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Thanks Matt you make some good points. I was a bit concerned about the front of the new building but when I added detailing to the windows it appeared to be overly heavy. I think maybe just adding detail to one or two of the windows may help lift it (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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(...) Me too, but its not really a black and white thing. Customers are customers - when they are annoyed you do your best to fix them up, whatever the technicalities of the situation. When you are surprised by a customer reaction (remember New (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Strictly speaking, he didn't jump the gun. He *did* mention that the release dates were early April... Besides, who'd enjoy it on the 1st as much as they did just now? would you like a surprise Lego set out of the blue or one you get on your (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
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| | novità Star Wars
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Ecco alcune immagini che fanno tremare il mio portafoglio.... (URL) un anno piuttosto dispendioso! Dino (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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Classic! An April Fools Joke in January! I admire the moxie it took to post this. I'm man enough to admit that I clicked on the link to read the 'official' post...lol. (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, FTX)
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| | Re: look at my balls
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(...) I am in the process of making one, and I told my son the only way he can attend the event with me is to participate in either the GBC or a mindstorms event (hopefully both). So you can count on 2 from the JLUG (weather permitting and all those (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Wishful Thinking press release (was: Maersk Second Run)
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(...) It was just another hint that it wasn't real for those who didn't get my insider jokes. (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: Pneumatic switching circuits
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<SNIP> (...) OOPS.. I changed diagramming method to a physical ascii art diagram without clarifying it.. Below is 2 switches actuated by a slider which pushes first one switch handle (left switch) from far left to far right then when pushed past the (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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(...) I think its an easy thing to offer to buy back the sets, since absolutely no-one will be giving them back! :) I sure won't. -Alfred (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Conveyor Belts?
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news-gateway@lugnet.com wrote on 01/26/2005 11:20:23 AM: (...) than one package. I bought two sets of each, which should give me 72 conveyor belt links and 200 chain links. With 2.5 gear teeth/stud and 2 teeth per link, that should be enough for a (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Zemi.net Weblog: Submit Your News
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(...) Thanks! I want all sorts of stuff. Cool new MOCs and all sorts of other news like contests, forums and events all sound great. This is sort of an experiment so I'm open to many ideas. We'll see how it goes. (URL) [ j o n ] (URL) [ z e m i d o (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Using Jennifer Clark's idea
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I am re-designing my track-hoe, and to do so I need to use one of your ideas. On your track-hoe, you have two shafts going through the turntable- one solid shaft and one hollow shaft. I originally intended to use a differential piece for the hollow (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Latest Train Show Invite
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I received a letter from Frank today inviting us to the Toronto Toy Train and Doll show on April 24, 2005. Here's the thing--we didn't really appreciate this show last time due to the surroundings. This year, right in the brochure, it states that (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Make your own James Bond Jaws figure!
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I'm glad to see more and more excellent 007 Lego popping up! To help everyone out I've decided to pitch in and make up some mini-figure bitmaps that you can use to make up your very own Bond related figures! First on the block, one of my favorite (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Town by marakoeschtra
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Hey all, Anyone know who "marakoeschtra" is? They built this great (URL) town>. (2 URLs) Bruce (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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| | Re: Loader Building Instruction Available !!!
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(...) What a great teaser! Any estimate on when we'll see the rest of the pages? <drool...> -- joshua (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks Steve, I was going to point Joseph there too. Who is this mr Clague guy anyway? The only mr Clague I know is my father. (...) Cool! Another pneumatic master! Kevin (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Pneumatic switching circuits
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(...) I understand the above very well, but I do not understand the stuff below. (...) I admire you doing it all pneumatically. I ended up having to have two pistons that were purely timing switches. There were races in the circuit where things (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 8366 supersonic RC now half price at S@H...
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(...) Why is this one more expensive than the 8475? Are they the same motors and controller? Just wondering (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | 8366 supersonic RC now half price at S@H...
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Exactly like I predicted it. Finally grabbed mine! https://shop.lego.co...asp?p=8366 (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | BrickOS 0.9.0 success
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Hello all -- I have a Linux system with a USB Lego IR tower, and have been intermittently poking around on the web (once every few weeks) in hopes of getting a brickOS system to work on it, with varying levels of enthusiasm. I've gotten it to go (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: A query to GBC members, module builders, and technic model builders.
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This is getting a bit long, so you might have to read previous posts to figure it all out.... (...) At times, the chain slackening is a desirable effect, and when it is not, an idler gear takes up the slack giving the chain a firm fit for use in (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: A query to GBC members, module builders, and technic model builders.
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I like a lot to work with the Technic Link Chain and Technic Link Tread, besides the reason mentions before, because I use for for educational purposes, kids love them, having others colours could be great. It could be wonderfull to have accesories (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Zemi.net Weblog: Submit Your News
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(...) Hey Jon, Cool idea. What sort of thing are you looking for? Do you want every new cool MOC to go up, or more community news like contests, new forums, etc.? Bruce (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: 1038 ERBIE the Robo-Car?
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(...) I have two pictures I grabbed from an eBay auction awhile back. I've uploaded them to my Brickshelf folder: (URL) (post mod) (URL) all the information I could find about that set. It looks like it was designed as a line-folowing robot, which (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A query to GBC members, module builders, and technic model builders.
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"Mr S" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:20050127152527....hoo.com... (...) Do you find any situations where you have to space the gears out so the chain fits tightly and snugly instead of slackening and introducing chain backlash? (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bricksaic version 0.1.0
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(...) Gorgeous! Bob, I've been planning out a program to do mosaics- but this blows my plans away! The only suggestion I would make is to allow the user to select the size of baseplates to use. 32x32 is usually cheaper, and a user might have a (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic)
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| | Zemi.net Weblog: Submit Your News
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I just added a news submission page to (URL) Zemi> that will let you submit your LEGO news to the weblog. The link is at the top of the Blog. One of my ideas is for the weblog to become a one-stop LEGO newsblog similar to sites like BOING BOING or (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | Re: RCX3 - Can extra hardware functionality be added?
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(...) I have a proposal that would theoretically allow an RCX to use 49 motors and 147 active sensors (or 588 switches!). This has the potential to control an entire Ball Contraption or railway! The idea may be expandable to four times those (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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(...) "Possible"? Oh come on. How about "unlikely"? Or "far-fetched"? Maybe "overly optimistic"? While your attitude helps stretching out a debate endlessly, it really isn't helpful in the end. Please try to be realistic, occasionally at least. (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Bricksaic version 0.1.0
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Hi all, I just finished a major update of Bricksaic. You can read about it and download it from here: (URL) Bricksaic is a program used to make LEGO mosaics. It is very simple to use. Just load you picture, select the colors in the palette, set the (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Re: Some fun for Buffy and Angel fans
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(...) Hey, neat-o Bianca! What kind of printer is used for the decals? An inkjet? I didn't know that it was possible to make those..., this will come in handy for my plastic model work. As for the faces, I must admit that I have trouble recognizing, (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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(...) Wow, Dave "King of the Sheets", isn't cool? If that's not good enough for you, wow, you have very high expectations! Personally, that beats some of my nicknames by a mile, of course, that list is unfit for public consumption. (...) Cowdice (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: A query to GBC members, module builders, and technic model builders.
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Hmm - I originally forgot to add lugnet.technic to this post, please post any comments/thoughts you may have to share with others. Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde "Geoffrey Hyde" <g.hyde@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:IAyr24.C76@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Weekly Update of New AuctionBrick Listings - 1/27/05
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This is weekly update of new items listed at (URL) as of Thu Jan 27, 10:48 AM PST. To bid, review details of any item listed or to register go to (URL). (2 URLs) 6600 Highway Construction '00 plus box/instruction manuals> Used - Great Minimum Bid: (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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| | Re: Pneumatic switching circuits
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(...) You're right I believe it does.. I had forgotten how complex the page was, I had last viewed it some months ago.. I'm going through it now.....unfortunately my net connection is slightly hosed.. and Comcast is telling me 1 week before they can (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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(...) Dave, you already have one, from what I hear... :-) (...) Actually I'm not at *all* unhappy with that nickname, I'll wear it proudly. After all, I *am* "goodhearted", I try to always expect the best from companies and from people. How sad it (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: l3p as open source (was: Re: Anatomy of a POV file (e.g. L3P suggestions))
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(...) I knew I'd forgotten something in here! That function sounds interesting and could help a bit, but I'm not sure it's possible to turn an .inc around, but I'll look into it when I get the time. Thanks -NB (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Pneumatic switching circuits
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(...) This is something mr Clague did tackle on his page. In his Quad242 ( (URL) ), he did just what you're wanting to do. In fact, if you can decrypt this page: (URL) you'll understand the secret. I believe the key is having "and" gates, where two (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Arrays and proximity
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(...) The Spybot has a limited number of global (32) variables. NQC lets you access these via an array syntax. MindScript and NQC also let you use pointers to variables which effectively is an array. The maximum size of an array is less than 32. The (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.robotics.spybotics, FTX)
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