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Re: Sorting and Creativity
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Wed, 5 Jul 2000 12:40:38 GMT
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From: "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com>


Unfortunately, it is impossible to come up with a perfect hierarchy because
the dimensionality of LEGO morphology is too high. Well, you could order the
parts by weight, but you'd probably never be able to find a given whatsit then
(gee is the whatsit about the weight of a 1x1 brick or is it the weight of a
1x2 tile, no wait, it's made of the softer plastic, and it's much thinner than
a normal part, so it must be about the weight of a 1x1 plate).

Frank

Well, I have been looking at the heiarchy Todd uses in AUCZILLA.

Brick height. Rectangle.  Non-Rectangle. Modified Brick.

Plate height.  Rectangle.  Non-Rectangle. Modified plate.

Tile. Rectangle.  Non-Rectangle. Modified Tile.

Animal.

Plant.

Minifig and minifig accessories.

Baseplates.

Etc.

Rob



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  Re: Sorting and Creativity
 
Yes, the heiarchy of AucZilla is quite handy when sorting *but* did you ever notice - there is not a category for modified bricks? Modified plates, yep, modified bricks, nope. I've always been curious as to why that is. Julie (...) then (...) than (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.storage)

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One thing I have worried a little bit is whether the way I sort would inhibit creativity (either by hiding parts or by making it take too long to find parts). I'm happy to say that my sorting methods in no way inhibited my creativity when I created (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.storage)  

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