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Re: Sorting Methods
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lugnet.storage
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Tue, 7 May 2002 21:38:52 GMT
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Simian's advice was pretty good, so is Jonathan's.
> My inclination is to divide and conquer. Split the larger piles up into
> manageable piles and sort like items. All plates in one bucket, all bricks
> in another, etc. Once that is complete, each bucket gets sorted by
> individual piece; 1 x 2 brick, 1 x 3 brick etc.
Divide and conquer and multi-stage sorting are key techniques to huge
sorting problems.
> > Every month or so I do a clean up of this area.
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> > On thing I definetly do is inventory management. I keep my collection under
> > control. i.e. I had abt 600 1x2 gray corragated (grille) bricks at one
> > point. I had no need for that many & sold some of them. I do this all the
> > time. 800 blue plates? For me: ridiculous, I'd never use them, so off to
> > EBAY they went.
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> I never know what I might need so I keep everything :-) I can't bring myself
> to part with bricks very often.
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> > If I have to spend too much time digging & looking for parts I get
> > frustrated & it hampers my productivity. Keeping my collection to a
> > managable size is very important to me.
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> Ditto
I haven't learned that one yet :-)
Frank
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| (...) This is more or less the advice that I'm looking for. Basically, I have two 3'x 6' tables covered in miscellaneous parts, plus 3 or 4 3033 tubs with a variety of parts in them as well. My inclination is to divide and conquer. Split the larger (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.storage)
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