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Re: My next big conflict
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Fri, 18 Oct 2002 19:32:31 GMT
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You (Steve Hassenplug) would rather attend some generic non challenging
non lego robot game where people will watch in fascination, as small
(20cmx20cm) robot bulldozers go head to head.

Sometimes, it pays to enter these non-challenging events:
http://www.workshop3d.com/rcx/index.htm

I don't know if it says, but the first place for the sumo was an RIS.

You (Steve Hassenplug) of the same fame who created the FIRST ever 2
wheeled self balancing robot.... as seen here:

http://perso.freelug.org/legway/LegWay.html

and here:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/10/17/1437214&tid=159

you would find robot  sumo a challenge??

you would want to go to a sumo event .....

Versus

...
participate in a game that is so original, so complex,

hmm sounds hard.

Is it because we would not allow the use of non lego sensors???

No non-LEGO sensors???

Is it because the game could be too hard.....

well, it sounds hard.

think about it..... you have less than a month to try to find a way to
take any number of "blocks" and stack them....  keep in mind that the
previous winners never got past 9.... some have claimed 14... but no
proof.  how many ways can a person raise one block and place it on
another, and do it again, and again before the tower falls.

sounds hard.

Steve, I see no choice.  The answer is clear.... you have to... nay;
MUST build this robot, you WANT to build this robot, you NEED to
enter....

hmm.  Maybe I do.

oh, and don't forget to bring the legway, I want to see it in person.

I may need those parts for my block stacker.  All 20 of them.

P.S. what do you mean we don't have prizes.... most times we have cool
prizes (thanks Angelo), and always the bragging rights...

I doubt I'd go for the prizes...

But, when I spoke with my wife about the choice, she said, "I don't think they [Central Illinois Robotic Club] like you, because you build LEGO robots."  I think she's right.  So, I'd kind of like to go over there and kick their @$$ with a 6.6lb LEGO robot.

Then, I could ask if any of them have ever been on SlashDot...

I better go figure out how to stack blocks.  It sounds hard.
Steve
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(...) show off. :) (...) no really, the prizes are cool. now that Angelo is a retailer of lego products he donates some amazing things. (plus he has some good prices) (...) I think rtltoronto was once sort-of slash dotted... kind - of. Calum will (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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