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(...) Well, after reading the part that DID inspire the post (the few geeks debating the trademark) I decided to go back and grab the url for the entire thread, thinking some people might not be familiar with Slashdot and not be able to find the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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(...) Certainly they chose to allow firmware downloads to allow for future upgrades. For a new RCX, if they really wanted to prevent us from writing new firmware, the best solution, and one we could not defeat without extraordinary means, would be (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: why is no-one saying anything about my parts?
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(...) ROFL. For a long time. ROFL. :) -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Get paid to surf the web! Visit: (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: why is no-one saying anything about my parts?
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(...) Not to rag on Jonathan any more, but since writing in all caps is considered shouting and therefore rude, is writing in all small letters considered whispering and therefore rude? If the connotation of the text is to grab attention, why would (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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(...) Sorry, I was (accidentally) spreading FUD. Didn't occur to me that taking the batteries out would reset it. I assumed that "firmware" really meant firmware. --Todd (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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(...) Seriously? OK, whew! Then I *was* just being paranoid. I'll cross my fingers then and hope that 1.5 also has this property. (...) Amazing. Excellent. All is well with 1.0 then! (Whew!) --Todd (25 years ago, 30-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Why 5 to 6?
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It's only a guess but perhaps they picked that sort of ratio to make sure that it would be easier for small kids to play with them - having a 1-1 ratio might be more confusing for kiddies who are just about getting old enough to work out which way (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | z14 bevel gears (was Re: hinges and bevel gears, was Re: 60 degree problem
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Okay, I'll bite -- how do you get 7/6 to be anywhere close to SQRT(3)? 7/6 is 1.167, and SQRT(3) is 1.732. Is there an additional 2:3 ratio hidden inside the "8880 transmission"? Also, I'm having a little trouble figuring out how the transmission (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | RE: MN FIRST Lego League page
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The MPEG section is pretty cool. A wide variety of solutions to the same challenge. Robots with touch sensors, light sensors, robots with no sensors at all. "Kenny" and "Michel Dowling" are impressive no-sensor versions - they both drive a nice, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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(...) I hope I'm not missing something obvious, but surely you just take the batteries out? That's always got rid of the firmware pretty effectively for me. Surely no software can physically alter that? iain -- iainbarker@bigfoot.com Anything is (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That is true except for removing the firmware by removing the batteries. Since the only alterable storage is powered by the batteries, there can never be permanent changes to the brick that survive a hard power-off. (...) The ROM is in the CPU (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Why 5 to 6?
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Why is the 5-to-6 ratio supposed to be such a great thing? I still think that a 5-to-5 or 6-to-6 ratio (better known as 1-to-1) would have been much better. It would, for example, make it much easier to build things at right angles to other things (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RIS version 1.5 coming this fall
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(...) OK, that's what I thought. But from that, doesn't it follow that this statment would be true?-- It is possible to write replacement firmware which, when downloaded and executed, still allows new application code but prevents the downloading of (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 9v Train Layout @ Southern LEGOFest - 18th September
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It would make messages like this an awful lot more understandable if you could try supplying a few set names with all those numbers. Or do you expect all your readers to spend 10 minutes looking up numbers on the lugnet database before they'll have (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | MN FIRST Lego League page
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Here is a new LEGO Mindstorms Page. This page is for the Minnesota FIRST LEGO league competition which is for kids ages 9-14 and is part of the larger international FIRST LEGO league program. Probably the interesting thing for this group is the MPEG (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Golden Ticket Event (Adult LEGO play day)
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Eric Kingsley wrote: <Construction Site Golden Ticket Event snip> (...) I'm going to try to make it (and perhaps put names to faces for once...) J (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | ultra light club racer [DAT]
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Here's an ultra light club racer that I designed last year. Note the gear shifter and the exhaust pipe. This one and my rally car(haven't decided to post it yet, only Jacob Sparre Andersen has seen it) design are going to come in handy with Lego (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Box Logs
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I am not sure I like the online log because it kind of ruins the surprise of what's going to be in the box when you get it.... but I will play along. I have not yet recieved the Technic Box, but I think Larry said he was going to be very busy, and I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Sith Infiltrator for $17.99
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Wow, I didn't realize they were so spread out. Too bad they don't have on-line ordering on their site. :-{ Joe (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Golden Ticket Event (Adult LEGO play day)
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Yes, I'm going to the event and two other friends of mine (who are not active on LUGNET) will be there as well. - Robert Munafo (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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