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Re: rtlToronto14 AC issue and entrants
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Tue, 26 Aug 2003 13:59:34 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Benjamin Medinets wrote:
> > > Yes or No: AC adapters allowed.
> >
> > I'm building a robot for rtlToronto14. As for AC adapters, heck no. That's not
> > being nice to those of you who don't know how to buy batteries, but robot
> > competitions are not about being nice. I for one will not be able to use AC
> > because I don't have an RCX 1.0, so why should I give anyone else that slight
> > advantage?
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> That isn't a good rationale for voting no. That's like saying "no" to
> allowing pneumatics because you don't have them.
To my mind, it's a perfectly good reason for saying no. Let's turn the tables
and suppose allowing AC was the norm. I come along and requested that AC *not*
be allowed because I can only use batteries. The response would likely have been
along the lines of "tough luck, life isn't fair either, get used to it." Well,
in this case, the precedent is on the no-AC side, and while I have the chance to
say "no", I am doing so.
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| (...) I'm not entering so I have no official say. We allowed ext. power for project x 'cause, well, the 'bots didn't move. IIRC, I noticed in the vid for monkey bars that one was using ext. power. but then there should have been no chance that bots (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) That isn't a good rationale for voting no. That's like saying "no" to allowing pneumatics because you don't have them. What is the underlying issue? What I perceive the problem is what to do with the dangling wires that are attatched to the (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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