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Re: Mice selling
Gentlemen,
While I agree with Wayne, it would change attitudes of the entrants and it
would not be very practical to implement (I do not know a clearing house or
specialty auctioneer for used mechanical rodents), I would be careful not
to penalize or exclude mice that had a willing buyer prearranged.
I left my mouse at my school, on the basis it be used for learning
purposes, but not reused in further competitions. The next year someone
had used my chassis (aluminum frame) and sensors with a new processor, new
PCB, ... I am aware of several prearranged donations, but not of people
selling their mice. A few creative souls have sold kits, but those are not
encouraged to be used in California.
My $0.02 worth.
John
At 01:11 PM 3/21/2001 +0000, Wayne Allen wrote:
>On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Duncan Louttit wrote:
>
> > Some American car and motorcycle events used to control the costs of
> > entrants by making it compulsary for the winning machines to be offered for
> > sale after the race at a fixed maximum price to whoever asked for it first.
> > This stopped the works teams building vehicles out of unobtainium!
>
>Surely this also changes peoples attitudes to the event itself. I for one
>would not enter an event if I had to sell my mouse afterwards. The other
>problem is now do you cater for mice that are built from scavenged parts?
>My first mouse had a chassis made from a video casette case.. You would
>also have to cope with sponsorships, and parents donating parts and time.
>
>Wayne
>
>
>
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