[sudo-discuss] stepper motor foosball?

[GtwoG PublicOhOne]

YOs-

This is a perfect illustration of diversity in subjectivity.

What works for each of us may be the same as or different to what works
for others.

When we look at another person's project we might feel...

...excited to duplicate it.
...depressed that someone else thought of it first.
...inspired to do something different.
...inspired to do something better.

And most of us have all of these reactions at various times: depending
on the project, how difficult it is, how much new learning is involved,
whether it might help us earn our livings or create right-livelihood
jobs for ourselves and others, whether it's something for work, play,
learning, socializing, etc., whether it facilitates creative expression
or scientific discovery, what kind of technology it uses, etc. 

-G.


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On 13-05-15-Wed 4:19 PM, Romy Snowyla wrote:
> Great counterpoint 
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> Rusty do look but don't waste your whole night staring at someone else's project 
> Please build your own 
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> On May 15, 2013, at 13:20, Hol Gaskill <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
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>> it's much easier to get a project moving if someone has already tried and documented a similar project.  what's the harm in looking?  we all stand on the shoulders of giants - seeing a run through of how someone has already completed the basic steps of a project that may use some of the same principles and learning from the mistakes/efforts of others frees your limited time up for additional awesomeness in the design, and can help avoid late-night-almost-finished-but-still-fruitlessly-debugging, sanity-destroying-once-you-realize-how-much-time-you-just-wasted pitfalls.
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>> May 14, 2013 11:59:48 PM, romy at snowyla.com wrote:
>> I don't bother spending too much time looking at others projects anymore... Wastes your time and is a sure fire way to doom creating your own projects 
>> Trust me on this one I've learned this from bitter experience 
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>> Just focus on making your own stuff ... 
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>> On May 14, 2013 11:41 PM, "rusty lindgren" rustylindgren at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On May 14, 2013 10:41 PM, "rusty lindgren" rustylindgren at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Anthony Di Franco di.franco at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> http://www.geekologie.com/2007/12/robotic-foosball-table-built-f.php
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>>> Holy-Rusted-Metal, Bat-Man!
>>> I could dig this.  Would be the coolest thing ever!
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>>> Install a cheap webcam in the head of each foosball "player", let people log in to each player online, and have their controls vote for how their entire row should move. First-person foosball!  :-D
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