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Re: The Great Ball Contraption
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 10 Jan 2005 07:50:04 GMT
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Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr&IHateSpam&.com>
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Steve Baker writes:
> So simply write into the rules that everyone who submits a left hand
> turn has to submit a corresponding right hand turn or they won't
> be accepted.
Excellent idea! But it's even easier than that!! Do NOT change the
specification on this account. It's not necessary! If somebody wants
to make a single module which can be split into a right-hand turn and
left-hand turn, they can do it without any change in the spec. Their
module will simply have its own (spec-conforming) internal pair of
input and output boxes that happens to be at right angles to the rest
of the Contraption.
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| (...) I think you can handle this with a little care in the design of the rules. If the table you are setting it up on is deep enough to permit it, you could always use four 90 degree pieces in a LEFT/RIGHT/RIGHT/LEFT sequence to keep the overall (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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