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(...) A Clockwork Orange was released in 1971. Star Wars was released in 1977. So your own age will heavily affect whether you consider these as being "made around the same time". ;) Steve (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Request regarding "Spoilers"
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(...) Does Darth Vader ever find out *whose* farm was blown away? He seems very distanced from the whole investigation. It seems like he would be briefed (in detail, if that's not an oxy-moron) on the entire investigation, but that still leaves the (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I do not segregate new from old. In fact, I like the variation of wear/scratches/dirt that old bricks have. IMO, it makes buildings look more realistic. A building of all brand new bricks is just too shiny and pristine for me. (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: recursion (was RE: Would-be hacker queries.)
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(...) What do you mean? The algorithm a CPU uses (at least, any I'm familiar with) to execute code is an iterative algorithm (i.e. fetch instructions, decode, execute, go round again). Cheers, Ben. -- (URL) grandfather once told me that there are (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: off topic kinda, What does Darth Mean
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Maul is an apprentice Dark Lord of the Sith, but he is given the Darth title just like another Dark Lord aprentice that we know (Darth Vader). The only Master Dark Lord we know in the two trilogies is Darth Sidious. Pat J (...) (27 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Good idea. Which brings up an issue -- there would probably be a need for more directory levels than just those represented by the newsgroups, and probably just for FAQ items. Todd, how much of an issue is this? Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | RE: recursion (was RE: Would-be hacker queries.)
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(...) (From (URL) searching for "The Ackermann Function") The url to a description of Ackermann's function: (URL) excerpt from that page: Ackermann's function, while Turing computable, grows faster than any primitive recursive function. This means (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Do you separate old vs. new LEGO?
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(...) I don't actually seperate the old/new for wear, but I do try to be extra careful when building with colors such as white and yellow. I should wash those colors, then I wouldn't have a problem. I do sort out a few old parts more for their (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Pretty gruesome opening for a company allegedly opposed to play-time violence. Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Jim Choate) writes: [snip] (...) [snip] They came close with the SW Y-wing fighter. The disks that make up the engine pods have an axle '+' in the center and a selection of button holes throughout the (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I just got the Cross Sections book and the Infiltrator does seem very out of scale. In the stats it says that it is 26.5m long and compared to the X-wings 12m long I think we see that the Infiltrator is at least 1/2 scale compared to the Lego (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Torso number was Forestman Torso was Voting Page
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(...) that (...) and (...) numbers (...) which (...) problem (...) a (...) If we must make this move, let's use up the gaps - I suggest 974 - as close to the arms as the hip piece is to the legs - but I guess it makes little difference. This would (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: off topic kinda, What does Darth Mean
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'Darth' is a title given to the Dark Lord of the Sith, IE Darth Vader and Darth Sidious. I can't explain why Darth Maul has the title. He's just an apprentice to the Dark Lord of the Sith in The Phantom Menace. I don't know. Who knows. Not me. (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I think that is coincidental, not related. (...) Look at European Trains for 1999. (...) The SW sets are not cheap, but they aren't as outrageous as they might be... (...) That one is bizarre. Especially since they weren't due for three more (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread... (fwd)
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(...) Yes, this is the point. You "need a single swithc to notify the computer it was in the start/stop position", and another one to read to value of your "program code" at that moment. Mario (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I was wondering about this yesterday. I try to keep all of my new and almost new LEGO separated from the old well played LEGO. Why? Probably because I don't like to build something new, and then find that a few pieces really stand out because they (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread... (fwd)
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----- Forwarded message from Mario Ferrari ----- From: "Mario Ferrari" <mario.ferrari@edis.it> Subject: Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread... (fwd) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 13:26:17 GMT Jim, a nice suggestion. I love the (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread...
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(...) The Space Shuttle is still on the shelves here in Italy (but VERY expensive). Other sources for the turntable are the 8460 Pneumatic Crane Truck (off catalog but still easy to find here) and the 8443 Pneumatic Log Loader (on catolg and widely (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread...
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8443 has one, and isn't terribly expensive. It has nice pneumatics as well. I bought one on sale from S@H a year or so ago (back when they had good weekly sales on Technic stuff...those days seem to be over). alex ----- Original Message ----- From: (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: recursion (was RE: Would-be hacker queries.)
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(...) How so? -- Richard Clemens Associate Professor Computer Science Department West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon, West Virginia 26201 clemens@wvwc.edu 304.473.8421 ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk> To: John (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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