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Re: new Mindstorms servos?
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lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 20 Jan 2006 20:20:23 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
  We don't always agree with their decisions, but you
> have to agree they don't do anything "just good enough".  This is no different.
> 
> For most people, it would be "good enough" to use 6 AA batteries to power 4 motors.
> 
> LEGO is not most people.  They know what people want, but they also know what their
> toy will support.

You know, it would be interesting to see their Quality Standard mission
statement document, if such a thing exists

Steve.



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  Re: new Mindstorms servos?
 
(...) Three words: "Don't make crap". At least that's how I would put it. (21 years ago, 20-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: new Mindstorms servos?
 
(...) From the rec.toys.lego Frequently Asked Questions: The LEGO motto: Det bedste er ikke for godt. (Only the best is good enough.) Actually a word-by-word translation would be, "The best is not too good" - in which "not too good" parses nicely (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: new Mindstorms servos?
 
(...) (as you may have seen in the WIRED story) I can not possibility convey to you how much we wanted more motor ports. And we told them. Really. I mean, really, we did. We told them so often, I think we started to annoy them. Here's the problem. (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)

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