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Wow. Imagine what it would be like if some team of scientists could design a molecule corresponding to each LEGO element. Then, you could use LEGO as a prototyping system for nanobots. After you have the basics of your mechanical design worked out, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Some window questions
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(...) 1x4x2 windows have come in many sets over the years. For more information, search Deja-news for "History of Lego Windows" by Gary Istok. It was posted to rec.toys.lego about a year ago, and it is the most comprehensive (Lego) window thread (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mindstorm in UK ?
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(...) Hello, after contacting the Finnish LEGO headquarters (RIS is not yet available here), I was referred to the Hamleys toy shop in London (seems to be a famous old company). They were very helpful and sent me the kit to Finland; very good (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Silver buckets and tubs
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There are several Silver buckets (bricks) and Tubs (freestyle) at the Toy Shop in the Woburn Mall. KL (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Excellent time at "The Construction Site" & NELUG update.
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Probably but remember that with the shared registration system, competing registries registrations do not show up in Network Solutions whois database. KL (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.vt)
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| | Non-pivoting free wheels (was Re: odometry (was Re: Homing with the IR Tower)
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You'll have a very hard time making a ball-and-socket design bear a load and turn without lots of friction. Putting wheels between the ball and the socket just brings us back to the problem that we were trying to avoid by not having wheels. A much (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Some window questions
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Hi, I'm still waking up from the dark ages and have a couple of window questions: Do 1x4x2 windows come in other sets besides london bus #760 and police heliport #560? Do they come in other colors besides red and white? I was surprised by the lack (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | FS/FT dacta activity cards
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I have found a small quantity of dacta Technic instruction packs, if you are intrerested, please make me an offer. 1033 contains 20 activity cards 1090 contains 5 building instructions and user guide. Peter D Simpson sterlingIT@interalpha.co.uk (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Train sticker sets
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I have been recently renewing tacky and missing stickers on some of my old loco's, using excact copies made by my brother on his sticky plastic cutting machine. They look as good as the originals with the exception that the white print and logo (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Can we say, "Plagiarism"?
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(...) Or that the Postal Service delivers it to the wrong address I would think. Ben Gatrelle (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 20 year old space auction - any last bids before close?
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This will be the last update; note that two items still have no bids against them. *** ALL ITEMS WILL BE SOLD TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, 1800 GMT *** 885 jet buggy 1979 $25 / G2 D.Lovelace 886 lunar rover 1979 $25 / G2 Sy 889 lunar rover 1979 $25 / G2 Sy (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Don't use Lithium Ion (was Re: RCX battery cover)
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Someone sent me an e-mail reply saying that they had used an external Lithium Ion battery pack to power their RCX, and that after a few days of use the RCX appeared to stop working, then they discovered that it only worked with internal batteries. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Space Original Creations
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(...) nice work Rick : ) thanks for the picts! John (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 8448 Super Car
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(...) I would be interested in some details about how the suspension is setup(front and rear?, drive mech to the wheels, and are those parts similiar to the 8880 super car) Thanks in advance and enjoy building! John (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: web controllable robots & LNP
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(...) This gives me a bit of an idea... Presumably there is not much to stop me (or anyone else) coding some or all of the non-RCX parts of this LNP thing using Tcl - 2400 baud is hardly high speed! I had been wondering about how to keep most of the (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Lego is like nanomachines
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Building with Legos is like building nanomachines. There's a limited number of types of parts, although you've got lots to build from. And you can only attach them together in certain spots, just like atoms and molecules. (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Space Original Creations Etc.
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Ya, know, I looked at the small pic on the front page of it, and it looks like a clown head to me! it looks pretty cool!!!! When I look at the bigger pic though it kind of losing that effect :( I'm not much into space though I appreciate some of it, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: How much for Majisto's Tower?
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Bill Katz <billk@wald.wald-kramer.com> wrote in article <FFwGIp.GKv@lugnet.com>... (...) 3 (...) Yeah, I guessed about the same amount. You got a few to sell? Let me know how much they's gonna cost. I might be VERY interested in buying one. :) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Announce: Steve's Part Sale
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I'm selling the individual parts from several Lego sets. The complete list is later in this message, after I get through some informational text. These are brand new pieces, never been played with. This sale includes parts from several copies each (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Some inside info on 2000 SW Lego...
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(...) end (...) Yes, he praised R2-D2 after the little droid saved the ship. eric (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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