 | | Robolab's string
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As mentioned elsewhere I could be wrong about Robolab. But absent any informative correction from the Robolab experts listening in I am left to my own devices to make heads or tails of what Robolab is teaching our children. And the more I examine (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Two Vigs
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(...) Yeah, that was supposed to be a pencil, since I don't have any screwdriver pieces at the moment. Andrew (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.people.teens)
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| | Re: searching for something to tighten the fit of overused LEGO pieces
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(...) Actually, cleaning is probably just removing oils (oil from people's fingers, and oils from manufacturing). I have noticed this fact than freshly cleaned LEGO holds tighter also, and suspect oil as the cause. I do know that new LEGO does have (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | KB Sale
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Don't know if this is going on all over the country, but today in the Arizona Republic KBToys had an add with two coupons. 1 for $5 off a $25 purchase and $10 off $40 purchase. The KB I went to had a lot of discontinued sets. I made a killing. Larry (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | The Brick Testament: Ehud and Shamgar / book signing tomorrow
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(URL) The Brick Testament> website has been updated today with two new stories providing an illustrated account of the second and third of Israel's (URL) judges>, Ehud and Shamgar: (2 URLs) Moabites Killed> (2 URLs) Philistines Killed> (NOTE: For (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, FTX) !
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| | Re: searching for something to tighten the fit of overused LEGO pieces
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(...) Try washing the pieces in hand-hot (40 degC) water with normal washing powder. Allow the pieces to soak overnight and rinse them in warm water the next day, leaving them to dry on an old towel. I've found that when I wash 2nd-hand Lego parts, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: O-Train
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I have been studying this design and appreciate the latest detail pics. This is truly an example of LEGO elegance; functionality and simplicity at it's finest. Thanks for sharing and also these images are superb! I was wondering what kind of (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Robolab as a tool for teaching programming
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(...) The text where I said why Robolab requires people with previously acquired flowcharting skills to unlearn some of their skills and break standard flowcharting rules was deleted. Flowcharting rules require that there be only one type of icon (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | I don't know where I'm gonna go when the star's gonna blow...
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Okay, my ship is up and ready, I am a playa now, I read some past posts about active sectors... So, my question is... Are these sectors active right now --> New Pacific, Grave Belt, Sol, and Outer Rim? Reply here, or send to my new e-mail, which is (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.gaming.starship)
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| | I need to ask a question of the community
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Hey gang, I am making preparations for a massive adventure that (I hope) will span two or more sectors. I need to know if this will create a problem or will be against the rules or something. I have not seen anything that would be against this, so I (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.gaming.starship)
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| | Re: "The LEGO Group" or "The LEGO Company"?
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(...) Yeah, and LEGO Brand Retail is separate from Shop@Home. There's a tax rule out there between having an online store and that same company having a retail store regarding taxes. Bottom line, If Shop@Home and Brand Retail were part of the same (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Black Diamond
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Bruce, I like how you kinda turned the whole vignette thing on it's ear. Kinda like a breath of alpine air in the face of a limiting genre. I like the Vertigo inducing feeling you get from looking at it. Super fun to look at, although it might be a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Deathstar playset MOC
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Paul, WOW, I think I've actually dreamt of something like this since I was like 9! So cool, so cool. Thanks for taking the time to build it. Jon furman (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: O-Train
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(...) Jason I am glad you took some nice pictures of the O train. I saw it from the show pics and wanted to see more. And for not being a train guy you did an excilent job. Maybe deep down your are a train guy. ;) I also had a problem with tring to (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials, Mar 16 - 22, 2005
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(...) Ahhh. I have lots of trans light blue 1x4x3 panels from all those railway expresses i go cheap--they make for great windows for skyscrapers. Dave K (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LRW
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Kul idé! Håll oss underrättade! Det blir LRW "hemma hos" Jan Kaskinen i 'estockholmo i höst i varje fall! /T (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials, Mar 16 - 22, 2005
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(...) Actually I just realized I miss read it. I was thinking of the 1x4x3 panels in trans light blue. I had just purchased some of them for John. So this isn't the deal I thought it was. Derek (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Zellers BOGO 1/2 price sale
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Zellers has "all LEGO product" on sale, buy one get one half price, from Saturday March 19th to Thursday March 24th (stores closed Good Friday). Picture shown includes Clickits, which are sometimes left out of these sales. Gail (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials, Mar 16 - 22, 2005
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(...) If it was 1 window :p (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: US S@H Specials, Mar 16 - 22, 2005
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(...) Ouch that hurts. Derek (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Star Wars Weekend at Leoland California need help!
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Ok all you west coast AFOL's. The park is asking for our help with the Star Wars weekend at LLCA on April 30th-May 1st. There will be a ISD record building attempt on Saturday as well as Sunday. Plus if you have a Star Wars MOC that you would like (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.space)
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| | US S@H Specials, Mar 16 - 22, 2005
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(URL) (hit 1 when the recording starts, then hit 1 again when the S@H Specials recording starts, to skip the listings and get to a representative) Inventor Set 4095 Record and Play 49.99 25.00 Duplo 5504 LEGO Duplo Airplane 9.99 5.00 Seasonal 4924 (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | 18 March 05 - International Day for LEGO Enthusiasts
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Greetings, Earth-Mortals! Once again this year, I've declared 18th March to be the International Day for LEGO Enthusiasts - IDLE time! Please build responsibly, and call for a ride to a friend's toybox if needed. Thanks! Peace and Long Life, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.announce, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | 50 x 4752 Lupins Classroom parted out @ Troys Surplus LEGO
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Hello! I have just added all of the parts from 50 copies of set 4752 Lupin's Classroom to my inventory at Troy's Surplus LEGO! Includes a white horse battle helmut, Professor Lupin and Neville Longbottom minifigs, as well as tons of the new grays. (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: When the King got more money (bigger yellow castle)
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(...) that though, I how I'm impressed with how you modeled all the different towers; square, octagonal, triangular and round. This would be a great resource for someone wondering just how to make a non-rectangular tower. Thanks for sharing this, I (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: TRU IS BOUGHT
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(...) This appears to be the official announcement... (URL) of the investors will own equal stakes in the company upon completion of the transaction." One of the three partners is a realty trust, so they think its worth $2B+ USD to them. That may be (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: A reason to watch the CBC!!
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(...) Yay! How it's Made, hosted by Mark Tewksbury, Canada's own equivelant of Ty the Handy Guy. What a great show. Did they show lots of injection moulding machines? Did you catch what make they were? Any automation? Iain (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: NQC release
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Hi John, (...) YES, this version compiles fine under my Linux system with gcc 3.3.3. You do a real great job, thank you for all your work! Regards, Michael (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Robolab as a tool for teaching programming
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(...) snip.... There must be some serious reasons, why ROBOLAB has won so many international didactical software prizes. One often repeated reason is the fact that ROBOLAB includes absolute fascinating datalogging facilities. This makes of the RCX a (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Problems comunicating with RCX
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Hi all when i run my program i receive this error: java.io.IOException: No response. Packet: RCXResult[return()] at rcxport.RCXResult.<i...t.java:49) at rcxport.RCXPort.send....java:116) at rcxport.RCXPort.send....java:132) at (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Robolab as a tool for teaching programming
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John, You make some good points regarding Robolab but I'll confess at the outset here that I'm a big fan of Robolab. After having used Robolab with my FLL teams the past two years I can say that it is a powerful tool that works well for teaching (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: searching for something to tighten the fit of overused LEGO pieces
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(...) This is normal. (...) Actually, the preferred approach is to simply not rely on the strength of the stud friction alone to give the model any strength. Even when heavily used, the stud friction alone should be able to _hold_ your model (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Reply 6: Issues vs. Mistakes
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(...) I don't get it. How has the situation changed since Jake stated that the company wouldn't be switching back? We knew (unless Jake was flat-out-lying, which I seriously doubt was happening) that the people responsible for the color change, and (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Reply 6: Issues vs. Mistakes
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(...) I'm keeping out of the color discussions, but I can answer this one. The 'Beige' on the list IS what we know as Tan. At LEGO, this color is known both as 'Brick Yellow' and also 'Beige' - color number 05 on the LEGO color chip pallette. Quite (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Robolab as a tool for teaching programming
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On Wed, March 16, 2005 6:34 pm, John Hansen said: (...) ... (...) wow. I guess I don't have a reply to that. My wife (not a programmer) has used Robolab. She said it was like making a flowchart. I assume you're suggesting Robolab has no flow of (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: U
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(...) And I apologize for the fallout of my post--I wasn't looking for an illegal copy, just a cheaper copy :) So now that we all know better, life goes on. Dave K (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Complete set list
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From: "Sybrand Bonsma" <sbonsma@molphys.leidenuniv.nl> (...) a (...) Thank you, I'll correct it as soon as possible. (...) Thak you :) Bye --Mo Gatti, X-Files, lego e molto altro: (URL) Croce: (URL) -- Email.it, the professional e-mail, gratis per (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| | Re: Complete set list
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(...) The list looks very nice. I only noticed that set 3673 (the steamboat) has a picture of the smaller motorboat set. I also saw the pictures of your Fabuland house which look also nice. Greetings, Sybrand (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| | Re: Deathstar playset MOC
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This is the best LEGO Death Star hangar I have ever seen. It really does capture the look and feel of the movie. I am really impressed. Thank you for sharing! (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Deathstar playset MOC
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Amazing! Awesome! Need I say more? You nailed it! Terry (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | all-TexLUG meeting 4/2-3, San Antonio
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All, The next all-Texas TexLUG gathering will be in San Antonio the weekend of April 2. Particulars and travel info are below. See you there! ---...--- What: All-Texas TexLUG meeting When: April 2-3, 2005 4/2: Setup / socialize (all day) 4/3: Public (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | Re: MBPD - 22nd precinct
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Eric Sophie = Moonbase lover. Nick = Award for; Most Base plates on a Base plate. Thanks for posting this. Seeing it during BF04 was awesome. It was clearly one of the most interesting, and functional. Right down to the lightning stripes made ala (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Reply 6: Issues vs. Mistakes
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In lugnet.color, Christian Treczoks wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) For me, you've just lost your credibility. You're saying one thing in one post--'it's all about the communication--if they just said they're sorry but they can't change it now due (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: MBPD - 22nd precinct
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(...) <snip> (...) Nice work Nick. The pictures are nice. Seeing it live is nice too. (...) (I wanted know how one, penny-locks a car door. It just sounds so weird) Rich PS. I have your stuff from Joe. Have Fun! C-Ya! (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: oldest lego technic piece
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Hi, (...) some of the axles existed even before Technic (IIRC 4 6 8 12) for the big colored pre-technic gears. They changed from uncolored to black when technic was introduced, and probably the material was changed as well. Jürgen (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Firefly Fans?
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(...) I never saw this show when it was on the air, but I just stumbled onto this and hoped it might be of interest to fans: (URL) if this is old news to you. Dave! FUT: OT.Geek only (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Waterproof housing for RCX (Originally Re: U)
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(...) Try an Otter Box: (URL) How to Build a LEGO ROV: (URL) Doucette. (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: IR Tower problems
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Hi David, (...) these are the log messages from the USB core, but I don't see any from the driver, are you sure the driver is loaded? Also, the device nowadays is supposed to be at /dev/usb/legousbtower0. If you use udev it should create that (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: FLL not allowing NQC; Mindscript is allowed
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In lugnet.robotics, Mark Tarrabain wrote: <snip> (...) glueing the bricks, melting the bricks... what else... Oh right--taking that bungee string from the power puller and weaving it in and out of the 'bot as a reinforcing technique to keep it (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MBPD - 22nd precinct
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I like it. It took me a while to find the standard Moonbase connections, but you hid them in back: (URL) Th edual level landing pads is an innovative way to double your landing space. I especially like the police drop ship with removable module(s) (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Complete set list
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Hola! I put on my site the list of all Fabuland's sets with the photoes. If you want to take a look at it: (URL) X-Files, lego e molto altro: (URL) Croce: (URL) -- Email.it, the professional e-mail, gratis per te: (URL) Sponsor: Software per PC e (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| | Re: Robolab Programs for FLL
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On Wed, March 16, 2005 4:31 pm, Dick Swan said: (...) Dick, Last night I sent an e-mail to our "keeper of the code". I'll try to get the programs to you today or tomorrow. Do you want the robolab files, or screenshots? I can tell you a little info. (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Re: Ball Joint Frame ZRX1 version
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(...) Thank you, but the real credit goes to Marcus, the frame was his genious, inspired by Master Gla. I helped in some areas to improve it, really though the two of us brought the frame to life with additional items we both worked on. I'm gonna (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: O-Train
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(...) Thanks for that. I actually managed to reverse engineer it from the pictures last night but these new pics confirm that I'd done it correctly. I'll steal it for my own model as it has such a flat profile. Tim (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Herakles: A Endoskeleton type thingie
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More! e (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: My First Post, and it's a biggun
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(...) Welcome! Pardon the late reply, I have been trying to reply to this! (...) Coolness. (...) I myself hide them, use them, save them, waiting to amass them....etc... (...) Oh man, I really like the way the head uses those parts, my kind of (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | TRU IS BOUGHT
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Letting everyone know that TRU is now a bought company. At least according to the WSJ. What does that mean to us the builders? Any one close to the story have any ideas? I am thinking that the buyers will look at the stores that are not operating in (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: A few requests to enhance the System
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(...) I must be missing something here. When I place a studless beam beside a normal Technic beam, the inter-hole spacing is exactly the same - one stud. Do you have the same parts I have? (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Herakles: A Endoskeleton type thingie
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Fantastic. What I really want to know is how you did the tail for the queen? I never thought I would see Aliens and Lego brought together so well! Danny -=- On Mon, 14 March, 2005 10:52 pm, jeff Ranjo said: (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Missing parts in Ldraw, what do I do now?
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(...) Thank for your advice Orion. It has been on the parts tracker for a while. (URL) guess I wanted to finish something for once by appealling to an audience which may include LDRAW parts reviewers. Ian (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | searching for something to tighten the fit of overused LEGO pieces
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I use LEGO for teambuilding workshops. The pieces are used time and time again. After a while they fit together rather loosely. Do you know of any material / powder / whatever I can put on the pieces to make them fit together more tightly? (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Reply 7: Businesses, Customers and Trust
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Dear Leonard, Just a small correction and addition here: The "American Mindset" annotation relates to the example of Davids experience with Lego fixing a problem, and how exited he was that they actually did this, not to the starting paragraph. (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Reply 6: Issues vs. Mistakes
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David Eaton wrote: > Actually, is that true? At the time, was JVK in a position to reverse > the color change? He wasn't the CEO back then. IIRC he was a vice > president of some sort? Was he even in charge of that division of > Lego? I honestly (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés mercredi 16 mars 2005
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jours. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** CR de la réunion du CA du 7 Mars 2005 ** par (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: Waterproof housing for RCX (Originally Re: U)
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On Tue, 15 March, 2005 1:39 pm, Rob Antonishen said: (...) No - but I would buy one! I take it the U is for U-Boat? Imagine being able to build Lego subs... I have only ever dreamt of such things... Nothing refering to it on peeron or in any of the (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: O-Train
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(...) Yes, just check : (URL) (...) A close coupling I've seen but not in train MOC is this one : (URL) like also to remember the very good paper on close coupling and other train related building technics (ILTCO library) : "Advanced Train Building" (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: oldest lego technic piece
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(...) OK, I am not a Technic expert, but I do know about the European gear sets that were produced starting in 1970 had axle pieces that are compatible with Technic today. The #800, #801 and #802 sets were the first of these. I was surprised to not (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | My eBay lego auctions, ending today!
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Hi, just a quick note to inform you about my lego auctions: (URL) luck, Gianluca ___...___ Nuovo Yahoo! Messenger: E' molto più divertente: Audibles, Avatar, Webcam, Giochi, Rubrica… Scaricalo ora! (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Aste eBay di gianpoldo in scadenza oggi
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Ciao a tutti, come al solito faccio un po' di pubblicità alle mie aste.... ho un po' di lego in vendita e le prime scadono oggi: (URL) bocca al lupo! Gianluca PS Dino visto che sei tornato oggi o domani ti spedisco il pacchetto. ___...___ Nuovo (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: Even more Fabuland scans
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Excellent work Sybrand! cheers Sue Ann "Sybrand Bonsma" <sbonsma@molphys.leidenuniv.nl> wrote in message news:IDHKJr.n3@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| | Even more Fabuland scans
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Dear all, On the site of Brickfactory even more Fabuland scans are now available. I submitted the following scans: 3622 Rowboat 3623 Beauty Salon 3627 Flowerseller/ Bonnie Bunny 3663 Merry go Round 3669 Fire and Police Station 3674 Bonnie Bunnys New (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| | Re: O-Train
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(...) Thanks! (...) Those buffers are actually in the (URL) Cargo Train> as well, which is where I got them, so I can only assume they've made into other MOCs before now. (...) Sounds intriguing. (...) You're very welcome! (...) J (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: anybody want to make a little extra cash and have some fun?
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(...) Ya know, I could be interested Scott... ;) Well, on second thought...I'm not in Colorado and I might already have a job with that company. -Brett (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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| | Re: idea alternativa
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giovanni coppola ha scritto: (...) idea meritevole anche questa, e andrebbe fatta comunque. Penso però che l'idea di consegnare "fisicamente" del materiale Lego a dei bambini (che non se lo possono permettere), sarebbe oltremodo gratificante sia (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: O-Train
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(...) <snip> (...) Cool, thanks! I'm glad you like it. It certainly took a lot of experimentation to get there. Looking back I'm not really sure why, since it seems so simple now. I'm sure prior knowledge of existing solutions would have affected (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A few requests to enhance the System
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(...) are (...) Good question! It's because on the studless beams the holes are right next to each other, whereas on the studded beams the holes have a much larger space in-between. Dave S. (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Lego mention in latest WARCRY
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It looks like someone at the Salvation Army is a bit of a lego fan - at least it looks that way :) For the second time in 12 months, Warcry - the magazine of the Salvos - has a lego reference. The last one was about The Brick Testament book. This (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | oldest lego technic piece
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Does anyone out there know what the oldest lego technic piece is that is still in use? IE a u-joint, axle, pin etc. (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: O-Train
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(...) <snip> (...) Thanks! (...) The motor connection works the same way. The only difference is that I had to make some slight changes to accomodate the form factor of the motor. Namely the pin that sticks up in the middle and the two 'hooks' on (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: March 26th Smart Meeting
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With our next SMART meeting a bit more than a week away, I wanted to tell everyone that the Easter Egg Hunt arena will be available from probably 11am for people to try it out, and make changes to their robots or programs as required. Don't forget (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | IR Tower problems
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I am trying to get nqc 3.1 r1 working on my Slackware 9.1 box using Linux kernel 2.6.11.2. When I plug the IR Tower into my USB port, it's recognized. This is what I get from dmesg: hub 2-0:1.0: state 5 ports 3 chg 0000 evt 0002 ohci_hcd (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Introducing.... Joe Vig !!!
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Nelson, Great Work Sir. i saw this and laughed for a good bit. I like the dark humor here, very nice work. Jon (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: AoJT3: Johnny Thunder and the King of the Gypsies (Update March 16)
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Well I had hoped to have this story finished by now, and be started on a new St. Patrick's Day one, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen. (This story is turning out to be a lot longer than I'd anticipated... but then of course it is like (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Train Regulartors @ Winners
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Since winners deals in clearance items I can pretty well say no track etc yet. Regulators are on clearance I know so they end up with them. But have not seen any of the tracks etc hit clearance. (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | MBPD - 22nd precinct
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This MoonBase module was built last July for BF04. Features include: • working elevator with airlocked entry into structure • "Jailbreak Action!" exploding wall (not jailbait action, Rubin - sorry) • weight-bearing upper deck, holds a nice bit of (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Robolab Programs for FLL
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The recent threads concerning Robolab and FLL has prompted my interest in how big theRobolab programs for FLL are. Are there any FLL coaches or team members out there who want to send me a copy of their Robolab program for a past competition so that (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.robolab)
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| | Annual Irish Holiday sale - Currently 40% Off
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Final sale prices through St. Patrick's Day! -- Scott (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | 50 x 7416 Emporers Ship parted out @ Troy's Surplus LEGO
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Hello! I have just added all of the parts from 50 copies of set 7416 Emporer's Ship to my inventory at Troy's Surplus LEGO. Stop in and get all the Oriental Guards that you need! Newly added lots can be found here: (URL) Surplus LEGO (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Castle Lego fun at Casa Loma...
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Part of its Spring Break special programming, "Knights and Knaves" there is a Lego Knights Kingdom section where you can see the life-size model(s) of Jayko and put together your own creations there. Information found here: (URL) won't be going (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 44 Gun Frigate Progresses
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(...) That is certainly a magnificent effort at a huge scale! I particularly like the look of the rigging. Looking forward to seeing more... Cheers Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | 44 Gun Frigate Progresses
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Hi there! heres a new set of pics of the HMS Challenger...enjoy! any feed back or questions or suggestions are welcome (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.pirates) !
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| | Re: U
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I now know why LUGNET requires confirmation of posts. In response to the previous message in my name, I did not write it, did not approve it, and I am NOT suggesting software piracy. I apologize to all of you who may have thought of this as a good (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Robolab Data Acquisition
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(...) Hopefully somebody who actually knows Robolab well can answer you there, John. I think I remember that it allowed active IR polling of the RCX even remotely (i.e. - via the web using LASM), so perhaps. Or, perhaps, I'm just talking about (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: A reason to watch the CBC!!
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On the topic of TV, last night's "How it's Made" (Discovery channel) show visited a Toy Block manufacturer (in Montreal) now why couldn't our favourite block manufacturer do that? Kinda cool, process must be much the same for both companies. Cheers (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Mal was neues: MOC mit viel Diesel, Benzin + Schleim.....
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Guten tag! Sehr schon, wie immer! Cheers Oliver Play Well! Together! "Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <ben@1000steine.SPAM-block.com> wrote in message news:IDD9B8.vD5@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: Robolab Data Acquisition
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(...) Yeah - I have no doubt that this tool has value for non-programmers who need to rapidly stitch together some instruments to perform an experiment. But that's not what programming is about. (...) Exactly. (...) ...and at that level of (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Robolab Data Acquisition
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(...) Some of the amazing things Robolab can do with the Datalog are enabled, in part, by the not-available-except...olab-users firmware version they ship with Robolab. I readily admit that a tool (like Robolab) built around a data acquisition (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 50 Sirius Black's Escape parted out @ Troy's Surplus LEGO
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Hello! I have just added the parts from 50 copies of set 4753 Sirius BLack's Escape to my store. Lots of great parts, including 4 x 4 macaroni bricks in Tan and Dark Bluish Gray. New lots can be found here: (URL) is the firts of many sets to be (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: FLL not allowing NQC; Mindscript is allowed
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(...) Just for the record, I agree completely with what you said... but to that end, should a team be disqualified because they designed it in MLCAD? Or should they be disqualified if one of the team members wrote a computer program that could (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Robolab Data Acquisition
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Hey Dick, Excellent description of Robolab's data acquisition and analysis toolset. I hope that you'll consider attending and speaking at the Robolab conference in Austin this summer! Annual ROBOLAB Conference (August 15-17th, Austin, Texas) (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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