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(...) Why not 6536 : Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular 2L - Axle/Pin32291 : Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular 2L Double - Axle/Pin+Pin Chris (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Fresh Duckfish
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One word for this: Zany. I like it. Cheers, -Gil PS. Yep...think you're pretty much nailing the backstory gig ;) (...) (snip buncha good stuff) (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: unique Identifer in RCX
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With BrickOS, you could use the host address; which can be changed on the RCX using the view and program buttons. This would limit you to (what?) 8 or 16 RCXs, but that might be a start. // Joe (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MOC: Y-Wing Starfighter
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The Y-wing always was the beat-up old workhorse of the fleet...this version definately gives it the feel of a revered, veteran craft. The detail of the directional baffles...definate UCS quality. Nice stuff Bruce. Cheers, -Gil (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: New Poll
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(...) Hehe. :^) (URL) studs with the running boards. I'm getting a whole line of these guys together. -Stefan--"8-wide rules!!!"-G. p.s. Sorry 'bout the crappy pic quality. (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New poster, new MOCs.
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Welcome! Being a relative newcomer as well, my experience is that things really start to get fun after the delurk. I'm sure you'll find it the same! A nice start to things. The Grey Goose is a good example of a larger fighter class. Those new long (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A Generic Idea
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(...) Ah - OK. But other things in the world (like people) are moving around - it's not always going to be possible to stop, capture a static image - and then reliably navigate based on it. I guess there are niches where such a robot could be (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MOC : Moonbase Module - "Where's The Cheese" Moon Tours
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Cheezarama (in a good way)! This is a fun one, Allister. Many of the merits have already been hightlighted in other posts, but I have to add my 'me too' to the kudos on the bus...it has a wonderful, beefy shape. The viewing windows look like the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Western Mass, Lego, and More
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(...) , that's I found my Exclusive train for at a MPLS area Target last week for. Haven't seen any of the separate cars recently but there's these train LUG's around here that I suspect of scooping up as much as they can get :^) Mike (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.spr, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Wenn 1000steine zu macht...
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Hallo Ben, Manfred, Jan-Albert, Klaas, Bine, René und Jürgen! Und wer sonst noch hier mitliest! *röchel* *dahinschwind* *ersterb* Unter all den Lamborghini-geborgt-Beiträgen, die in loc.de gar nix verloren haben, verlor ich diesen Thread. Aus den (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: PA003 Power Armor
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(...) Holy (very bad word)! Someone actually saw that!?!? Yeah, I'll have more stuff up as soon as I get my camera program fixed. No instructions yet, 'cause I own a Mac and can't use lDraw. (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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So far I have heard from two people who have successfully used brickOS with BricxCC. I'm interested in whether anyone else has tried using BricxCC to edit/compile/download programs to brickOS. Currently BricxCC requires that the cygwin bin directory (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Auctions ending in a few ours !!
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Hi all, I have a lot of stuff on auctions ending in a few hours (and more to come..) and many auctions still have no bids! if you're interested,take a look here: (URL) on "show all auction items" under "clearance sale" Good Luck !! Gianluca (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: MOC - Bowman Fields' Cottage
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Hello! Realy cool! I too like the cartoon style of the cottage, very cute. With all those details and functionality on this small space your building is almost qualified to be a My-Own-Creation-Set. Bye Jojo (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | dll questions
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I'm working on a new release of BricxCC at the moment and I want to better understand the dll utility - specifically the RCX host address and RCX source port options. I think I understand the RCX host address part. Correct me if I'm wrong. Supposing (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: New Poll
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In lugnet.trains, Matthew J. Chiles writes: <snip history of LEGO train gauge> (...) "thin challenged"? (...) Ahh, my new favorite pet scale: 8wide....GAUGE:-) (1:24 scale) Of course you are right, Matt. When I model "prototypically", it is really (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Understanding Leaks
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(...) Nope. Not doing that at all. No intentional leaks. Jake --- Jake McKee Senior Producer LEGO Direct (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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(...) At a minimum, you need a state sales tax license which will probably require state registration as a business. Don't assume that there is any great savings by purchasing from Marz. LEGO leaves them very little margin, especially with new (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Understanding Leaks
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(...) I think this is an interesting point, and it wouldn't surprise me if there were some truth to this idea. TLC knows that Lugnetters, by nature, will (1) seek out any info they can find on upcoming sets, and (2) thoroughly, mercilessly criticize (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is Lego false advertising the new 2003 sets?
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"Barbie does not actually walk and talk on her own..." lol : ) -Rob "Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:H8EurK.7Mr@lugnet.com... (...) shows (...) situation" (...) the (...) are (...) parts (...) this (...) true (...) be (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Another Technic Axle Joiner Perpendicular 3L
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I have to question calling any of these an "axle joiner". They bear no resemblance in appearance or function to the basic Technic Axle Joiner 6538, which is actually designed to join two axles together rigidly. None of these "axle joiner (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 10026 SE Naboo Sartfighters for sale (free ship)
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Hi! I got a few of these for a project and have three leftover. I want to be rid of them. MISB, great boxes. $40 and free shipping to US or $35 and exact shipping to international locations. So save yourself the trouble of the hassel of going to TRU (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Is Lego false advertising the new 2003 sets?
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Mark, Good question about the "light up" aspects of the box artwork. But I don't think it is false advertising. Just good artwork. (1) I call it artwork because most toys are shown "in a fantasy situation" on the box front to catch the child's eye. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: 2003 Trains - great!
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It was good to hear of the new trains for 2003. Looking in the rest of the Marz catalogue there is no mention of track, points or speed regulator. Are they expecting shops to only stock these 4 sets and you have to go to S@H for the add-ons? It is (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: 8475 Motor Tests
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I don't have a 5292 motor or I would do this test myself, but it would be possible to get a more direct comparison with the 71427 gear motor. The 1700-RPM output could be geared down to 340 RPM at a gear ratio of 1:5 with 8- and 40-tooth gears. Tony (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 8475 Motor Tests
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Hi Thomas, Interesting informations ! I added a link to this thread in my motor comparison page... Philo www.philohome.com (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New Mecha (finally...)
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Wow you are good. When I first looked at it I couldn't tell it was made from lego's until I enlarged the pic. (URL) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Alco c420 2010 Diesel Locomotive and a Generic
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(...) It looks good, I was just being silly. (...) Funny thing is that my SD-40s steps are straight up, and they should be successively recessed. (...) Me neither, I use overlapping light sabers to simulate tubing. I haven't tried to doing real (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MOC: Starship Cygnus
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(...) Jeb, Damn Spiffy! This ship has the rare quality of looking as though it must stay in orbit; most ships look like A2V-type (atmosphere-to-vaccuum) ships. Very unique! I like the spacebound look, your details are way cool, and the overall (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | US S@H Specials, Jan 8 - 14, 2003
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(URL) (hit 1 when the recording starts) Baby/Duplo/Primo 3652 Stack'n'Learn Smile Collection $14.99 $ 7.50 System 3413 Goalkeeper $ 4.99 $ 2.50 3410 Field Expander (Soccer) $14.99 $ 7.50 4566 Gear Racer $ 2.99 $ 1.50 5913 Doctor Kilroy's Car $ 2.99 (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: MINI Gasgano's Pod - MOC
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Lenny, Thanks for the kind words. The only other pods I've even thought about trying are the two that LEGO has released in Watto's Junkyard. I'm not even familiar with the names of the drivers... I'm also planning on rendering a wall-paper-sized (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Gateway patent using Lego
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"miguel agullo" <technicpuppy@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H8Ep3L.7Mo@lugnet.com... (...) Well, both LDRAW, MLCad and BlockCAD has been mentioned in different computer magazines before that, I think the german c't wrote about all of them in (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Question about the Future of LDraw CAD family.
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"Anders Isaksson" <isaksson.etuna@REMO...tninet.se> skrev i meddelandet news:H8CzME.6py@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) of (...) not (...) After seeing your .dat files, I'll repeat myself, those stones are *very* like the Anchor Stones, they even use (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Is Lego false advertising the new 2003 sets?
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Hey all, After looking at MARZ and seeing the awesome new Town and Train sets I found something that kinda bugged me. To see what I am talking about, look at these sets for an example: (URL) I see what looks like new electric light up parts. I was (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Western Mass, Lego, and More
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(...) Heh, I don't actually live in Western Mass either. I'm from south of the border in Connecticut, but I work in Southwick. You'll have bring your Mac to work someday so I can stop in during lunch and see what it's like in person. (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.spr)
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| | Re: 8475 Motor Tests
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Ok, here is an extrapolated result for the short circuit (stalled) test. The current at 9 volts would be 3.6 amps. Since I did not wish to burn up the motor, I checked current readings at both 3 and 6 volts and also measured the DC resistance and (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Western Mass, Lego, and More
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(...) While not in Mass, I am just down the street in Enfield, CT. And speaking of Target... the Enfield Target has a number of MOT cars, as well as the exclusive train set with the Max and Charlie minifigs on sale. Not sure how much, but I remember (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.spr, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: MINI Gasgano's Pod - MOC
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Joel, This is really awesome! It totally has the look of the Official minis! Just wait and LEGO will be 'borrowing' this idea just like they borrowed Brucey-wan's Bomarr Monk desgin. Are you going to do the entire Mos Espa race pods? What a sight (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | test
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this is only a test, sorry for that... (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Glut fixes and Offscreen Rendering
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(...) I wondered if that's what you meant. Anyhow, the GLUT fix is now available at: (URL) according to fix number 13, it should now accept keyboard input. You'll have to let us know how well it works. It also looks like fix number 3 could benefit (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: 8475 Motor Tests
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(...) Well, check this out: (URL) are a few pictures of the internals of the motor. Quite a few gears! (...) Thanks! TJ (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: AT-TE Comments
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(...) Sure they can be removed but reuse after a while is not really feasable. My main beef is that LEGO included a sticker for a part that already exists in printed form. -Orion (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: New Poll
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(...) This reminds me of the legend of the current standard gauge, - that it was passed down from Roman times because that's what their chariot wheel widths were. Well, in the case of Lego where did our gauge come from? Where did 9V gauge come from? (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Glut fixes and Offscreen Rendering
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(...) I suspect that you are right. I think I that LDGLIte reported GL_Version 1.1 when I was using LDGLite on 10.1.x. I go search the Mac news groups to get more infor GL_VERSION = 1.1 APPLE-1.1 (...) Oops, three missing letters can change the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Western Mass, Lego, and More
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(...) Hey, I didn't know you were in or near Westfield. I teach chemistry at Westfield State College. (Though I live in Worcester). Chris (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.spr)
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| | Re: Gateway patent using Lego
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(...) Thanks for the clarification. I did not know that internet documents did not classify as prior art (bewildering in itself - are these the people we trust to sort out the legalities of technology?). If it helps, there is at least one other book (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New RCX sensor: Wire guidance sensor
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(...) Hi Gus, This is a very impressive project. Thanks for sharing the information. I tested your program with a similar bot just to see your program in action. It performed flawlessly. Bob Fay (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Copenhagen Metro subway station!
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(...) I considered writing the Copenhagen Metro Company and ask if they could use my model for some purpose. But the model was only built for my own fun (and of course to be published on Brickshelf and Lugnet!). I haven't yet attended any LEGO train (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Top 1000 noisemakers
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Frank Filz wrote in message <3E1B44AB.D80811B3@m...ng.com>... (...) Even faster, if you know you want to highlight right to the end of the message: position the cursor where you want to start highlighting Hold down Ctrl and Shift and press End. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.people)
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| | RE: A Generic Idea
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(...) If there are USB Logitec camera drivers for PPC (especially for the ball cams), then try those. Many of the Logitec drivers will work fine with the LEGO cam (considering it's a Logitech cam to begin with). Conversely, the LEGO cam drivers work (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 8475 Motor Tests
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That figure was the normal operation (no load) figure. What concerned me was that it was a factor of almost 20 higher than the gear motors which normally run about 10mA. Of course, it is very easy to overlook the fact that the gear motor is (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | MINI's in my hands, WOW!!
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Hey all, Just got the first wave of four MINI's today at my local Target (4484, 4485, 4486, and 4487). Ummmmm, WOW! Double WOW! While the ISD represents the grand scale that Lego can accomplish, these sets clearly represent the possibilites of (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: New 2003 Town Sets
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(...) Wow, thanks for posting these pictures. On one hand, I'm glad to see traditional town sets returning to the Lego product line. I hope, however, that there won't just be police kits (there are so many already!) but a broad range of other (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Alco c420 2010 Diesel Locomotive and a Generic
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(...) Yeah, I probably shouldn't have even announced this MOCery of the USA diesel. You and others have spent years fine-tuning and perfecting the look of the USA diesels. I'm playing catch-up and obviously not matching your specific and mutual (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Construction Toy In LDraw Format!
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(...) Ok, I got a few emails asking for them so... The original knex library is here: (URL) modified version is here: (URL) believe both versions of the library have some unnessary "0 STEP" lines that should be removed to avoid random pauses. (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Gateway patent using Lego
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(...) It's not the same as LDraw, in fact it's something quite different, but clearly anticipated by Fred Martin and others. Don't worry, Lego is way out ahead of these guys at Gateway in claiming intellectual property rights. But do worry, it will (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Stormtrooper Transport
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Wow! That's very cool. The way you did the front and the way you did the gun on the back is really nice. I really like your style. What did you use for a backdrop and lighting? -JHK (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: A Generic Idea
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Yes, I think the point isn't whether or not the robot has enough oomph to recognize faces or things like that :D The point is that you can do a *lotta* fun stuff with a camera or mike in a robot, if ONLY you could give the RCX a link to something (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: A Generic Idea
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(...) To clarify, I should say that the software with the cam would probably not even install on a PPC, since it doesn't even install on XP... (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Legoporr - orsak till avsked
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Det är klart, i Storbritanninen har de väl inte lika starkt anställningsskydd som här i Svedala... Som vissa kanske känner till, har jag jobbat som IT-support. En av de knepigaste uppgifterna var att se till att företagets IT-policy någotsånär (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: 8475 Motor Tests
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(...) Yes, I did too. Judging from the performance of the RC car, you'd think the motors would be equivalent to perhaps 8, or more, of the geared 9V motors. The buggy can really zip along! There was one other thing about my test. When the 9252 motor (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Train 4: Coming Soon
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(...) YES!!! Matthais, you are a lifesaver! We need only one, but if you could bring some extra ones (just in case) that would be great!!!! (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: MINI Gasgano's Pod - MOC
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Following up my own post... I made some comparison renders last night, showing my podracer next to the two official models. (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Understanding Leaks
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(...) Thanks to everyone who replied to this thread. Most of this is a lot clearer now although there is still a little cloudiness that probably can never be avoided. I'd like to again express to the authors of the four posts I cited that I did not (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Some quick comments on Jabba's Palace & Jabba's Message
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Hey all, Picked these up at Target as well. Jabba's Message: Aside from the Bib Fortuna 'fig and the decorated ball socket piece, I think it's a fairly poor set. I have a whole bag of Threepios and Artoos already. *sigh* The door isn't filled in (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Gateway patent using Lego
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If I am reading this correct, they are trying to steal Ldraw right from under our noses. I am most definitely very worried about this. Please take note that the LCD (Ldraw connection database) is probably a better example of prior art than Ldraw by (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Anything good in Boxing Day sales?
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(...) Walmart And no new sets. :-( (...) Hi there, they are the 7831 creator buckets. Lots of 1x1's & 2x2's. I was out yesterday and noticed they are still marked down. Lawrence (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Width with respect to weight (was: Re: New Poll)
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(...) I noticed the gaff, but didn't want to embarrass Rhinehart;-D (...) I don't normally make 2 axle cars, but I did create an Annie and Claribel for my Thomas the Tank Engine recently. These cars are British, and while they are pretty straight (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: It's perfect!
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(...) Bad form, but I'm replying to my own message - 'cause I forgot to tie it into Star Wars. I did a quick study a couple of years ago on the AT-ST. If you check out the pictures from the movie, you can see that the AT-ST does indeed have a knee (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: This is Where I Build (my workspace)
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(...) That's the same dining room set we have... Apple Furniture, right? Linda chairs, and 30"x48" table? --Bill. (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: This is Where I Build (Quasi Roll Call)
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(...) Kitchen table (about 30" x 48" rectangular) and five IRIS 7-drawer carts. (...) Not much. (I live in a 550 sq ft house, after all, and there's more in it than Lego.) (...) All of them. (I haven't counted.) (...) Not having to crawl on floor. (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: it's a Lego Jeep thing
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(...) Very cool! I especially love the jerry can in the back. Bring it to brickswest! :-) --Bill. PS: For those who may be wondering, YJ is the official designation of the Jeep Wrangler, and in Canada they are sold under the YJ label instead of (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: How many brick separators do you need if a brick separator could split bricks?
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(...) Yes, I do this all the time. One thing I've found though, is that using brick wrenches (what I call brick separators) can damage pieces when used on the underside. So to reduce the likelihood, I apply the brick wrench near the edge of the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 8475 Motor Tests
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This is interesting information, thanks TJ. I must say that I got the visual impression that the buggy motors seemed to have more than a mere 2 - 3 times more shaft power output than the gear motors. The little piece of data which would add greatly (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MOC - Bowman Fields' Cottage
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Wow, Jeremiah! I am impressed! For your first castle building, this is quite good. Heck, this is good for someone's 50th castle building. It is small but that makes for a good challange. You really fit everything needed in that little space. Quite (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: It's perfect!
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(...) Weeelllll, technically, that's not right. All mammals have knees that bend in the same basic direction - as long as you have a consistent definition for a knee. In most mammals, though, the thigh bone is much shorter and compacted into the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: A Generic Idea
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Steve (...) Under anything after Windows 95? Nope. In fact, only Win3.1 programs running under Win95 can do it easily. Win3.1 programs running under Win98 onwards can't talk to the parallel port at all easily. If you must do it, use PortTalk - a (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Weeelllll, technically, that's not right. All mammals have knees that bend in the same basic direction - as long as you have a consistent definition for a knee. In most mammals, though, the thigh bone is much shorter and compacted into the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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as a matter of fact, all mammals have similar bone stuctures. if you compare a dog's leg and a human leg, you see that they both have knees, heels, and toes. the knee on a dog, like a human, bends forward. however, it looks like it bends backward. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | RE: user created programs
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(...) I'll jump in here. The two canted receptors at the front do indeed give a basic direction and range finding ability. The IR signal strength follows an inverse-square law. Double the distance from source to sensor and the signal is reduced by a (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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I have added a customized 10014 caboose to my shop. I made the "lights" on the back really light up with LED's. See description and 5 pictures for more detail. It would be a great addition to any railroad! See if you can find the wires! (URL) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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You might be interested in the CMUcam. See (URL) CMUcam is a new low-cost, low-power sensor for mobile robots. You can use CMUcam to do many different kinds of on-board, real-time vision processing. Because CMUcam uses a serial port, it can be (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: String is not against the 100% LEGO pureness.
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(...) Me too! I think rubberbands are other of those few items that can be substituted with non-Lego materials... anyway, the only difference (I think) is where the rubberband (or string in this case) was manufactured. And Ross, about the steel rod (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic)
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Last night I performed a few quick tests on the 5292 motors (the new motors from the 8475 Race Buggy set: (URL) to compare them to the standard geared 9V motor ((URL) summary, the 5292 motor (when geared down to match RPM of 71427) has about 2.33 (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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To get a PDA to interface to RCX is easy, i am right in thinking that TV remote is the same freqency etc as RCX? If so go to pdawin.com and get TVRemote (URL) i use version 3.1 which can learn commands, and we can display this on the PC and control (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) What???? I think there is something wrong with your dog. ;) Dogs knees face forward in the back. Do you mean the front legs? My two cents, Mark M. (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Brick Constants in NQC/Bricx
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(...) Yes - I don't know about Bricx - but the NQC example programs contain one that says: #ifdef __RCX ...and (more significantly) the system file 'compiler/rcx2.nqh' contains #if __RCX==2 #if defined(__SCOUT) ...and a bunch of other defines (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Arcane family home, moonbase module week 5 and 6 update.
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Webpage is here: (URL) down for latest update. WEEK FIVE: A link home? Upon disassembling the ships wings, the Arcane family finds Duel's special stash. A psionic dimensional gateway. If the gateway can be powered up and used, then the Arcane's may (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.space)
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Dude, WOW! I dig the cockpit in the head, particuarily with the mandible bits. Nice touch. Good use for those insect legs. (go fig, as insect legs...) What's up with the different scale people? Are the giants enslaving minifig midgets, or does the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) Start with arXiv.org. You should also hit each of the CPU makers whom you have interest in and review their Application Notes carefully (Intel has a lot of app notes that are graphics related). You'll want to get all the 'Graphics Gem' code as (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks Brian, but I´m looking for ways to determine the brick at compile time, not at runtime, since the generated code must match the target API. (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: TECHNIC IS NOT DEAD!!!
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(...) Shorter non-wrapped URL: (URL) 5218 TECHNIC Pneumatic Pack. /Tobbe (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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It would also make minifigures around 3-4 feet wide with a 18" diameter head. It's silly to think you can use the mini-figures to prototype anything to the level of detail you want to model. For your pure prototyping you might as well use your own (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yep :) (...) I too have a load but I don't buy parts from other sources then sets. (...) /Tobbe (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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Yes, your new page is good and what we need. But I immediately have a question: It seems there are two pairs of canted receptors, two at front, and two at about mid-board. This implies there is some inherent directional sensing? I assume at least (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics)
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| | Was: New Poll /Camera
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(...) Und noch ein Postcriiptum wo wir gerade beim üblen Gedächtnis sind: (URL) lautete die Typenbezeichnung Deiner Digi-Kamera? Denn die ist ja auch eindeutig ein Kauftip, denke ich. Oder würdest Du inzwischen aus irgendwelchen Gründen davon (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.de.ni.han)
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| | Re: New Poll
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In lugnet.trains, Dirk Meier writes: Moin Dirk! Entschuldige das 'Y' - wirklich keine Absicht. Unser Meßtechniker hier heißt Meyer.... :-( Und Ulimy? Uli Meyer/Meier? Ich werde es mir nie merken können, sondern jedesmal wieder nachschlagen, fürchte (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.de.ni.han)
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| | Re: A Generic Idea
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(...) I extrapolated your complaints that PDAs have OS's where the c compilers don't have libraries to do the simplest things... : ("You need more than that though. Along with your C compiler, you need a set of libraries that give you access to the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: news
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Try reminding baby about how badly the world needs another Magno Minifig (c). Matthias Jetleb (23 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: A Generic Idea
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Rob Limbaugh wrote: > So, the questions (to me) become: > 1) Does a cordless phone transceiver pair have the ability to handle the data rate of a USB device? The most bandwidth you can get out of a regular analog telephone line is 56Kbaud. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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