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Re: Extreme Mindstorms Book Question
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Date: 
Mon, 26 Mar 2001 02:55:31 GMT
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Gordon wrote:

I  have only been into Minstorms for 4 months, but everything in
these books, I had either figured out for myself, or found on the
net inside a week of buying my RIS.

Perhaps this is because many of the authors have had Mindstorms webpages
up before they published any books.  True, if one is willing to spend a
few hours researching on the web, one can find more info on Mindstorms
than any one book can cover.  The web is nice, isn't it? :)

If one wants to look for truly "advanced" books, I suggest looking for
robotics books, not Mindstorms books.  Most things covered in general
robotics books can be applied to Mindstorms.

//Henry Chea
                          hchea@kungstorget.nu
            *S*  Göteborg, jaja, jag behöver inget mer!  *S*
                       http://www.kungstorget.nu



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  Re: Extreme Mindstorms Book Question
 
Henry, Thats what I've found as well. My last post might have sounded a bit strong, but I get really annoyed when I go out and buy a book ($50-$100 in Australia), and read it from cover to cover in a couple of hours, and get nothing from it. This (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Extreme Mindstorms Book Question
 
Henry, I would have to disagree about the non-Mindstorms book part. If you could point out particular books that you liked then that would be helpful. When I was researching for ideas for my book I searched on sites like Amazon for "robot" and (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Extreme Mindstorms Book Question
 
I have to disagree here. I have looked at all the current Mindstorms books and NONE of them are much use to the advanced user. I have only been into Minstorms for 4 months, but everything in these books, I had either figured out for myself, or found (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)

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