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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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| | "Liftoff!" Lego animation details
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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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| | Re: 9v train idea book: I might be making one, anyone interested?
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(...) Cool! The source is in the zip file at (URL) think the only tricky part will be the makefile. You can look at makefile.linux for ideas. There's really not all that much to it. Send me an email if you need any help. Don dheyse@hotmail.com (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Extraordinary style + details in a spaceship
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(...) That about sums it up for me. :-, (...) endeavor to clone. With credit where it's due, of course. ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: __attribute__ ((rcx_interrrupt)) : how to use ?
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(...) Well, i got the definitive answer from Markus 8-). It was in german, so i'll try to translate it: the effect of __attribute__ ((rcx_interrrupt)) depends on the calling context: - in leaf functions (that do not call other functions), it makes (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | R: Pezzi ingialliti ed altro
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gianluca morelli <moebiusring@yahoo.it> wrote in message 20000131183810.14117...hoo.com... (...) Io non lo so ma è un fenomeno che mi incuriosisce. Ho un modello Technic (bianco) montato ed esposto nella mia camera da parecchi anni (6-7) che, senza (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Help with LDLite
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Hello, I've just installed LDLite. Everything seems to be OK, I can lauch it. But after openning a DAT file, nothing appears on the screen. I've tried to change the LDraw specified folder, but it doesn't work. (Ldraw and Ledit work fine...) Could (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LEGO as a college admission exam
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(...) Also on CNN. I read it from RTL. (URL) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: I picked up this 60's ad on ebay
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On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Gary Istok (<38970C78.16DEDF06@umich.edu>) wrote at 16:40:25 (...) Aha! So you haven't been an *A*FOL since 1960 :-) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Help Me......
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(...) What's stopping me from flying there is: a. I'm in school. b. It costs a lot. c. I'm going anyway in the summer so I'm trying to be patient about it - though sometimes it seems to far away. The shipping is also a problem for two reasons: I've (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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(...) Today on the Rush Limbaugh Program Rush was talking about the above issue. Of corse Rush was disgusted that they were using Lego as a college entry exam. Details about the exam- Students are given a box of Lego. Then they are shown a Lego (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Tom's Sets/Parts Wanted/For Trade page (Shell sets included!)
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(URL) I have added the 1252-1256 Shell sets to my Trade section, but am ONLY trading them for sets with garage doors, as noted on the page. I will not sell these sets (except for the ones going on Ebay, of course), I am only offering them as trades (...) (26 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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