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Re: Rule M14
Posted by Jerry Eckert.

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Posted on 1/10/2000 3:08 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Rule M14 posted by Jerry Eckert on 1/10/2000 12:25 AM MST:



: : General Question For the Peanut Gallery:

: : What do you make of rule M14 (page 16 The Robot Appendix)?

: : Taken literally, this rule implies that at some point in time (perhaps at check in perhaps at inspection at you first competion, perhaps at the time you put your robot in the box), your robot is FROZEN -- no improvements at all can be made.

: My guess is that it means once it is put in the box. Freezing the design at any later
: point would potentially give certain teams an advantage over others. For example, if
: the freeze were at inspection at your first competition at team competing only at the
: nationals would have longer to work on the parts than teams competing in the regionals.


I asked Eric for an interpretation of rule M14. He said it is being rewritten with 'a different intent'. The revised rule should be in Update #1.

Jerry



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