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Docking Ring Contest [was: Re: Docking Ring Standards]
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lugnet.space, lugnet.build
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Date:
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Fri, 9 Mar 2001 23:29:23 GMT
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"Paul Hartzog" <panarchy23@yahoo.com> writes:
> In lugnet.space, William R. Ward writes:
> > How about this idea: hold a contest. Post it in lugnet.build.contests
> > and everything. People submit proposals for docking rings or airlocks
> > or whatever, and then people vote on the proposals, and whichever is
> > the most popular can be adopted as "the standard". The submitters
> > should also agree to give up the intellectual property ownership of
> > the standard to the public domain.
> >
> > There could be two separate categories: minifig and cargo. Also there
> > might be separate airlock and non-airlock versions of each.
>
> this is a really great idea
> a cooperative contest wherein although
> there is competition, there is an underlying
> desire for a cooperative outcome.
Thank you.
> the only problem is that a standard is made
> by people actually using the idea in their MOCs
> so just wining the contest wouldn't guarantee
> that the winner would become the std.
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> but it IS a good start.
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> i'm getting ready to host my first contest
> so i can practise. then i'll attempt the airlock
> contest, or mark can do it, his last contest
> was in august...
Great! I'm looking forward to it. I'm kind of new around here, so I
am glad someone more established is willing to run it.
What would the rules be? I've noticed that some of us are more strict
than others about what constitutes "airtight" for one thing. Doors
are hard to build in a non-bulky way if you make them truly airtight.
--Bill.
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William R Ward hermit@bayview.com http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/
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