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Re: Poor Man's Balance
Posted by Michael "Special K" Krass at 03/12/2001 9:50 AM EST


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In Reply to: Poor Man's Balance
Posted by Justin on 03/11/2001 12:07 PM EST:



I strongly disagree with this idea of a 'Poor Man's Balancing Act' that you've put forth. Balanced is balanced is balanced. If the entire system; that is the goals, robots, and bridge, is in equilibrium, the system is balanced. The bridge may not wind up parallel to the floor, but certainly is balanced.

In think that bridge tips freely enough so as to require some amount of skill to keep both ends off the carpet. It doesn't automatically balance itself whenever a machine crosses it because of friction. If you can slip a sheet of paper between the bridge and the carpet, it's balanced. We're not really dealing with an arbitrary definition here, but a fact of physics. Perhaps stating in the rules that the system need be in equilibrium might've been a better way to put things, but in the end, it's all the same.

~ Michael, who sees little point in complaining about the game now.


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