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  Re: Total Perspective Vortex
 
In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Derek Raycraft wrote: <snip> (...) Is that a piece of fairy cake? Dave K (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 
  Re: Train Show
 
(URL) So here's an already quick update--Janey and Iain are contributing to the lower run and Janey's already hard at work on the upper loop. So basically there are 2-3 modules for stuff--on each side of the lift bridge. The module attaching to the (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
 
  Re: RIS & FLL
 
(...) RoboLab and (...) No great loss. The only reason I still use GOTO in anything is because that's the way Visual Basic's brain dead error system works. :-) 'Course, there's nothing *really* wrong with a GOTO instruction used correctly. It's just (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Total Perspective Vortex
 
I was recently reminded of this device from Hitchhiker's. After rereading it's description I suddenly feel much better about what's been happing of late. For you see, The Total Perspective Vortex is a device design to show someone, in an instant, (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 
  Re: RIS & FLL
 
Steve, I only code using Mindscript. Some day I might even learn to use NQC. but I have too much BASIC i need to unlearn to grok C How do you think I did Project X. (URL) nested if's) Re: no goto the SDK is the closest thing i have found to "basic" (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: My Wife At Work
 
(...) Strangely enough, when I asked my wife if she really did have a barrel under her desk at work, her reply was a definitive "Yeah." Weird. -Elroy (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
 
  Missing Brick 4 year anniversary sale, Minifigs 30% OFF.
 
It has been 4 years ago now that I opened up shop at Bricklink (Brickbay back then). To celebrate, all minifigs are 30% off. Paul (URL) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
 
  Re: RIS & FLL
 
On Mon, March 7, 2005 1:05 pm, Brass Tilde said: (...) Here's where you can get it: (URL) I said, it's legal for FLL, but it does lack one command that both RoboLab and NQC offer. Goto Steve (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: MINIMUM-SPACE-POD
 
Hi, JP. (...) I wanna print your word "clean design ----- JP" on a picture of my work. X-) Words of praise from YOU has special meaning for me. Thank you. (...) Ya, this year I will visit LUGNET.space more than usual. But as you see, our English are (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.space)
 
  Re: Announcing: SWELUG 7
 
(...) Instämmer med föregående skrivare, även om vi bara var med på lördagen. Och tack Olof för arrangemanget! PS. Var är referatet av RobotWars? Bilderna? De krossade bitarna? (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
 
  Re: RIS & FLL
 
(...) I've heard of it, but that's all. (...) that (...) pratice. Especially when it's generally pretty easy to map a flowchart into code. Especially for the kinds of programs used by RIS applications. Even a highly event-driven system has (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Train Show
 
April Train Show-- Details as follows... Open to public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 24, 2005 Setup goes from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday April 23rd and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Layout shown (hopefully) below (URL) The layout has the (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
 
  Re: RIS 2.0 Problems
 
(...) Bunk! Bunk, I say, Bunk! Even with all of the 'modern datatypes' and Object oriented coding.. it all still boils down to LOGIC. Of which Flowcharts are the simplest and most effective building block. Take any of your modern 'objects' and break (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: Sizing for to-scale large vehicles??
 
(...) Keith, I've checked the calculations: Length: 40ft * 304.8mm/ft / 16 / 8mm/stud = 95.25 studs Width: 102" * 25.4mm/in / 16 / 8mm/stud = 20.24 studs Height: 118.5" over roof hatch * 25.4mm/in / 16 / 3.2mm/plate = 59 plates high off the ground (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
 
  Re: X-Wing Mark IV
 
Thank you for your compliments. I also do not like the color choices on the UCS x-wing. For the life of me I cannot figure out why they chose to do that. The person who got rich off my obsessive tile purchase is Lego themselves. Tiles are one of my (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
 
  Re: RIS 2.0 Problems
 
(...) Welcome to the religious war of the 1970s. Honestly, no ALGOL-derived language (Pascal, C, etc) with or without Smalltalk-inspired OO extensions (C++, Java, C#) can be called a modern language. True, some of them have been built recently, but (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: The "44"
 
(...) Yes, the big curves do dominate the nose of the ship visually. But you gotta have plenty of room for coolant and the big magnetic whatchamadoos. Those are the only guns on the ship, and the idea is that the ship is built around them. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
 
  My friend Zoli
 
Zoltan Schuzter is only 16 or 17 years old and builds as good as any of us. He is from Hungary and TLC needs to hire him! Here is the link to his brickshelf folders. He will get a lugnet account as soon as he is old enough. I told him that if he is (...) (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: wish's - Contest canceled
 
<SNIP> condensing and rude attitudes, <SNIP> Did you mean condescending? or am I misunderstanding and you really did mean making smaller! Tim (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 
  Re: Winterlude Photos
 
(...) (2 URLs) (...) That would be Jason Allemann who made the O-Train, part of Ottawa's transit system. I would keep an eye on his website in hopes that he adds a page for the train. (hint hint Jason) :-) (URL) Tim Strutt (21 years ago, 7-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)

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