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Re:Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more by ayuvar on Thursday August 11, 2016 @12:14PM (#12269438)
You probably could have done some basic artillery calculations.

Then again, you might work in one of those weird offices where trying to measure the distance from your desk to theirs is more awkward than repeatedly attempting to shoot your coworkers while you fine-tuned the numbers.

Neat project!

Re:Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more by manyxcxi on Thursday August 11, 2016 @01:22PM (#12270054)
Actually, having someone sit at their desk while I continued to shoot closer and closer to their face was probably the most fun of the entire project.

I tried some basic calculations, but as you could guess with a nerf dart, building HVAC, and all the other things going on it wound up being faster and easier (and again, more fun) just shooting until I was on target a couple of times.

After the first few desks it was pretty easy to get close on the first shot because you could generally know that 4ft left or right was about an adjustment value of +/- whatever from the last coordinate you had dialed in.

Re:Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more by soylentcola on Thursday August 11, 2016 @01:42PM (#12270241)
Plus then they can build defense fortifications and start an arms race!
Re:Why we won't be selling Genuino or Arduino any more by fapjacks on Thursday August 11, 2016 @03:58PM (#12271164)
Precisely. I immediately started thinking about Arduino-powered counter-battery fire.