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(...) Do you mean part 3939? [LDrawPart 3939:46] Going by the data collected on Peeron, this part first appeared in 1978. For the next ~13 years, the part only appeared in transparent colors. So I'd guess it was intended as a windshield/canopy, (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: RC racing track width
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(...) That's a good question. I'm used to races based on time, not laps, but it doesn't mater either way. I would think around 10 would be good. (...) I don't think we need any serious restrictions... (...) Except of course this car. Otherwise I'm (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Hiker Vignette
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(2 URLs) A little dabble into Vignettes and MLCAD. Render still needs work. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (URL) CLB> (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX) !
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| | Re: What that displayed on my RCX2.0?
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On Mon, March 14, 2005 5:22 am, Ian Reid said: (...) I believe that means there is some data in the datalog Steve (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What that displayed on my RCX2.0?
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(...) That sounds like the datalog indicator - while RIS doesn't take advantage of it (to my knowledge), the RCX can function as a datalogger - the quarter of the datalog that is being loaded flashes, while the quarters of the datalog that are (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: ISD Build competition
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(...) Can you attend? (...) I'll lead, I'm in Indianapolis! Where to respond?????? Jake? Who? This is the last piece of clarification needed!!! <SNIP> (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.contests)
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| | Re: What is that displayed on my RCX2.0?
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I am not sure here - but could that mean that the batteries are seriously low? It would seem likely if they have been sat for a while, as even when powered down there is some residual current usage, and leakage in the RCX. Remember that when (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Vendo set lego spazio, città e fabuland
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(...) Ho anche un 7860 completo da vendere usato con istruzioni e perfettamente funzionante Scrivetemi Ciao (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: Missing parts in Ldraw, what do I do now?
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(...) I have authored Tyre 56x30R Baloon (part 32180)...now if I could just find someone nice enough to review it for me. Regards Ian (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | What that displayed on my RCX2.0?
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G'day, I have been using my RCX 2.0 brick recently after it has been laying idle for a period. I have noticed that there is an extra icon in the display window which is not discussed in the Lego Robotics Invention System 2.0 Constructopedia. I was (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Good night... and may your god go with you
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(...) Oops. Good point. Now there's a faux-pas for the records. Jason R (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Evolution of a Street Rod
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(...) Cool, I really like your cars. Especially the first. One thing though: what about making the hood in a different color? Christian (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Why are slope bricks textured?
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(...) What about the 3x6 slopes? Okay, I know they are a little different but they don't have that "texture" you are speaking of. (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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| | A few requests to enhance the System
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Dear Lego, First the biggies: - As you make the return to fiscal solvency that Mr. Knudstorp will hopefully accomplish beyond your expectations, please consider permanently retiring the gray, dark gray and brown colors. For me, one of the greatest (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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| | Re: Ball Joint Frame ZRX1 version
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(...) This is a wonderful thing to see! The ZXRX1 Frame is an upgraded version of the frame that I had been working on for over a year now. The first attempt failed badly and I wanted to correct. So after some thought I made the MC7 frame that (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | A few new Vignettes!
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Here are some new vignettes... (4 URLs) 1) Star Wars meets Star Trek in (URL) Intruder Alert> 2) From the movie (URL) Cast Away> (starring Tom Hanks)... (wonder what's in that package) 3) Based on an idea by Anthony Sava, (URL) "I know what you (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Town & Train Display - GATS Pictures - MichLTC
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(...) Jason and club- Your latest layout is spectacular. Everything looks tightly integrated, beautifully designed, and well constructed. -Ted Michon SCLTC (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX)
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| | Re: Why are slope bricks textured?
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(...) OK, I would love to give some special reason, but I know of none. Ever since the sloped bricks first came out in red (1958) and blue (1960), they have had the textured finish. The simplest explanation I can think of is because most roofs are (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: Downtown Disney Lego Store is open
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(...) That looks great, thanks for posting those pictures. I'm probably taking my family to Orlando in May, and the kids want to see both the new LEGO Store and the Star Wars weekend (great pictures of that too). Mmmm, pick-a-brick... mmmm. (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl)
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| | Why are slope bricks textured?
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Its one of the most trivial things, but its always bothered me. Why have that texture on the slope end? What purpose does it serve? From the small selection of un-textured slopes we have, one can only infer that these would be less trouble to (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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| | NEXT NYCLUG MEET - Sunday, 3/20/05 @ Noon - Citigroup Center, NYC
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Next NYCLUG Meeting Sunday, 3/20/05 @ Noon Citigroup Center, Lexington Ave. between 53rd and 54th Streets, Manhattan Meet in the Atrium Got a good response on this one... but hoping to see more folks show up at our next meet! And remember to bring (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us, FTX)
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| | Re: A small car
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(...) among the 47-year-old flagarant in-the-closet investment banker group. Iain (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: A small car
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(...) Very cool. my guesses: a Fiero or an older Toyota MR-2 (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: More microstuff
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(...) Thanks. I think the bley works, if you don't need too much of it. Later, Chris (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: More microstuff
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(...) Thanks! I like tinkering with this scale, because I think there is a lot of potential for Lego to come up better mini-mecha sets that are much better than what they have now. Later, Chris (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: A small car
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I like it, its cool. I'm gonna guess its a Prelude. (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Sydney Studs Meet this Sunday 13 March - Woo Hoo!
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(...) And from me too. (...) See what happens when you side with the superior French army?! (That's three times now, Trav ;-) ) Pics (clickable) and rough commentary follow... Cheers Richie Dulin (2 URLs) James, Robb & Lachlan contemplate the arcane (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Ball Joint Frame ZRX1 version
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(...) <snip> (...) Ouch! Actually, I've designed most of my recent frames and mecha to use only readily available lego parts, with no stiffening or gluing required. (...) I understand some of what you're talking about - when you restrict a ball (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: A small car
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(...) I thought the car was cute, Calum. :) "What is it supposed to be? Extra points for anyone who can guess, despite the quality of my attempt." I guess I'm disqualified since I was at the dinner on Friday. :D Ben Medinets (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: FBTB Forums code of conduct changes
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They probably don't want a repeat of the hack-attack that occured over the holidays. They suffered for a long time before getting the regular site back up. (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Palace Stairwell
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The palace stairwell used in the (URL) Theed Palace Chamber> has been deconstructed to show details that were obscured by the palace walls. (URL) Front view (URL) Top view (URL) More pics on (URL) gallery> when moderated. AC (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Part images through LPub coming out white
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(...) Love to, but the link doesn't work. Is there an alternate location? (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | ISD Build competition
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First, let me fall on my sword about this, I am very very late in posting this info and I sincerely apologise. As I said in this post: (URL) and down thread... LEGO is going to do an ISD build contest at Celebration III and is soliciting teams of (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Radial Engine (and V8 crankshaft)
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(...) to finish it. (URL) Geissmann (21 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: AoJT3: Johnny Thunder and the King of the Gypsies (Update March 13)
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Sorry for the long delay with the next installment, but I've hit a patch of real busy-ness with school and a bit of writer's block too. So the story has really stalled. I've been holding these 4 in reserve because I figured this would happen. Anyhow (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: other robotics mailing lists?
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(URL) is intended to cover a broad audience - including complete beginners. Depending on where you are based, you may be able to attend our Saturday classes - which are mindstorms based for kids in the morning, and less so for the adults in the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Ball Joint Frame ZRX1 version
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!!LMAO!! Oh man, glue your balls, and or don't, it could save your Techs. !!LMAO!! e (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Good night... and may your god go with you
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(...) Thanks Jason. (...) Yes, I think it was bottomless :) In fact he used to joke that he lost his finger when he let the end of it rest too long in his whiskey. But I think his poison of choice may have been Irish whiskey ;) (...) They seem to be (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: RC racing track width
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(...) Uhhh...hhh.... what Derek said :) 5-foot wide is good. I think that 3 cars at once is a MUST. More fun, more crashes. How many laps per race? 5? 10? I guess that also depends which batteries everyone is using.... Like we discussed, I think (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Groveport Ohio Town Hall
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(...) this is exactly what this hobby needs more of. beautiful building. the attention to detail and creative thinking that went into this model really shows. congratulations on a job well done. ondrew (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Downtown Disney Lego Store is open
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It's open. (URL) (though the images may not load right now, due to a problem with .Mac) And it's beautiful. The interior looks much like a Gap or an Apple Store; far more sophisticated and visually interesting than it had been, and much more (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl)
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| | Re: Good night... and may your god go with you
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(...) Very nice tribute. I especially like the glass of scotch on the table. I didn't know he'd died though. Mind you, the great Fred Dibnah popped his steam-powered clogs last year and I never knew... :-( Jason R (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Ball Joint Frame ZRX1 version
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(...) Click "Next" to see the show, the ZRX1 Classified Development File: (URL) I felt inspired to experiment with this new technology. I made a new hand hybrid with reverse minifig legs and lever fingers and changed the forearm a bit to accomodate (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Fwd: Re: AFOL/Mindstorms stagnation (Was Re: FLL not allowing NQC)
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Sorry if this turns out to be redundant for some of you, but I've had pretty good success augmenting my RIS sets with parts from the Lego Education Store (Lego's partner is Pitsco in the US...not sure about elsewhere). (URL) won't find everything in (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Groveport Ohio Town Hall
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(...) Paul, As you know, I'm completely enamored with this building. After the (URL) COSI show>, I really wanted to take it home with me. I took a ton of pictures that weekend and have already starting borrowing details. These (URL) yellow cement (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: A small car
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(...) The front bumper looks Pontiac Grand Prix-ish. KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203 (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | RE: Motor port status for Robolab
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Hi Yes, I indeed did try all those steps, but they did not work. I will greatly appreciate it if you could post the individual vi files. Thank you so much in advance! ---...--- -------- Best Regards, Elizabeth Mabrey -----Original Message----- From: (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: A small car
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(...) Calum, Is that a Delorean? Looks nice! (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Meijers 20% off on ALL Lego
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I was at Meijers today and noticed that their entire selection of LEGO was 20% off. Seemed like a nice sale. (Green baseplates would only be $4 now.) Have fun. Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> | (URL) CLB> (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
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| | Re: Part images through LPub coming out white
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(...) Geoff, Would you be willing to try (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Motor port status for Robolab
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(...) You ought to be able to just double click on the .llb. If that doesn't work, try opening it from within Robolab. Either use the open command or the select .vi from the tools pallet. If there are still troubles, let me know and I'll post the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: AFOL/Mindstorms stagnation (Was Re: FLL not allowing NQC)
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(...) This is exactly what I'm doing for my robot. Mindsensors.com has an interface that will control two R/C servo motors using an IR interface. I'm building one that will use a modified 9v battery box (includes voltage regulator) and IR interface (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: FBTB Forums code of conduct changes
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(...) Wow! That is especially hatefull. I guess they only want a verifyable e-mail address. The problem with hotmail and yahoo and such are that they can be prolific and not policed very well. I personally don't know what's going on with FBTB, but (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Grand Central Station and 2 wide trains
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(...) Thanks. It is (indeed) VERY LOOSELY modeled after the CS Amsterdam. I wanted such a style station, with the big dome-like train hall. Amsterdam has indeed one of those, but so do quite a few other stations in major European cities (Frankfurt (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Part images through LPub coming out white
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I have a few models I am rendering complete with steps and instructions. I have LPub set to use Print resolution and have turned off the B/W feature so the images come out in full color. The instruction steps look great, but the part lists and BOM (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: AFOL/Mindstorms stagnation (Was Re: FLL not allowing NQC)
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(...) That's right - I find that for Mindstorms the stuff I have matches the time I have, but brickscaping for trains takes vast quantities of bricks - at least they're basic bricks! To improve the power to weight ratio you could make a power (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: power levels clarification
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(...) Others have explained Pulse Width Modulation. However, if the kids are old enough to understand the difference between linear (straight line) and square law (curving ever upwards) and electrical voltage, resistance and power, you could say (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Hailfire attachment points
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(...) Thanks Joseph. (...) I dont think i will have problems with the natural COG of this beast. (...) Ray Thanks, I had no problem with this set up. Have a look at the second photo, you can see that the 8t mesh very nice. The only issue I had with (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | FBTB Forums code of conduct changes
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I was just over on FBTB and thay annouced a change to their forum code of conduct. The whole document is good except for the last rule: "10. Applicants with free email addresses (yahoo, hotmail, gmail, etc) will not be approved. We apologize for the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Octagonal building technique: help!
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I used the parts linked above to make some octagonal towers in a large castle MOC I built recently. At the bottom, I attached two opposite sides (parallel) to the supporting pieces below the tower, and then let the other 6 sides "float", just (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build)
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| | Minifig Avatar maker
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Guys, Have I been living under a rock for too long or has everyone already seen this: (URL) and this: (URL) and this: (URL) and this! (URL) Cheers, Ralph (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Hailfire attachment points
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(...) When I looked at the first image, one item caught my eye immediately was the 8-tooth gear. When I built my expirement, I had intended the hailfire wheel to be run in an upright position. The first thing I tried was the 8-tooth gear. I found (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Grand Central Station and 2 wide trains
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(...) Hey Paul, Is that based on Centraal station in Amsterdam? Either way, it looks great. It is hard to believe it's Micro-scale! Good work! Bill (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs now for sale!
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(...) Hey John, Thanks for the comments! I had fun making the Easter items. I think I will be doing holiday themed models on my ebay store from here on out. I was going to do a bunch for Christmas but got so busy I was only able to get a Nutcracker (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | bad LEGO dream last night
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I dreamt that the pin broke off one of my train motors :( In my dream I tried to be brave. I tried to shrugg it off. I moved the broken motor to a trolley*, but the NELUG guys, they could tell... they could tell that I that I was totally bummed. It (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: RobotWars in Sweden
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(...) I suppose so :) I spent a great deal of time on (URL) prior to building my robot. The perhaps greatest inspiration since a long time is this page, however: (URL) from the already mentioned rtlT event "Smash'em up derby": (URL) for all the kind (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: A small car
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(...) It's a solid first attempt. I'd recommend using tiles on some of the studded surfaces if possible. Spoilers are tough. I haven't come up with a satisfactory solution beyond the big racing type spoiler found on my Mustang. For detail, I think (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Hailfire attachment points
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(...) as to CoG and Wheel Center, if the Center of Gravity is above the centerline of the then balancing becomes a monumental task. If the Center of Gravity IS the centerline of the wheels rotation (or even really close in to it) , severe gerbilling (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: explain the definition of the firmware to kids...
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(...) Firmware is the Operating System for the RCX, the way Windows (or whatever) is the OS for your PC. Firmware by itself doesn't do anything, it's just there to run the programs that you write. It's like the trays in the cafeteria that hold your (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab, lugnet.robotics.edu)
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| | piece count
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I was just roaming the internet, and I saw a preview of the new LEgo Technic Crane, and it must be a very big if not the biggest set so far. It has over 1800 pieces! Here's where I found the piece count: (URL) site also gives info about the other (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Hailfire attachment points
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(...) i think i learned about deep links... you have to click the image AFTER you click the image.... (geesh) (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Hailfire attachment points
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(...) This is what i have so far: (Iain, these are large pic's so dont whine -- i warned you) this was my 3rd attempt. (URL) (after moderation) (i THINK these are the deep links, if they dont work... tough) (URL) was hard to get the spacing on the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs now for sale!
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(...) I'm cross posting to announce.moc so people don't miss these great creations. WOW! These new items are great! All the Easter items are really cute, and will surely be popular. The guitar really looks great. The flame pattern turned out (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Evolution of a Street Rod
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SNIPPY Man, I saw these today on BS and I loved them. I like the tuned version more, naturally ;-) I like the backstory too, its cute. One gripe: I think you need to swap the roofs of the 2 cars. IMO, the 4x4 tile would look better on the older one, (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: rendering different scenes at same scale
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(...) David, LPub does this to make scale stay the same across building instruction steps. If you were to concatenate all your scenes together and separate them with a STEP and then CLEAR meta commands, then LPub would render each step as an image, (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Hailfire attachment points
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(...) I have used the Hailfire wheel as a pivot point for a bridge. I locked down the Hailfire wheel to a base. I then attached a truss to a frame work between 2 Hailfire wheels. Each Hailfire wheel has 6 gears that run on the inside toothed part of (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Downtown Disney Lego Store being renovated
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(...) According to the employees, when the store re-opens it will have 200-250 PaB parts and this number will climb to over 300 by summer. (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl)
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| | Re: Things that are hard to do with LDraw and building instructions
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(...) Since LPub is not a renderer, it in fact does deal with models. Buffer exchange in LPub saves/restores the model up to the buffer exchange, not the images from steps. (...) This gets tricky...... I don't know how you can create a new group (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | RE: Motor port status for Robolab
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Hi, I would love to learn how this is done. I am using Windows OS, how do I extract the vi files from your llb download? Thank you very much in advance! -- Elizabeth -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | RE: power levels clarification
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This is really good info... Thank you very much... ---...--- -------- Best Regards, Elizabeth Mabrey Partner of Director LEGO MINDSTORMS 3322 Rt. 22 West, Bldg 4, Ste 402 Robotics Community Branchburg, NJ 08876 Ph: (908) 595-1010 ; M-F: 10-5; Sat: (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Article about Quatro, Duplo and System bricks compatibility
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Hi, Thanks to khan and rob for the translation into English of my article on FreeLUG website : (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.quatro, lugnet.duplo, lugnet.people.parents)
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| | Evolution of a Street Rod
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I built a couple of cars this weekend. I originally sat down to build an Adventurer's themed car to go with a night club MOC that I'm working on. The result turned out looking more like one of those thin racing cars from the 30's. Not happy with the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: Downtown Disney Lego Store to reopen soon
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(...) Brian - thanks for the great pictures. Can't wait to see these in person in April. Eric (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl)
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| | Grand Central Station and 2 wide trains
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I finally unpacked (and had to partially rebuild :( ), the micro-scale station I displayed on Brickfest. I made some pictures, including many of the back or the station, because that part was hard to see because of its position against the wall. (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: power levels clarification
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Hi Elizabeth, (...) there is an 8ms cycle, and the motor is on for a part of that: 1ms for power level 0, 2ms for power level 1, up to all the 8ms for power level 7. The rest of the time the motor is floating, i.e. the motor inputs are disconnected, (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Hailfire attachment points
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(...) I recall seeing pics on BS that used soccer/basketballs placed within the inner rim to make a nice large turntable. I don't know if that helps, but I thought I'd just mention it. Legoswami (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | problem downloading
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hi .... i have a problem downloading my java programs to the RCX, they don't give any errors when compiling them using the lejosc command, but when trying to use the lejos command i get this error : Exception reading Test (...) (21 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.java)
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| | Re: Hailfire attachment points
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(...) I can't believe you have that many seats, all at once. That looks quite impressive Iain. Ben (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rendering different scenes at same scale
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(...) Surely just using the same coordinates will do this (may be tricky with globe coordinates getting the distance right) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Groveport Ohio Town Hall
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For a long-running show COLTC had from Nov 1 - Dec 30th at the Groveport Art Center (Groveport, Ohio), located in the Groveport Town Hall, I build a scale replica of the building. It has been used in several shows already, but this is the first (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Re: dove trovo..
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Prova a chiedere a francesco bonaiuti,ne abbiamo comprati qualche decina di metri a novembre con dei costi ridicoli:-)) Solo trasparenti però . Ciao Fabio "giovanni coppola" <giovy1982@hotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: RobotWars in Sweden
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"Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:ID733n.1913@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) (URL) (...) controller/servos (...) Fun and awesome pictures of awesome and magnificient robots! Have you all been inspired by the television series (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Sydney Studs Meet this Sunday 13 March - Woo Hoo!
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Much thanks to Robb, Lee(sp) and Lachlan, who hosted todays fest. Great to meet new prospective devotee Neil, and to catch up with James after what seems like forever. Great also to be on the winning side of BrikWars after what felt like forever. (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | 21Auctions ENDING: animals, minifigs, tan hair, train lighting bricks
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Auctions ending tonight from: "brix303" (formerly c470guy@aol.com). Including: o Star Wars minifigs o castle minifig polybags x10 o Town minifigs o Train lighting bricks o Harry Potter minifigs o animals/critters o Chess King promo set x6 o huge (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | rendering different scenes at same scale
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Hi, Is there a way with L3P or directly in POV-ray to render different scenes (w/ models of different size) at the same scale (ie 1 LU always equals the same number of pixels ; the camera being of course isometric) ? Thanks, David (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Ball Joint Frame ZRX1 version
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(...) Thank you, that was part of my goal for this excersize. Leads one to appreciate like when your in art class and your drawing a nude subject. I'd really like to pursue emulating poses I see in real life with the ZRX1. I know some dancers, (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Downtown Disney Lego Store to reopen soon
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(...) Thanks for the updates! I look foward to seeing it in person for the first time in October!! Mark P (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl)
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| | A small car
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This is a little Town car I built recently. (URL) it's tough to build small detailed vehicles, especially when you're trying to make them look like real cars. Calum (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | Re: Hailfire attachment points
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(...) I think Joe mighta meant "below the line passing throught the wheel COG", which does tend to help with lateral stability. But I could be wrong... WRT the subject of droid wheels, you may be able to get something happening using wheels placed (...) (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Custom LEGO Tron Minfigs
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(URL) More info here: (URL) Thanks, AHui (21 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general, FTX)
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