Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #12073
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Bruce Robinson Bruce_Robinson@telus.net
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 09:10:00 -0500
Subject: Re: list within a list???
> David Perry wrote:
> >
> > thats kinda of stupid - some people like Bruce Robinson (who only
> > joined a little while ago) haven't built one robot...
>
> Lot's of parts of robots, though :)
>
> > Yet from pure knowledge absorbtion he has become an expert ...
>
> Um, not quite. The one area I can claim a reasonable level of knowledge
> is with Nv / Nu nets; I build a lot of them. Once in a while hook them
> up to a motor and make something move. Sometimes it actually moves the
> way it was intended ... sort of.
>
> On the idea of coding messages, it may work, it may not. Using the [B]
> for beginner won't work for long, because beginners will keep signing
> onto the list and won't know the protocol. By default, their subject
> lines won't be coded.
>
> Asking "who lives near ... ?" seems a legitimate question ... how else
> are you going to find BEAMERS that live in your area?
>
> And as for a second list, there is one. Spinal Column on the BEAM
> Heretics site. It's been around for about a year as I recall -- advanced
> stuff only, please. It kinda flared up, and then died away. I notice
> many of its contributers still contribute to this list. I can't see why
> yet another list would fare any better ... try reviving Spinal Column
> instead.
>
> Meanwhile, gotta get back to making a circuit board for Victor, my
> virtual robot :)
>
> Bruce
>
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