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(...) Hello. Very interesting question. Just the selection of pieces from a collection generates a very large amount of possibilities; Selecting 10 pieces from a collection of 100 (different) pieces generates 100!/(90!*10!)=100*9...0309456440 (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Is lego *truly* unlimited? (some thoughts)
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(...) Ahh, but that isn't true -- rotate one of the pieces. There are, in fact, an infinite number of ways to connect those two 1 x 1 bricks. (Of course, you probably can't tell the difference between two 1x1 bricks connected at 22 degrees and (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Idea Crunching
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(...) I thought I only said that once. And in haste, which I sort of regretted at the time. They can look OK, I guess my main beef with them is that they're a big cop-out on the modelling challenge side of things. I mean, many of us amass a large (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Is lego *truly* unlimited? (some thoughts)
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I was just wondering today about how much lego is trumpeted as having an 'unlimited' number of possibilites. Now I'm no math whiz, but it seemed logically impossible to me. So here's some food for thought for the gurus out there to digest and make (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Berlinetta
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(...) How utterly gorgeous. We were all raving about this at the last meeting. Masterful use of slopes, hinges, snot, everything! I've never been more tempted to make one of my own. Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I think your is way better than his. It's such a great-looking design, I think you've really improved on the original, I much prefer yours. Which is really the way it should be - after all, why imitate if you're not refining the concept? I (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Shuriken
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(...) Very sexy! I think this is my favourite use of that canopy. The way you've integrated it in with the wedge slopes, it's so well done! (...) I love them all! Mmmmm, taste the rainbow of fruit flavours. All you're missing is some shade of green (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Spaceship Builders Wanted
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:I8Dy8u.237x@lugnet.com... (...) house. Iain (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Naboo AirSpeeder
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(...) That's a pretty sweet use of those ugly yellow undersea leg things. Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: This is kinda fun . . .
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(...) Dave, why do you change the thread subject name? It's a bit confusing trying to guess what you're replying to... I guess I don't see the point. What is the point? Cheers, (URL) Sci-Fi LEGO> (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: PCS AGENA 1/B Cruiser
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(...) Excellent. I especially like that grey gappy bit on the top of the prow, tha's a nice look. I agree about the rear though, it's a little light on and could have done with a little more doing. But hey, I got no Baby Admiral on the way. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Anyone want a spaceship design?
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(...) I was actually thinking of a automated crane on a train car that can read barcodes placed beside the track and load and unload crates from cars ahead and behind it at different stops, based on these barcode commands. So the train will have to (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Offerte all'Auchan
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All'auchan ho visto in offerta il set: (URL) di Morcia (che poi perchè gli hanno dato sto nome??) a 55,90 euri contro i 90 e passa dei negozi..... saluti GAetano (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: 4512, 4514, 8436
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Se l'ha fatto Guido lo faccio anche io :-P Set in condizioni perfette, prezzi ottimi, imballo blindato!! Grande Mauro. Ciao GAetano "Guido Truffelli" <guy@aga.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:I8Cv6D.5v@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: input used as output
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(...) No, that's an internal limitation of RCX inputs: when configured for active sensors, they provide a 14mA current limited supply. This low current is enough to light a LED or slowly turn a motor, but don't expect to get any significant (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Some 2005 sets showing up already in regular stores.
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Someone on the website obviously noticed the traffic increase and either pulled the pictures (possibly due to LEGO intervention) or stopped deep linking. Either way, they are gone (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2005)
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| | Re: My Episode II Rant
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(...) *** If it's not in the movies, it's not official! *** I believe this is Lucasfilm's official position. (...) Star Wars (A new hope) was fine. The Empire strikes back was fine. Unfortunately, sometime before The Return of the Jedi, Lucas began (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Oh Baby! Cool, new element!!
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(...) I though the same thing myself It seems to be available in lots of the sets, often used as bumpers/fenders One of the new police sets has at least two of them in dark bley but he image I saw has been removed Tim (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | RCX has a fast clock, was Re: Rolling ball clock revisited
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Hello dave, (...) A made an experiment this night using a RCX 2.0, the clock was fast by about 10s per hour. I suppose that this problem comes from bad capacitor loading of the crystal used on RCX. Crystals need to see some capacitance to oscillate (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The Lego Logo
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Remember it's not just what LEGO want to pursue, it is what they legally _have_ to pursue to maintain their trademarks and copyrights. The company may love for fan sites to show their logo and name prominently, but if they want to keep hold of their (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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