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Mike, The link is not working for me. Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Dutch Railways models
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Eric: (...) details I have missed). Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Sears Tower Model @ O'Hare Internationation Airport
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A while back I mentioned that there is a model of the Sears Tower at O'Hare International Airport. I took a couple of pictures of it the last time I was through Chicago and finally have them posted on the web: (URL) plaque on the base of the model (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | New site!
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Hey fellow builders! I just wanted to let you know I got a new site up: (URL) not finished yet, but I'll be adding more in the next few weeks. Any comments are welcome. (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Are ABS bricks so good...?
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Simon Robinson <simon@simonrobinson.com> wrote in article <020a01bed896$8749b0...@simon>... (...) I found out the same thing. When separating bricks with my fingernails, I get dents and cuts in bricks very easily. Also, the quality of the newer (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: pneumatics & mindstorms?
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(...) I had exactly the same experience. I used that kind of compressor on my S5 robot many months ago, it's slow and unefficient. The small pumps work much better. Ralph Hempel has a very good double action compressor in his page: (URL) like his (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Homing with the IR Tower
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(...) You can add more free wheels to make it very stable. (...) When I approached the Joel's challenge I was worried also about the time to collect the cans. My idea was to develop a reliable navigation system to minimize the time to find the cans. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: odometry (was Re: Homing with the IR Tower)
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(...) Yes, 95 ticks are always 95 ticks, but the point is if your robot really *is* in the position where it's expected to be on the floor. The main problem with odometry, as you know well, is that errors accumulate very fast. The unavoidable (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Linking HB with UART
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That is what Radio Control modelers do all the time. The technology is mature and readily available. This would prevent any autonomy in the bot, you become the brains. Mike (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Mechanical question
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(...) [lots snipped . By all means, look at the original message! ;-) ] (...) Beautiful stuff! That's what I call an explanation. "progeeks", indeed... :-)) Thanks, Paul! (Incidentally, you're not using a pseudonym? ;-) Best regards, Martin (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Interesting Corellian Ship at LucasArts
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(...) Probably the Otana (YT-3000?) from their game X-Wing Alliance. (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Interesting Corellian Ship at LucasArts
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I was just at the LucasArts website: (URL) And there's a picture of what seems to be a Corellian freighter of some kind. Does anyone know what ship this is? (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: submersible, ballast, depth sensor
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Hi! I planned to build a sub myself about two years ago but couldn't find the time to build it. What I have to offer are some thoughts. Fortunately a submersible needs lots of ballast, so you can stuff it with lots of batteries and gear. So my plan (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: GMLTC at the NMRA National Convention
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Please feel free to use my pictures, I'm glad I can contribute something to the cause. If you need originals, let me know. Paul (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Lego Models in Ldraw
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It's already been started. Check out (URL) are also some other pages that people are working on, but you'll have to look for them (I don't remember where they all are). I believe Jonathan Wilson is also working on a lot of models. You might also (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Lego Models in Ldraw
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Hey I got an idea, scary aint it. I was wondering how hard it would be to convert the entire lego product line into ldraw. Making them for each set. Feedbac would be welcome on this idea. I think that this would be a intresting project and could be (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: WTB Train Parts
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(...) It is not that he offered more that offended me, but rather the tone. It seemed smug, but perhaps I read it with the wrong tone. It is hard to apply a tone to text accurately, but sometimes simple statements may look different to other people. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | New Space Ship Movie
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I have updated a little space ship animation on my site. It is about 400kb. Check it out: (URL) J (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Big Layouts
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Hey everyone, I'm back, had some small and big computer troubles and some school stuff so that's why I havn't been here in a long time. But thats not the reason for the post, honest. I was wondering how many people do real big layouts, and how they (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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