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(...) While talking with co-workers today someone came up with a "cheat" that is NOT in the spirit of the game. With this In mind your robot is NOT allowed to pick up the entire game board and shake all the blocks into a magazine then re-sort them (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Why is that a cheat? I disagree. It's harder to build a machine that tips the board and collects the pieces, then drops them into position. In fact, you'd have to build two devices: A tipper and collator/assembler at the bottom edge, as well (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GL9wCv.Fot@lugnet.com... (...) or (...) No no, Chris said it would be okay for me to collect them into a 2by8 nest off the main grid. (...) limit (...) I can't think of too many ways (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In one post Calum Rants: (...) then in a second post Calum drones on about: (...) Look, Calum, I understand you had a hard day at work, I heard that the subway system was screwy for a bit BUT that is no reason to go on and on. (smirk) OK, all (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Correct. But what I'm arguing is Chris' statement of: (...) Notice he says "with the smarts to "see" a problem and change the pattern of blocks to the one specified". Your design wouldn't even see it, if you grab them all first and put them (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) WOW, what a GREAT idea!! Ok, new rule. it would not be in the spirit of the game if your robot did not pay homage to me is some respectful way. :) Wow, I feel this power all of a sudden. very liberating. Excuse me, my people are calling me. I (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have this piucture of a robot that imitates a ten pin bowling alley: Grabber comes down and picks up the blocks that are already in place, an arm scrapes the rest of the pieces off the tray into a hopper, it somehow reloads the empty slots (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3BCB95FC.C33086...ome.com... (...) Now I feel guilty. Iain (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GLA1H9.6Kq@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) grab (...) already (...) That's why I feel guilty. I was going to have it look at what cells have blocks though, and then pick the blocks out of (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3BCB9C74.40BC09...ome.com... (...) Perhaps the pattern we should be making is a 4by4 resolution mosiac of you? :) Iain (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Iain says: (...) DON'T!!! what you propose is still block processing. and it was CALUM who interpreted my poor "spirit definition" to say you are out of the rules. LOOK. I'm getting bored of this thread. If someone wants to process lego blocks with (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh I have some ideas ;) In order for one of my ideas to work, I need the top of the blocks to be tiled. You let me worry about how the 3x3 block is sitting in the 4x4 square. I am also so impressed by the delta v 'bot pics that Iain had a link (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) My vote? I go with bricks (or plates). Matters not to me :) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I don't think we should focus on a type of solution, but just a problem that can be solved by many solutions. The argument against such specialization would be, if you dictate what kind of solution one wants to see, you might as well paint it (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Chris and I were chatting on the phone and because Chris doesn't want to sound despotic anymore, he told me to outline why I think this isn't such a great idea: -Everyone needs to have the same board. -Finding white tiles is very hard. We've (...) (23 years ago, 17-Oct-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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