Seriously, why are people claiming that I say all these things? If you review the posts, you'll see that I requested that someone should be very serious about breaking this record. One way of proving to us that you're actually serious is to break the record yourself unofficially at home. I feel this is a reasonable request given the number of hours it requires a team of people to ratify the record. In the United States, there are libel laws which prevent people from making up false statements about other people. I never said this record was "banned" nor did I say the record would never be attempted again NOR did I say that we wanted to wait a few years.
And it's not just a "few hours" of our time, it's days. An event like this disrupts our lives. We take out large portions of our day, rotate off, and then we end up having to sleep. It's disruptive, we lose at least a day of not being able to do homework, and everyone feels miserable afterwards. Furthermore, you make it sound like we don't do any acts of selflessness for the cubing community. It seems to be that you've forgotten that we actually run competitions and put a lot of effort into those ourselves. See, I guess I forgot that I'm obligated to do those types of things. They have it in my contract, because a cuber spends years cubing, then I have to take my time to fuel their obsession. My friends and myself put a lot of effort into running competitions. We've donated well more than our share of time to the cubing community. What's a few hours to you? Tyson Mao Astrophysics '06 California Institute of Technology On Feb 20, 2006, at 5:11 AM, Joël van Noort wrote: > Ok.. But what is a few hours, compared to all the time people like > us put into cubing? > > I agree that it's inconsiderate for someone to break this record > next week, but in a few years...? I mean, records are there to be > broken. Cubers do it all the time. > > - Joël. > > > > --- In [email protected], Tyson Mao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Well, it would be very inconsiderate for someone to just do this > on a >> whim. Please consider the total number of hours it took our crew > to >> assemble this record together. We all have school work, and > everyone >> took a considerable amount of time away from their lives to make > this >> happen. We had Adam and Matt also drive up to help out with the > event. >> It's not something "trivial" and it's not something that you try > just >> because you feel like it. >> >> Honestly, don't even think about doing this until you've done it >> yourself unofficially in your own home. >> >> Tyson Mao >> Astrophysics '06 >> California Institute of Technology >> >> On Feb 20, 2006, at 3:18 AM, Joël van Noort wrote: >> >>> >>>> The Caltech Crew would appreciate it if people left this record >>>> untouched for at least a few years. We're not too eager to do > all >>> this >>>> again. >>>> >>>> Shelley >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> Is that a serious request? A few years? To me it feels like a >>> motivation to try this too sometime... :p >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Yahoo! Groups Links >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
