Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #12035
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: jester96beam@iname.com [mailto:jester96beam@iname.com]
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 14:05:21 -0800
Subject: Re: scoutwalker2 details
> also, does one 74AC240 chip have enough power to drive one of those tower
> servos?
I have a 2 motor walker which uses 1 74AC240 to drive BOTH motors.
Chris
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12036 Fri, 17 Mar 2000 15:51:47 -0600 [alt-beam] Re: irrelevant...? beam@sgiblab.sgi.com "Phillip A. Ryals" Come on Zane, tell us how you really feel. :)
Actually, I completely agree. I honestly don't think there's a single person
on this list that could put together a few photopoppers without *some*
problem. The fact is, none of us are as good as we think we are. And even
though we think the simple things are beneath us, they can still provide a
challenge in some forms.
With me, I forget certain parts of the multiplication tables. Even though I
learned them 16 years ago, and I use them every day, I still forget what 8x4
is. I hope this happens to someone else... you can't imagine how annoying it
is to be solving a calculus equation and have to pause to remember something
you learned in 4th grade. It just serves as a reminder to me that even the
simple things need repetition if I'm ever going to learn the more complex.
-phillip
Zane Bryan wrote:
> Since this thread started with an e-mail addressed to me and my "Z" (not
> Zoz), I feel the need to send my humble reply to those "beyond the basics",
> wanting to start their own list or otherwise perturbed by the musings of
> friendly BEAMers, pleas of newbies and questions posed by enthusiasts with
> limited electronics knowledge...
>
> We are on the brink of wonderful things...some of us are closer than others.
> For those beyond the simple photopopper, who have adjusted and improved it
> to its fullest potential...I congratulate you! To think, you have made the
> smallest, most durable, most behaviorally comlex, most life-like, most
> innovative, most unique simulated creature on the planet. Now that you've
> mastered the basics, and understand all you possibly can about this simple
> subject and have moved on to the design team at Sony on the construction of
> a small child-like robot to play with Aibo ('cause he gets lonely when you
> are away). Remember when you asked stupid questions and ask yourself if you
> would be where you are if it weren't for the kindness of
> strangers....strangers willing to help you out and answer some of your
> questions...no matter how infantile.
>
> IRRELEVANT? Just because you have a telescope, doesn't mean the rest of us
> shall not deign to gaze upon the night sky in awe and wonder...If we happen
> to ask you what you are looking at, you have the opportunity to inspire us
> or ignore us...walking to another hill isn't going to change the view if
> you're more interested in looking in the mirror and admiring how great you
> look with your shiny telescope....be teachers...lead the way....inspire and
> teach...OR...let us sit back and admire how cool you look with your
> telescope while we build rockets.
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