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Re: FLL not allowing NQC; Mindscript is allowed
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 10 Mar 2005 08:12:00 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@^antispam^airmail.net>
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Mark Tarrabain wrote:
> If every kid in the contest, regardless of their background, has a
> perception that nobody else has access to any tools they don't, nobody
> can go and cry "foul" later when the best and brightest happens to win.
You can't possibly defend that position.
ANYONE can have NQC for zero cost! It's an OpenSource project. Just
download it from the NQC web site or use the brickcc tool from any web
browser! You can even find links to it from the official Lego web site!
If lack of availablility were a serious criteria then *ONLY* NQC should be
allowed. Underprivilaged schools might not be able to afford RIS or
Robolab - some schools may not have a Windows machine to run RIS on -
but if you have any computer at all, you can have NQC within 10 minutes
flat! Not having access to NQC is a complete impossibility!
NQC also runs on Mac's and Linux - so it's actually much MORE available
than RIS!
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| (...) But it won't necessarily get perceived that way... it would be perceived that NQC is a tool for advanced users, and that it may offer advantages that the regular LEGO tools don't. Available for zero financial cost doesn't necessarily mean (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) .... (...) I agree... unfortunately, there's not a heck of a lot anyone can do about it. The easiest solution is to simply not compete with so dramatically less competent people who don't understand that while you may use different tools, the (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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