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Originally posted by M. Krass
This week's question comes from a good friend from the sunny state of Florida. I think it'll reveal a bit about our personalities.
Question of the Week 10-12-03: Would you ever build a ship in a bottle? Why? Why not?
Personally, I'd love to, mostly out of my adoration for model ships. I know that I don't have the patience to sit and accomplish the task, though.
So, how patient are you? Do you have the fortitude to take on long, arduous task and see it to completion? I wonder how building a FIRST robot compares to building the metaphorical ship in a bottle.
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No, I wouldn't build a ship in a bottle, but it's not because of the patience factor. It's because if I'm building something that intricate, I want to play with it. Sure, I'll put it on display, but I want to see the intricacies of it, see what it does. It's the same with everything else. If I see a foreign part off something, I'd kinda like to get the feel of it. I have that "curiousness" trait. So I wouldn't build a ship in a bottle simply because the bottle stops me from playing with it (unless it's that infamous "ship-in-a-bottleship
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Now, on to the question of patience. I am patient (at least I personally think I am. Of course, if a task isn't necessary and I'm not into it, I'd rather not do it. But I digress. I do have to fortitude to see a long task into completion though. The perfect example, I am an excelent chess player because I don't rush my moves. But to the part of patience & FIRST: I think we can make an oxymoron out of that. The only reason is that there isn't enough time to be patient. 6 weeks isn't much. Of course, I want to make sure it's done right, but sometimes, to meet the deadline, you have to sacrifice a few things. Patience is the first one that goes.