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Re: Thoughts on drag racing
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Wed, 7 Jul 2004 17:04:59 GMT
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I'm going to agree with Ivan on this one. all these other ideas re: "starting;"
force people to either orientate the brick, make people use an IR message, or
whatever.
K.I.S.S.
when someone says Go, you do what ever you need to, to start your robot.
As to the idea of not going head to head.. well thats just silly. again, the
whole point of our games is to get us out of the house.
If you just want a time based system, then we could do this at home and post our
anti-X times.
if someone wants to build a "photo finsh" detector, then thats fine.
> What about people who might attempt an RCX-less solution? ;)
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> Personally I don’t see what the big deal is. If someone thinks that pressing a
> button on their RCX (or a battery box) will interfere with the take off, then
> let them come up with their own remote control mechanism. And as far as not
> pressing the button soon enough, well … tough! After all, a good reaction time
> is a major part of the real drag racing.
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> Ivan
> - No one reads these anymore.
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| (...) What about people who might attempt an RCX-less solution? ;) Personally I don’t see what the big deal is. If someone thinks that pressing a button on their RCX (or a battery box) will interfere with the take off, then let them come up with (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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