the author is worried about maximum variation with minimal parts... go play with Silly-Putty. LEGO is not, at the heart, about combinatorics, it’s about creations.

Perhaps he should do more building and less math. Or, visit a convention where people who are actually creating are displaying.

Logically correct... and totally worthless.

-- Brian Davis

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		Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
(...) I think it's the higher ratio of piece types to set size that leads him to conclude the sets are not as useful for free-form building as they once were. The argument he makes is that if you have a set of 100 unique pieces, it has less (...) (13 years ago, 1-Mar-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)

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