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Re: Put-up or Shut-up
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Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:13:26 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
> In the spirit of friendly competition, (as previously suggested by Jeff VW) I'd like to
> challenge Chris Magno to a robot-building contest.
Sweet. I'd pay to see that. Well, if it was cheaper I would.
> I've heard many great things about the wonderful Project-X robot (come to think of it,
> they all came from Chris) but I have yet to see any robots that would take more than an
> hour to build and program.
It really wasn't anything to write home about. In fact it was a tour de brute
force of Lego robotics. Chris' building style varies from pool noodle pathetic
(when he's busy) to "driving an M1A2 tank to the supermarket" (when he's not)
> I just think it's time to "Put-up, or Shut-Up".
We know running robots by proxy at an event doesn't work. I'd restate your
challenge for the competition at rtl14 in September.
That said, I hope everyone is working on a piperacer for BF.
Calum
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| (...) Calum, while what you say is mostly true, your analogy implies that Brute force is wrong. Allow me to expand your analogy to show you what I mean. If I needed a can of infant formula to feed my baby, I need to buy that at a store. A mere (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Chris, In the spirit of friendly competition, (as previously suggested by Jeff VW) I'd like to challenge Chris Magno to a robot-building contest. For the last couple months, while most of rtl was talking about trains, "Road Shows" and the (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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