I think that everyone should just chill and forget this ever happened. It doesn't matter if you spell color or colour, they are the same word, just different spelling. I too have never seen conversation deteriorate to this level before. This group is meant to be for the discussion of remote control tank combat, not for the discussion of regional spelling differences and a haven for spelling Nazis.
Anyway. Wiimotes have been used by people as computer mice and to control USB missile launchers. They are perfectly capable of controlling an RC tank, as they have built in accelerometers and gyroscopes as well as having an IR sensor. The IR sensor is only there for synchronising (with no Z) I believe. Whether or not it would be a good controller is up to debate, as the Wiimote motion sensing would probably be used for turret aiming, which leaves the t-pad t control movement. I think the t-pad is digital, unless it is touch sensitive, like the PS2 controllers, but the touch sensitivity on those suck. I would take up the challenge, but since I'm not in the USA, It would be hard to get the money, plus the system would cost more than $100. -Gregory Kampjes On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Frank Pittelli <[email protected]>wrote: > Patron wrote: > >> Since I've joined, I've been verbally assaulted by two of your members. >> > > Huh? Please feel free to quote the messages that you feel "verbally > assaulted" you and we'll let the members decide what should be done. > > My original message said that it would indeed be "fair" for you to use an > "arm-mounted" control system and, in fact, I encouraged you to be the first > such person to bring one to the battlefield. It wasn't my best sarcastic > work (I'm working on a new curve-ball delivery), but you didn't give me much > to work with. > > Fred Thomson translated my humor for you, just in case you didn't know how > to read sarcasm. Thanks Fred. In the future, I'll have Fred add a "closed > caption" version at the bottom of all my messages for the reading impaired. > > You then responded with a message that ended with "Maybe one day you'll get > horribly sick and die". Which, I believe is the equivalent of "nanny, > nanny, boo, boo ... your pants are on fire". > > Then my good friend Mr. Tyng made fun of me and my ways ... which was > totally within his rights as a close friend, totally in keeping with almost > 10 years of on-going banter on this mailing list and, as a matter of fact, > quite witty for someone like Mr. Tyng (who reportedly was held back in > kindergarten because he wanted to use a wooden pencil instead of crayons). > > Mr. Conn couldn't help but add his two cents worth (he's literally paid by > Microsoft to put down anyone who advocates open-source computing), > indicating that my medication rate was possibly too low. I have, of course, > sent his name to the White House for consideration as the head of their new > health care program. > > Then you stated that "I took him as a grumpy stick in the mud." Ouch. > > Ignoring your seething comment, I respond to Mr. Tyng in a manner that has > been seen hundreds of times on this list over the years. Dr. Sommer threw > me a softball pitch and I hit it back up the middle with force. (Please, no > extra comments on that sentence :-) > > And, then my brother decided to throw a little humor back at you and you > now declare the whole list to be a horrible place to visit. > > So, before you rant back at all of us and tell us that we don't know how to > treat newbies, I encourage you to do a little research and find out who you > are accusing. I'll make it easier and give you our full names in a > convenient list: > > Frank Pittelli > John Pittelli > Steve Tyng > Joe Sommer > > A couple quick searches of the mailing list archive and the R/C Tank Combat > website will probably provide you with some valuable insight. If you want > more input, feel free to post a message and ask all 271 members how many of > them were helped by one or more of the people on that list when they were a > newbie. (By the way, I can honestly say that I was the only newbie in the > hobby who didn't receive any help from anybody.) > > To my knowledge, you are the first person in almost 10 years who thinks > that our little mailing list is not a nice place to visit and that the > people in the list above are just mean people who like putting down every > newbie who comes along. You couldn't be further from the truth. > > Frank P. > > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
