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It doesn't seem right to have to lift each ball in with a different motor...

Also, in their ASL they associate the golf balls with numbers, does this mean we need to label our golf balls with specific numbers?

I am still confused over the definition of a jug. Do you think I could use an inverted upper-half of a one gallon milk jug as the...well jug? We could drink from it, it has a handle, it's plastic, and higher then 10cm. So I think it could work.

If a motor is turned on by some task in the ASL then left on and utilized (as M-M) will it not be considered a parallel task?

MTN wrote:I am still confused over the definition of a jug. Do you think I could use an inverted upper-half of a one gallon milk jug as the...well jug? We could drink from it, it has a handle, it's plastic, and higher then 10cm. So I think it could work.

I think you could get away with it.

Can the buzzer be an electromagnetic buzzer that produces sound through hitting a can with a piece of metal? Or does it have to be more like a piezo buzzer that uses an oscilating current?

olympiaddict wrote:
What I don't understand is this FAQ:
http://soinc.org/node/1525

Can anyone help me figure out how a component could be used to life a golf ball several times but not used in the transfers again? Would it be when you have M-M steps etc. separating it from the transfers?

A lift could be used to lift several golf balls (one at a time, each one triggering the next one), but these golf balls would only receive 2 points each. If the lift was used to lift a golf ball that began a transfer (an ETS transfer), then it can only be used once according to the statement, "A single Action or component must contribute to only one scoreable Transfer." A Transfer or ETS is worth 50 points each, so you have to work harder for these points.

MTN wrote:I am still confused over the definition of a jug. Do you think I could use an inverted upper-half of a one gallon milk jug as the...well jug? We could drink from it, it has a handle, it's plastic, and higher then 10cm. So I think it could work.

I don't know about that. Rule 4a says the top of the jug may be cut and the sides must be 10 cm higher than the bottom. You seem to be doing the opposite by cutting off the bottom and keeping the top. I don't know why you would do this. There is nothing that says the handle has to remain on the jug. When you cut the top off, the handle is cut off. If you want, you can bring the handle with you to prove the jug had a handle.

SWAnG wrote:If a motor is turned on by some task in the ASL then left on and utilized (as M-M) will it not be considered a parallel task?

It is possible to construct it in such a way that it would work. If you are talking about a motor used to lift multiple golf balls, it would need to lift them one at a time and each ball would need to trigger the next one (rule 4.a.5). As long as the last one triggered the release of the next one, it would not be a parallel task. If the lift was working at the same time another step was going on, that would be a problem.

barringtonscioly wrote:Can the buzzer be an electromagnetic buzzer that produces sound through hitting a can with a piece of metal? Or does it have to be more like a piezo buzzer that uses an oscilating current?

The FAQ about the buzzer says, "It is an audio signaling device producing a buzzing sound by vibration." In my opinion, you could probably produce a buzzing sound by vibration in the manner you describe. Wikipedia says, "A buzzer is an audio signaling device, which may be mechanical, electromechanical, or piezoelectric."