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(...) If it's too easy, why would you bother attempting a mechanical solution? I suspect you're actually trying to say it will be too easy to win the event, if you can build a mechanical solution. I would suggest most people will not be able to (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Based on the original concept, yes it would be a disqualification. I don't think it right to stipulate that you must detect the line. As I understand the game, the idea is to run down the track as fast as possible but be able to stop in the (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I was thinking about this too.... but what if we stipulate that the robot MUST use the black electrical tape finish line for detection, and NOT the table edge? What if the robot is going so fast when it crosses the finish line that some part (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Mile Stone
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Well I just got around to entering all the sets I got at BrickFest into Peeron. My Goal for this year was to break 200 000 pieces. With my BrickFest purchases I achieved this goal. Totals: 720 Sets (357 unique), 200,904 Parts, 790 Minifigs. Now this (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto17 Drag Racing Tentative Ruleset
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(...) Nothing. I'm saying it makes it too easy. If I find the time to do this contest, I'm going to attempt a mechanical solution no mater what the rule about hanging over the edge of the table is. But allowing edge detection instead of looking for (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) What's wrong with allowing a purely mechanical solution? It would be MUCH easier to build an RCX controlled robot, but if someone can make one that's completely mechanical, wouldn't that be cool to see? Isn't that the point? (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | RE: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto17 Drag Racing Tentative Ruleset
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(...) I agree Derek. I just raised the question to avoid the possibility of a simple mechanical solution, as you have suggested :-) At one point, I thought about the problem of driving straight and detecting when the bot is just about to go over the (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I would think this should not be allowed. If it is it changes the nature of the contest. What's the point in in having the lines across the table. The idea was you had to race down and stop within a certain distance, not race down and stop (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I say as long as it's over the line and doesn't fall off the table, that's good 'nuff Dave (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) No, it doesn't have to physically turn around. I guess I shouldn't imply that. (...) Guys? Calum (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Two questions come to mind.... 1. Does the bot have to turn around at the end of the tables before coming back? Or can it simply reverse and come back? If the reverse isn't challenging enough, then adding the turn around requirement might add some (...) (20 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: where have all the good guys gone?
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(...) Not quite a graph, but it will have to do. After all, you can never be too safe when working with the Light Green Booby Traps: (URL) speaking of Booby-Traps, how about "rtl-19: Sudden Death"? (URL) can see this game being a blast, excuse the (...) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: So How Do I Convince My Boss...
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(URL) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(URL) is pretty cool. :) Iain (Sick of TCP offsets and robtargets) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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due to the fact that I find using the web browser awkward, this is my THIRD attempt at typing this reply...... Steve said: (...) its always been: "what the game??" (...) With typical Steve-centric (tm) flare, I could expect something like "...that (...) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Here's some fuel for the fire. If you start writing that book, you could use this as a research trip. Then you could write off the cost on your taxes. Or do it as a job-hunting trip, you can write off those too. You don't have to *find* a job, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) sorry to keep you hanging. my fault. lets see... banter, banter, AH here it is.... the flow of conversations went like this: (...) which leaves me not having to reply. you dont seem to care... so I wont bother. (...) Chris (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think LGBT stands for Light Green Booby Trap but I could be wrong. a graph would help! Chris (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm still waiting for the reply Chris promised here: (URL) guess he just has no reply to this message: (URL) the clever insulting (like the Mindstorms events) has just become too easy. There's no challenge left. Steve (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | So How Do I Convince My Boss...
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...that I need to go to this: (URL) agree Chris, it is really dead here at RTL. Where is all the witty banter, clever insulting, and biting satire that I had come to expect in here? Guess I'll have to follow Dave K's lead and go buy a boxed set of (...) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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