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Geez Rob, I hope it was more interesting than my full spiral tib-fib that required an internal metal brace installed in my tibia with a power tool affectionately known as a slap-hammer. Yes, the sounds of power tools coming from an orthopedic OR (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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...so I probably won't be there this Saturday. If I do make it, it will be solely as a spectator. My first no-entry event since rtl6! Oh well. I had a somewhat interesting battery box idea, but that was all. Actually its probably good for me to take (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Bruce I've seen your code.... I understand why you need to take a few days to program in these changes... if you need help e-mail off list I'll do my best to show you what variable needs to be changed. t = 180 t = 120 t = 60 Chris (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I'm pleased to say that my robot is complete from a building point of view. All that's left is programming and a wee bit of testing. Then I'll have to spend another few days adjusting the program to account for 2 or 3 minute contests. Dave, (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That’s o.k. Ian, nuttin’ wrong with that... It’s no worse that still having imaginary-friends at 22 yrs old! An’ I'm proud to have a giant invisible *Koala named ‘Friz-bee’ --==Richard==-- *Well, if you had a woolly arboreal marsupial you (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:HBJy4E.1JC@lugnet.com... (...) Iain (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Maybe a better way to put it is, I don't want this thing to become like Calvin-Ball: (URL) three minutes only if you need them all. But you'll have to declare it at the start of the day by standing on a chair and singing "Copacabana" by Barry (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, part of the game is dealing with a 3 minute game time. Your suggestion is to be able to "fast forward" this game time if no one uses it as as strategy option is commendable, but confusing for a change this late in the game. Calum (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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NEVER mind... Calum and i just had a heated discussion and he talked me down from the edge. he suggested that 4 days before an event is too late to make ANY changes. he agrees that we could have a boredom problem if 2 robots use the same time delay (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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1. Don't we run these contest for ourselves not the audience? 2. Just because TV has given kids an attention span of less then 3ns doesn't mean we should cater to it. 3. There is no point 3! 4. If people can watch Formula One for 2 hours and nothing (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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