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I came across Ken Takei's site while following some links from the (upcoming) Lego 5th Element Movie interview(my japanese isn't good enough to translate that, though B-\ ). Ken's site in a foreign language, but I think the pictures carry across (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle
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(...) It was tried--in 1862. That was part of the theory behind the Confederate ram Virginia (formerly the Federal frigate USS Merrimack). It just sort of sailed in and among the blockade force at Hampton Roads, and caused mayhem. However, ships (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Anyone remember this set? [DAT]
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(...) Something like this? 0 FILE MCRobot.dat 0 Mike Clemens Robot 0 Name: MCRobot.dat 1 7 0 -8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3941.DAT 1 0 0 -16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3680.DAT 1 7 0 -16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3679.DAT 1 36 -10 -24 10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3024.DAT 1 (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle
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(...) That last is the classic example of how steam changed the tactical lexicon. The Royal Navy hadn't even considered the possibility that this could be done, because it couldn't be done under sail in anything approaching an orderly manner. The (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: New admirals
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I need to get off my duff and start using some of the pieces I've collected to make some smaller pirate ships. Shooting cannon are also available from Europe in a service pack. Buying in bulk through a friend in Europe, I've gotten them for about (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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I received an email from Thomas Foote (members.xoom.com/thomasfoote) inquiring about details of how I created "Liftoff!" I thought I would share my answers for those who are interested (I will also be updating my site with more details at (URL) the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO as a college admission exam
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In Colorado they are testing using a LEGO building contest for college admission: (URL) found on slashdot: (URL) Busse (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | [PDF] step-by-step Grabber Arm instructions from legomindstorms.com
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Hello, Lego just released ((URL) step-by-step instructions for building a Grabber Arm, for its march contest subject. Unfortunately, they have again provided them as online instructions, in html format. So, I've created a pdf file including these (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: 9v train idea book: I might be making one, anyone interested?
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(...) Hello. I just got into GL via Quesa. Yes, GLUT (ca 1994) is present in Apple's OpenGL release. I would be happy to give it a trial compile. An aside. The widespread use of OpenGL on the Mac is recent. For most of Apple's MacOS epoch, 3D was (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new unofficial part - the "Bone"/"Cattlehorns" piece
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This looks pretty good when l3p'd, but your use of spheres at the junction points of the cones is problematic in ldraw (ldlite, etc). If you use the part with a transparent color, or just use ldlite's wireframe mode, you will see that edgelines are (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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