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Re: More for the Hobby Show...
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Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:13:49 GMT
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Steve Hassenplug wrote:

> On Fri, August 26, 2005 1:41 pm, Chris Magno wrote:
> 
> > as much as i ~HATE~ having to use steves idea... i like this idea a lot.
> > 
> > Chris
> > (sigh)  what next, peace in gaza?  skating in hell?
> 
> 
> I'm sure this is killing you.
> 
> Let me try to make it easier.  While I did most of the posting, it was not MY idea.
> It was actually an idea from our club (LafLRC).  There were five or six people who
> worked out the final spec.
> 
> But, it didn't start there.
> 
> We stole the "soccer ball" idea from SMART, the Seattle Mindstorms group.  They came
> up with the idea for a Crazy Cybernetic Crate Contraption which moved crates of
> soccer & basket balls around. (I don't remember the exact name, but we can just call
> it C4)
> 
> Of course, you may remember they first announced the Crate Contraption about the
> same time rtl was working on Deep Yellow (the Connect Four game) or C4.
> 
> So, they, in fact, came up with the Crazy name, to steal the spotlight from rtl's C4
> (C$).  Which clearly means it was your idea in the first place.
> 
> Oh, but what about the world record thing?  Nope, also not our idea.  I stole that
> from a group in California.  http://www.playingatlearning.org/rube/index.html  Of
> course, they got the idea for stringing LEGO creations from us, but then the
> stealing links back into the previous chain, that again leads back to rtl.
> 
> So, I have to thank you, because pretty much no matter how you look at it, the trail
> goes back to rtl, and the Connect Four game.   which I won.
> 
> oops.  sorry.
> 
> Steve



oh.

OK.

so the GBC is really MY idea.

ok.
Im cool with that.

thanks

Chris

ps.  did my GBC idea set a world record?



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(...) While I'm still waiting for the official word, I'm pretty sure your idea DID set a new world record. Steve (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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(...) I'm sure this is killing you. Let me try to make it easier. While I did most of the posting, it was not MY idea. It was actually an idea from our club (LafLRC). There were five or six people who worked out the final spec. But, it didn't start (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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