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remember the 1/n rule?
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Sat, 16 Feb 2002 16:34:49 GMT
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I remember in the good old days when we encouraged the use of one RCX. This
quote is taken from rtlToronto's 12th post on lugnet:
"In my mind a robot that needs 2 rcx to make one tower is only half as
good as a robot that can do the same tower in 1 rcx."
So, we're going to use that rule again for project X, right? Your score is
divided by the number of RCX's you use, right?
(Dave and Rob smile :)
Just teasing, but there should be some kind of penalty. The dual RCXer's
have six sensors and six motors to play with. Maybe we could have a
'heavyweight' and a 'flyweight' category :)
Rob
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: remember the 1/n rule?
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| (...) Whoever said that was clearly wrong...Coding complexity increases with the number of RCXs...a good robot is much more than just an extra motor or an extra sensor. Should we change the scoring to be based on number of ports used? This would (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
| | | Re: remember the 1/n rule?
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| (...) I tend to side with Rob on this issue. I think the challenges facing us single RCX people (I only own 1, so I didn't really have a choice) are different from the people who use multiple RCXs. I know for me, the challenge has been to make a (...) (23 years ago, 17-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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