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(...) Do you mean this part? [LDrawPart 6152:47] It's 6152 -- very close to 6153. ;) Steve (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.parts, FTX)
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Another part that I need help with. No picture this time - but it looks almost exactly like #6153 Wedge 6 x 4 except that it has thin walls and no studs on the rear side and the studs toward the front are placed one stud further back and are hollow (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: Just adding a little inspiration
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(...) I have two of those wheels, and yes, as TJ stated, they were to be used for the turntable of a large crane. The only drawback is that the scale is all off unless you have an insane amount of lego (as Ross does). They are too big for a normal (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: LEGODirect - Messaggio da parte di Jake McKee
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(...) vengoooooo!!!! da marzo in poi? ciao SteP (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | It's not too late to enter the X-Pod World competition
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X-PodWorld.com has teamed up with the X-Pod team at LEGO in Billund to bring you the chance to win a set of the 2005 X-Pod sets, signed by the set designers! To enter, simply submit your photographs to (URL) by the end of January 2005. Three prizes (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Funifor!
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(...) I think it uses almost the same amount of rope as a normal push/pull jigback ropeway. I forgot to explain that the main advantage of Funitel is extreme lateral stability. I think they can operate in 100+ km/h winds. (...) the wheels on the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) thanks for (...) Haha, thanks for the coments Janey! There are a lot of really cool and unusual ropeways out there to get ideas from: (URL) you do end up building one, be sure to take photos! Iain (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Those RC car motors
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(...) Now, you guys are just getting personal... (...) Sounds like a damn near successful robot. (...) If you want to use the RC motors, there are a couple things to know: 1) You can not power them from an RCX. They'll run, but not as well as the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Pirate Tree House
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Hello! (...) How could I possibly not! It's the most hilarious computer game I ever played. In fact it's the last and only game still worthy being plaid. It was IIRC released about 1990, the time when LEGO Pirates were pretty new on the market and (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Inbjudan till SWELUG 7
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Till alla: Preliminär inbjudan till SWELUG 7 ===...=== Tid: 5-6 mars, den som vill kan komma fredag kväll Plats: Olofs hus i Karlskoga, nästan tomt. Hämtning vid jvgstn Degerfors eller Kristinehamn eller Örebro kan ordnas. Länk till karta: På Eniro, (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: sub programs
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"Elizabeth Mabrey" <emabrey@storming-robots.com> wrote in message news:200501140706.j0...ing.com... (...) Both RCX 1.0 and 2.0 use the same firmware which supports 40 total subroutines. Subroutines are dedicated to the five program slots so that (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Libri, Java e aiuto
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(...) Boh! premetto che sono ignorante e non so programmare in nessun linguaggio (...l'HTML non è un linguaggio!) Il principale vantaggio è che mia moglie, a differenza di me, programma bene in Java (così la coinvolgo e non si lamenta quando passo (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | What does MLCad check to determine if the "Original LDraw Package" is installed?
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Hi all, I was trying to create an installation of LDraw and MLCad with only the unofficial parts. So I thought to create a new directory on another drive, copy LDRAW.EXE and LEDIT.EXE into it, unpack the unoffical parts in directories PARTS and P en (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Super-Agent Vignettes
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(...) Unbelievable, I had been mulling over the idea of doing a "No Mr Bond, I expect you to die!" vignette this very weekend! And then to top it all off you do a whole series! Wonderful stuff. (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | 38 lots on Ebay ending Saturday Jan 15th
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38 lots, all ending Saturday. All starting at $0.99 each. Some might be considered a better deal than others, but I leave the decision as to which is better up to you. Bid early, bid often! :) (URL) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Libri, Java e aiuto
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Ciao Dino, (...) A parte la lentezza e l'enorme spazio occupato dal firmware, che vantaggi ha? :-))) (...) Scherzi, vero? :-))) Colgo l'occasione per chiedere al Team Italy quale firmware si intenda usare. NQC con firmware Standard NQC con firmware (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: January Lugola meeting postponed
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I'll be there with something new and hopefully will have Bryce in tow as well. I'm talking with him about it tomorrow. -Dave (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Re: The Beeesh
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(...) Quite the remake of the Gomgile. I'll admit right off that I know near-to-jack about mecha, but I can say the posture of the mech is much improved. B looks eternally ready to pounce. I want to see this in real life, your mechas have so much (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Vikings!!!
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(...) I assume most of you have seen these: (URL) It seems to me that Lego has been stealing the work of some AFOLs. viking helmets and good beards are the domain of red bean studio. Then there are the lighting torches, lightsabers etc. that they (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Very small triangle and a quad that thinks its a tri
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(...) Silly question time. Where can I download the latest versions from. My usual place (the zip files on your web site) are still dated sometime in 2001! thanks William (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | RE: sub programs
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Ok... I figured that out how to make sub-vi have that linked inside a vi. The question about the RCX 2.0's capability still remains unknown... --thanks (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: MOC: Egglift, a Lego Appliance to cook soft-boiled eggs
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(...) Hello Samarth Thanks for the comments. Me too, I was thinking I could have get some melting problems. I did some gradually tests and to my surprised, despite the high heat I damaged absolutely no parts! The two support beam above are located (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | sub programs
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Hi I wonder if I can call a sub program (another vi) within a program. There is an icon command for inserting another vi program into a program, but it does not seem to be a usable function though. Please advise. I understand the maximum of (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Those RC car motors
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(...) That was more Iain and me there. But to enjoy your defeat a little more: (URL) a little Bruce Sheridan action in there too. Calum (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: OMG Calum is a funny.
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(...) I honestly try. Calum (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: That's alotta soccer balls
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(...) Can the Ronettes sing "Ringalingalingadingdong ding?" Calum (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Pre-Dinner
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(...) Hit up the Toys R Us at Sherway (427 and QEW) on the way up? Iain will probably suggest visiting the airport, which is pretty if that's your thing. A1 Electronics Surplus on Kipling and Queensway? Above All Surplus on Bathurst and Bloor? Find (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | [rtlToronto] January Monthly Dinner
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Just a reminder: January 14, 2005: Monthly Dinner @ 6:30PM Lone Star Texas Grill 930 Dixon Rd. (Airport) Etobicoke, ON See y'all there. Calum (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Thornton Truck Gallery
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(...) Clone bricks? (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Weekly Update of New AuctionBrick Listings - 1/13/05
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This is weekly update of new items listed at (URL) as of Thu Jan 13, 09:50 AM PST. To bid, review details of any item listed or to register go to (URL). (2 URLs) 8846 Tow Truck> Used - Good Minimum Bid: $100.00, Time Left: 8 Days 3 Hrs+ (2 URLs) (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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| | Re: Funifor!
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(...) Nice! And only uses 50% more rope! BTW what is this pic? (URL) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Funifor!
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(...) Wow, way too cool! That totally rocks! I must build one for Bricton, thanks for a great idea to pinch. Spotlighted! Janey "Red Brick" (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Funifor!
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I should have been working on my robot tonight, but I got SO excited when I found out about a new kind of Funitel, called a Funifor. There's only one in the world, 2 more coming in 2006. So I built one. (2 URLs) for the rest of they luxirious (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Those RC car motors
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(...) whats sumo? cant be any good or fun if RTL has never done it. (...) I'm at at the "add motors" stage to my robot, and I was just mess'n around. it would seem the RCX 1.0 powered with AC and direct driving the large "motorcycle" tyres... could (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Those RC car motors
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(...) I built a sumo robot for BrickFest '04. Oh, sorry, that's right, can't mention sumo on this channel. Ok, I built a vanilla robot that happened to use two RC motors. First time I tried it on the kitchen floor, it damn near killed the cat. (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Those RC car motors
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(...) Calum and I used the RC motors in our remote control robot for live2, where we used it to beat you. :) (URL) motors were used to drive the 4 bar linkage which flipped you over on your back many times. (Steves balls.) Iain (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Pirate Tree House
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How much? haha. I really want to own this as a set. Amazing work! any chance we get some instructions for this one? (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: That's alotta soccer balls
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(...) Gee, (looks back in thread) hmmmmmm, who started this whole thing? (...) More fun then kicking the cat. More powerful then a fully loaded .416 Rigby. More exciting then sorting huge bins of "I will get to that later"...... (...) Oh pardon me, (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Anyone read Danske Modelbiler?
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(...) Hey Darrell, Nice advertisement. This is the first time I have seen the 1:43 trucks advertised with Lego bricks. Since this is the mid-1950's, the bricks were slotted bricks. The Lego windows of that era fit between the slots, not onto the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, FTX)
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| | OMG Calum is a funny.
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I was reading the rules page. YES i was procrastinating, AND sometimes its easier to build a robot around a loop hole then a spirit of the game robot. then I read this: ---...---snip---...--- Winning Over the course of the day, robots will be run (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Super-Agent Vignettes
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Inspired by the game (URL) Evil Genius>, I decided to build some Vignettes based on the killing, hurting and maiming of those pesky Super-Agents. Some of the vignettes are from the game, and some are not. Enjoy! (URL) Click the image, silly (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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| | Those RC car motors
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they are IIRC, high speed. Has anyone used them as a drive motor in a robot? (AND dave if you tell me about your babrie doll car I will mock you) did you gear them? (yes i know there are 2 holes/speeds) or are these better suited for the RC car and (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Thornton Truck Gallery
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The HEMTT is beautiful, but the color is throwing me off. I have never seen drab olive (military green) color LEGO bricks. What's the secret? "Ed Andrews" <andrews@no.span.maxiis.com> wrote in message news:IA016D.15z5@lugnet.com... (...) on in a (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: That's alotta soccer balls
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(...) (URL) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: That's alotta soccer balls
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this isnt going to get any better. Between Iain, and Janey, this place is going to get some abusive-power-hungry admin types to have ALL of rtl banned. oh look; a dead horse. smack, take that! smack! (...) Yikes! Calum can she say that? I mean. she (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Pre-Dinner
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(...) Go park at T1 and walk around. It's *gorgeous*. The ticketing hall alone had me hyperventalating. AND DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ABOUT BAGGAGE CLAIM. Iain (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Dawsonville LEGO Outlet Store closing :(
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For those of you who didn't know the Dawsonville Georgia LEGO Outlet store is being closed (this is the first US LEGO Outlet opened in Oct. 1999). I guess this is another sign of the tough times for LEGO retail. I know many folks have never (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Dinner?
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(...) Onomatopoeic! Ya, that's the word. The cool thing about discombobulated is that it's not a sound like traditional onomatopoeic words, but it still conveys its meaning through its sound. Derek (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) I've been thinking a lot about that. I think you can find a couple of threads here if you perform a search on "post-processing" or "post-processor". But... What if a futureversion of L3P has some new improvement and changes the syntax of the (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: combining LDCC and NQC style automation?
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(...) Ah, so you have dabbled with LDCC? Gave up? Not enough fun for the amount of effort? Or will you be going back to it? (...) Oh, I was just expecting to send power out the top of the motor to light the light, and have a small technic motor (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: combining LDCC and NQC style automation?
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(...) [snip] (...) [snip] (...) Sorry, I should have thought of that when crossposting to .robotics.rcx (URL) picture has a good view of the headlight and the trolley poles. The trolley poles are the long things on the roof that pick up the power (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Just adding a little inspiration
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(...) :-) I guess I just have cranes on the brain.... always. TJ (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Very small triangle and a quad that thinks its a tri
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(...) That's a small triangle! Side lengths: 0.0684 0.0671 0.0132 The reason it doesn't show in L3Lab is that you have color coded it in your file! Back in 1998 PovRay would crash if it was given a triangle with collinear vertices and a texture (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | FA: Ebay NEW Lego Sets & Parts LINK Fixed ??
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(URL) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Ebay NEW Sets, Parts etc.
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(URL) "Jason King" <jasonoz3@NOSPAMnets...ce.net.au> wrote in message news:IAA9DC.5rK@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) z3 (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | FA: Ebay NEW Sets, Parts etc.
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(URL) for looking Jason (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Now There's an Enthusiast - Hidden Treasure (was Re: The Beeesh)
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(...) This is what I have been doing in documenting the complete redesign of my minifig scale space shuttle orbiter. (URL) the casual observer, the new orbiter isn't remarkably different from the old one, since they are basically built to the same (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Lego streamlining
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Børsen reported today (Jan 13) that Lego will cut out half of its Danish suppliers to save money. (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: The Beeesh
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(...) I second Larry's advice. I personally studied the LDraw files of past builders such as (URL) Karim Nassar>, (URL) Ben Vaughan> (site is down), and (URL) Jeremy Sproat> (site is down). The MOCs these guys made were so critical to my (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Skid Steer Loader
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He'll post them up next week. (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Anyone read Danske Modelbiler?
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(...) Thanks Phil! Here's a pic of what I'm talking about, just in case others were interested: (URL) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, FTX)
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| | Re: Anyone read Danske Modelbiler?
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(...) Hi Gary, thanks for the response. I guess I glossed over the scale in my haste to grab another piece of LEGO ephemera.. In the book it does say the scale is approximately 1:40. I'd still love to have some of these, as I'm as much of a gearhead (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk, FTX)
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| | Re: That's alotta soccer balls
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(...) Oh sorry, I missed the thread while I was down on my knees. (Not really, but I was afraid Calum would scold me with a PG rating, so I really was biting my tongue.) Reporting for duty now. Happy to get my share and apparently, Steve's ball are (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) That is what I was going to do too. (...) I guess what I was thinking was exporting a file that could either be povray format, a format that l3p could convert (preserving unions, macros, etc), or a format that I would use with Anton's library (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: The Beeesh
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(...) And don't be afraid to ask quesions either. Most of us don't hold onto our trade secrets too closely. Mark Neumann (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: The Beeesh
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(...) I'm not Eric but this question can be asked in any theme, do you start by copying the idioms of the best builders in the theme (be it trains, castle, spaceships, mecha, whatever) or start by trying to develop your own? My advice, however (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: IndyLUG BrickQuest Game
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Very cool! I have to say it's kind of weird to look at others' pictures and see printouts of my stuff in the background, but hey, that's why I wrote the game in the first place... (URL) Nice standard there... is that a Diablo-style shrine of some (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Pre-Dinner
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So I have arranged to work in Toronto tomorrow :) That means at 4ish I'll be downtown, off work, with my car. Assuming 45 minutes to get to the airport at that time of day...anyone have suggestion on what to do for almost 2 hours? So...who is going (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Announce: MUGS 2005-1
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Hi all, Sorry for the short notice. The Melbourne LEGO Users Groups (MUGS) will be hosting a get-together on Saturday. Date: January 15th Time: 10am-5pm Location: Selwyn House, Craigieburn. Melways Melways Ref 387 A8/A9 Activities: MOCs, trading, (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.loc.au.vic.mel, FTX)
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| | Re: Dinner?
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(...) Onomonopoetic???????? ROSCO (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Pirate Tree House
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(...) Indeed: (URL) That's probably why I thought it had been in more than one set... I've seen the all-blue variant from the collection of some GameLUG member in an Evil Stevie's game and just assumed it was from a different set. I think I've seen (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Dinner?
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Dinner is tomorrow night right? I've been so discombobulated lately I'm not sure what's going on. Anyway since it has very conveniently been moved further away from me and earlier, I will most likely be late. Please save me a seat. Thanks, Derek (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: The Beeesh
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(...) Eric, I appreciate your responses. (...) Amazing! (...) So I guess the question and decision I am left with is: Do I create my own joints from scratch or do I ask for examples and start from where others have left off? What would you (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | 50% off sale continues in my BrickLink store - ABTF USA
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(...) Store minimum is now $4. My store wide sale (50% off ALL things) continues. I will be setting the BrickLink AutoSpam Talk (B.L.A.S.T.) filter to "ON" for the next 7 days so expect a sales annoucement from me every half hour in this newsgroup (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: MOC: Egglift, a Lego Appliance to cook soft-boiled eggs
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C'est tout simplement EXCELLENT :) Et comme on dit souvent : mais pourquoi on y a po penser plus tot ! It's so simple, we should have done it a long time ago ! I'm quite sure you will find soon a good investor. Are you thinking of developping a (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Pirate Tree House
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(...) Yours is grey? Fascinating. Mine is blue, through and through. Adrian (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Pirate Tree House
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(...) Sure. It looks a little like this: (URL) This is, as far as I know, the only set in which it comes. It is a 32x32 blue baseplate with the sand pattern and some little white starter dots for the first few steps of the build. And yes, I do own (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC: Egglift, a Lego Appliance to cook soft-boiled eggs
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(...) Bonjour Chris...super MOC, peut être pas très spectaculaire mais une idée, une réalisation et une présentation super sympa (...) Merci, ça donne faim, et comme on dit ici, l'appétit vient en mangeant (...) Peut être le seul français à avoir le (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Pirate Tree House
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(...) I imagine you've already checked out (URL) I loved this set too... I waited eight months in high school to get this after seeing it in the beginning-of-the-year catalog, and then waiting for a Target sale. It's a 32x32 baseplate with a few (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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"Thomas Main" <thomasmain@myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:IA9F0u.n9L@lugnet.com... (...) The part in question is a Fabuland Washbasin that appeared in the Fabuland sets 3623 and 3646 It's Bricklink part number is fabek2 Hope that helps! cheers (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.general)
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What is the color of the 1 x 1 cylinder bricks by the (...) Hey Thomas That earthy brown colored cylinder is from the Quality Quidditch supplies set. It isn't the "new bluish brown", but it is a color I really like and am trying to incorporate into (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Jason, great to hear from you again, I hope you are doing well. Thanks for noticing the broken rail, it's always a question of how broken in should things be, so I figured that it would be pretty damaged after the hoist. Thanks again! Jon (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Adrian, I was wondering if you could tell me more about the baseplate in this set? Do you have it, and if so What size is it? Is this the only set to utilize it? Jon (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Stephen, Thanks for your compliments, I really struggled as to whether to include the crows nest, I was nervous it would be a little too much. I'm really glad you enjoyed that bit! Jon (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Wouldn't it be awesome for TLC to make more of those catalogs and Idea books. As a child I would stare at those and dream about what I would do if I had that many bricks. Thanks again for the complements Gil. Jon (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for your kind words Jojo. The praise of the praiseworthy is the most satisfying sort! I did fret a bit over the black trees but figured that if they were good enough for the forestmen, then they would work for the pirates. I can't (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I had always thought that LEGO might be avoiding the theme, scince Megablok did it first. I still have several of the old Megablok dragon ships in the box. But in a raverse of history, it seems tha LEGO is allowing Megablok to do it's (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) Oh! Oh! And then, when someone leans over to see what's going on, a light sensor will detect that, and all of Steve's blue balls will explode into their eager mouth. Iain (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Here's my drawing of the Code Pilot light sensor circuit: (URL) Looking at the components used, there's no reason why a similar circuit couldn't be used as an RCX sensor, though I see the real one is more sophisticated: (URL) In the Code Pilot, the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.codepilot, FTX)
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"How many monkey butlers?" (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) Ever heard of Ross Neil? :^p Even besides him, many of us TFOLs, I should daresay, are as good as the adult builders in some cases. And for me at least, I make no qualms (or however you say it) about being a Lego fan. Not that anyone ever (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.people.teens)
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Hello! (...) I say the Vikings are both Pirates and Castle because the Vikings were Pirates (robberers comming over the sea) in Castle times. They are the link between the two themes. I guess LEGO decided to do them because Playmobil did Vikings, (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Vikings are definitely Castle. This line is based on mythology but the Vikings played a huge part in trading/colonizing/raiding the western European countries for which LEGOLAND Castle was likely based. They could easily be a subtheme or (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Error Diffusion Dithering in LEGO (ministeck) mosaics
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I forgot to make one very important remark: Not everybody uses the same RGB colour values: this may lead to entirely different results, even if the same algorythm was used. Sometimes it seems better to alter the RGB values slightly. I thought of (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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| | Re: CSS Problem, looking for ideas.
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"Constantine Hannaher" <channaher@netscape.net> wrote in message news:IA51Cr.1JIo@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) very much (...) Gecko as (...) My computer has been down for the last couple of days so I apologize for the delay in (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Both thank you and sorry about that. Sometimes we have difficulty playing together in the sand box. (...) I might rabbit, I might. (...) Please do, this makes it fun. (...) Yes. (...) Each joint is controlled and held in place by use of worm (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Now There's an Enthusiast - Hidden Treasure (was Re: The Beeesh)
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Scott, thank you. You do make good points. I appreciate your words. If you place your cursor over the picture links, I embedded construction highlights within the thumb links. That is all I wanted to add. I felt the Mecha exhibited only a handful of (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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I'm going to build a module which will just store up all the balls, moving them around within the module, but never letting them out. Then, it will paint all the balls blue. Iain (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I built a marble pump I'll bring to dinner, but I think Steve's balls are bigger than mine. My worry is Steve's balls will get caught in the mechanism. ... It is fun, Chris, just too easy... -Rob A> (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm here for ya, Steve. I just want a few of your balls--I think Janey'll get many... I'm going to see how my GBC works tonite--maybe bring a mod or 2 to dinner tomorrow night. Dave K (21 years ago, 13-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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