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Re: rtlToronto, the Road Ahead/VM Questions
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Tue, 20 Aug 2002 20:39:54 GMT
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Matt,
Some good questions here.
I'd add the following: a hospital or similar venue almost certainly has
a contract to a vending machine operator. We'd be in violation of any
such contract if we vend thing for cash.
I'm not sold on the most-cash-wins idea, nor the vend-what-you-please
idea. To add to these debates:
What's wrong with capping the cost of goods vended at $.50 or $0.75 or
$1? Everyone should be able to find something in that range, and it
gets rid of the $5-for-a-quarter thing, where the richest person could
buy a win.
I also think that a lego cup (for coins) and a stack of chocolate bars
with a sign reading "Chocolate bars, $.25 each" could outsell a
brilliant vending machine with granola bars. I'd be saddened to see the
cup & bars win, because it's a cheap victory and we try to avoid those
in our competitions.
So is the competition to find the best capitalist or the best robot
designer? This is not a rhetorical question, I'd like to hear what
people think.
Maybe we need to building a scoring system which is X% appearance, Y%
technical merit, Z% $$ value collected or something. Of course, we've
mostly avoided subjective decisions thus far, but we could always try.
Perhaps a panel of our peers? Or of random passers-by?
As for avoiding legal or contractual controversy because we're selling
things, we could try giving attendees tokens to use in the machines, and
letting them decide that way. And have a "Suggested donation" box to
one side if we're dead-set on giving proceeds to charity.
I'd like to get feedback on what weights people would give different
scoring categories:
Appearance: A replica full-sized coke machine with blinking lights
would do well
Technical merit: An all-lego change-making vending machine that carves
your likeness out of a bar of soap would do well
$$Vended: A $100-bill-for a quarter vending machine consisting of a cup
for donations and a tray for the $100 bills would do well.
Other categories? And who gets to judge?
Jeff E
Matthias Jetleb wrote:
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> I've decided to go against every fiber of my being and not wait until
> the last minute before starting on the Vending Machines game. In
> tossing around some ideas I've come up with a few questions:
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