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(...) Good ideas. My suggestion (to tie into the look and feel and professional style of ldraw.org) would be to rephrase the questions to be a little bit more formal. ie: change 'What is this LDraw Thing?' to 'What is LDraw?' and 'Mailing list?!? (...) (26 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: If only I could afford a ... webcam? / Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread...
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(...) The real challenge would be transmitting the images back to the computer. Using cables puts the cambot on a leash. I wonder if anyone has a camera that uses IR to transfer the images to a PC? (...) This problem has already been solved - the (...) (26 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Payment to the UK
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I'll keep this in mind. Thanks to all who replied. Time was growing short, so I took the $8.50 option. Next time I need to factor all costs (hidden or otherwise) before making a deal. Oh well... not a terrible loss. Thanks for the help. -Rob (...) (26 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) That'd be from the first Blacktron base. I think it was called "Message Interceptor Base". A side note: that was a FOTY for me. Actually, my mom found that set for me at a garage sale about one year ago. I think she paid about $8 for it. It (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread...
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All I can say is that I hope Kipling Morris is happy now and thanks for all the help with my vehicle project. (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: lego color names (what color is the starwars windscreen)
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(...) I'd say Trans-Dark Gray. It is not really a shade of brown, it is too light to be Trans-Black, and Trans-Smokey was just used until we could get our hands on one and see what color it was. Jeff (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | If only I could afford a ... webcam? / Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread...
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Wes: If you did have a digital camera, would you mount it on a 'bot to create a dirigible webcam? And if Wes did have such a webcam, what kind of programming would it take to give me the ability to direct it in real time from my desktop, over the (...) (26 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Could someone please provide a translation of the word "wegenwacht" which appears in the ANWB set #2140. Secondly, what does ANWB stand for? I presume it's Dutch but I'd appreciate an english translation if possible. Thanks Sanjay -- LEGO Stadium @ (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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I believe that is an assault gunboat Mark Nelson <3nelsons@nospampressenter.com> wrote in message ... (...) you (...) miles (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Star Wars and Mindstorms in Popular Mechanics
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Hi All, Just a note to let everyone know that the June '99 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine has a behind-the-scenes story of Episode I. It states Lucas is a fan of the magazine, so he let them into Skywalker Ranch. They have many pictures and (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | IR routines
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Hi Max: I used your IR routines with the HandyBoard. I was wondering if it is possible to do something like that for the RUG Warrior, 'cos it also uses the similar IR receiver ( GP1U52X ) . The port to which the sensor is connected is different ( (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Jawas and Sandcrawler: Pictures Up
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Neat! You did a good job on the front. The droid chained to the crawler is a nice touch! Take care, Joe (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: New Freestyle Train Cars and Truck
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Great job, James! I like the truck. The fenders really set it off. I love the DB 74 loco. The rounded top is excellent! Do you remember in which kit you got the yellow 4x4 radar dish? Joe (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | robotic movement / Re: Fishing for a tasty linkage/gearing/robotic building thread...
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(...) SNIP (...) What are adaptive transmission, syncro drive and tri-wheelers? SNIP (...) What's AT-AT mean? (...) I'm also fascinated by walking cycles and limbs. I mean, wheels are fine in designed micro-environments but I expect that more (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Trains at "Quarterly" Meeting?
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Hi, Zonker, do you or others plan to bring track, locos, cars, etc on the 22nd? Mark (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I'm trying a bit of old-fashion butter churning this go 'round: I flip through a couple of Marklin model train catalogs to get some inspiration. This time I found focus on a trio of models for the "Fritz-Homann Margarine" company. They are all of an (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: recursion (was RE: Would-be hacker queries.)
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In article <373AA2D3.2A4E812B@a...up.co.uk>, Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk> writes (...) Is this the same Mr Ackerman who invented Ackerman steering? (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have put up pictures of the Sandcrawler, an AT-ST and an Imperial Probe Droid at www.cyberis.net/~tcoats in the Lego Model sections. Take a look. Timbo (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: All UK Groups subscribed?
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(...) Ah! That would explain why I only got a handful instead of the veritable FLOOD of posts I was expecting when I saw you say it. [PS todd, is there any way to post via email? My first thought was "no, stop, don't do that!" but I have not kept up (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: UK Sale
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On Thu, 13 May 1999 10:35:38 GMT, Simon Robinson uttered the following profundities... (...) They still have one of these at my local Tesco in High Wycombe. Though I am not interested in it at 20 pounds. If they do drop it further, then maybe..... (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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