Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #05754
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Bob Shannon bshannon@tiac.net
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 06:57:04 -0400
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Contest entry (the bounty bot)
Ian Bernstein wrote:
> >Ummmm I made a bot that tracks a line can I enter it
> >too? I just want to state my objections to Ians
> >entry. How in the hell is a bicore rolling bot an
> >inovative form of motion? What does putting a bit of
> >cloth on it to make it a "quicker picker upper" really
> >have anything to do with inovative form of motion?
> >Does it make a light show from static electricity or
> >anything? No it just rolls around like anything else
> >using a bicore and wheels. It is just a cheap way for
> >Ian to try and get a prize and not contributing
> >anything to the different types of motion.
>
> Your right. It's not really completely done anyways. I'd like to pull it
> from the competition.
> There was only like one or two entries right? Lots of good prizes for the
> next competition!!!
What about the 'bots and videos mailed directly to Chiu? Now that the
deadline has
passed, can we get a list of all enteries?
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