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Re: O'Reilly (RCX 1.5 'paranioa')
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 1 Aug 1999 18:32:57 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, "Julian Gomez" <jeg@polished-pixels.com> writes:
> At 20:45 31-07-1999 Saturday , Kevin Baker wrote:
> > One thing no-one seems to have connected... I find it hard to believe
> > that this book could be published without TLG support (Reviewers & other
> > readers please comment!).
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> The author told me that TLG is actively discouraging the book's production.
Like, actively discouraging it? Or passively just not encouraging it?
Either way that seems really unfortunate because I'm sure it'll be widely
regarded as a canonical "Step 2" when getting started with MindStorms...
Step 1: Buy one or more copies of the LEGO MINDSTORMS RIS.
Step 2: Buy the O'Reilly book, and get the software it talks about.
Step 3: Now you can do useful stuff.
--Todd
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 | | LEGO vs. O'Reilly (was Re: RCX 1.5 'paranioa')
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| (...) My "Step 2" was to just go out on the Internet and find the information I needed. There's a lot more on the Internet than anyone will ever manage to fit into a book. I also think LEGO might not like the book because it shifts the market (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: O'Reilly (RCX 1.5 'paranioa')
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| (...) The author told me that TLG is actively discouraging the book's production. (...) The project that eventually became Mindstorms was started in 1987. In a sense, that means 11 years of development. Remember that LEGO was until recently a (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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