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Hi all, The Melbourne LEGO Users Group (MUGS) will be hosting a get-together on Sunday August 14th. Here are the details: Date: August 14th Time: 10am-6pm Location: Amaroo Neighbourhood Centre, Chadstone. Maps can be found (URL) here>. Activities: (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.loc.au.vic.mel, FTX)
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| | Re: HACKED by AKINCILAR --OT-- and harsh language
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(...) One day I was happily surfing along. And BOOM, I got some trojan/scriptvirus/browser exploit/spyware/malw...'s-revenge thing and my entire Dell Precision Workstation 360 "sooperworkstation" (like a soopercomputer, but with better engineered (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: HACKED by AKINCILAR --OT-- and harsh language
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(...) thanks dan. i didnt see any of that till 15 hours later. my intention was NOT to spread maleware. i use mozilla myself, so i dont really think about those exploits. Chris P.S. its my HOST who uses IIS, not me. i dont get a say. (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: HACKED by AKINCILAR --OT-- and harsh language
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(...) pigs in the sky? no figure skating in hades? no ummmmmmm what gives? Chris (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) as the guy with the cheque book, and thus, all the RTL power, your fee will be $11.68 Chris P.S. if your downtown tomorrow, watch my fireworks show at 10pm near "the docks nightclub." look towards the lake, and "up a bit" (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) BAH! Brickfest is for ..... never mind. (...) TONGUE .... BLEEDING..... trying to remember which lug i am posting to... owwww, the pain... (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto19: Balance of Power Tentative Ruleset
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(...) comments? you? Im stunned (...) your down to TYPO's now? wow Steve, either calum is getting better at rules or your slipping. (...) i do, but i cant tell you. (...) Chris doing my part to increase RTL post count to better then admin.general. (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Target Toy Sale
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(...) Ahhh, could well have been. Does anyone know if the bonus boxes are as good as the 4679? ROSCO (21 years ago, 20-Jul-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Target clearances begin
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Yes, they'll go to 75% off, as I have picked up a few sets at 75% off already. Seems to be store-specific, though, as one local store had 8777 at 75% off, the other had it at 30% (needless to say, I bought all the 75% off, am waiting on the few 30% (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Target Toy Sale
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(...) Could they have been 5370's - a smaller, simpler tub, with a smaller, simpler bonus box on top? The Target I visited on Monday had stockpiled a great deal of them. (Shown bottom right of the lego section in (URL) this pic>, but with the box (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Sets World Record for Largest US Flag
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(...) Brian- This one shows the internal structure more clearly (URL) -Ted (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: Swan firmware crash!
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(...) You haven't given us(readers) much to go on. I had a similair problem but finding the solution was a bit of a fluke. If you could provide some info like program size, and a description of what the program does or some code we may have more (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: SCLTC Raises the Flag at OCF
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(...) i say haul it to brickfest!!!! lol ondrew (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: Target Toy Sale
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(...) Interestingly, watching Rove live last night, they had a couple of kids running around trying to grab as many of the "winning toys" as possible to promote the sale. No LEGO in the list, but there was a MB dragon :( But the interesting thing (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(URL) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Re: SCLTC Sets World Record for Largest US Flag
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(...) Club members built the first 6 rows by working on top of a pattern (a mirror image of a stripe, turned upside down so it would not stick). The shape gets locked in as soon as there are two rows of bricks in place. We used 6 rows to increase (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) That's good to hear. I just wasn't sure what people were thinking. (...) Agreed. And that was really the intention of trying to get us into The Hobby Show the first time in 2003. Just to provide a fun environment in which people could show off (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hey, Does anyone know if they will go to the 75% off level, and, if so, after how long? I've checked out my local Target and there are some things that I'd probably not pay $25 for, but, heck, I'd by Clickits* if they got slashed as low as (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | New poll: How are you involved?
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Hey all, In the discussion on the future face of LUGNET, Suz said she wanted to see this as an "organized association of LUGs". This raised the question, to me, of how members of the AFOL community see their involvement. As such, I've written a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, FTX) !
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(...) You might be a little sad when you receive your BigW catalogue, not a lego brick to be seen. Looks like the only lego I will be getting is the police station from this sale. Lucky though, most of my lego budget was spent at Myer. Anita (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: SCLTC Sets World Record for Largest US Flag
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(...) What about the curve? How did you maintain structural integrity with many people building the moc (as in the shape of the curve)? From my experience with 2x2 bricks and curves they do not have a lot of clutch power. So your building technique (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Swan firmware crash!
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Hi. I've installed new NQC and BRICXcc to test new functions in fast firmware by Dick Swan. I wanted to see if the new 1/1000th second resolution could let me drive a servo. When I try to use the SetMotorPower128 command, compiler is ok, downloading (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Gold in them thar hills!
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(...) It is interesting to note the irony here.... Brickfest, TLG and The National Trust are celebrating the 50 years of THE TOWN PLAN (Lego System of Play). And the building contest is for building in the Miniland, Minifig, and Micro Scales. But (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I think there's definite interest. I believe Greg and JeffVW were talking about Moonbase/Space stuff. I have a model to show if I could finish the damned thing in time. Hobby Show is an important outing for Canadian Lego fans. It's a place for (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Il nostro amato tricolore...
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(...) ed eccoli sullo shop @ home : (URL) un po' a mio avviso... bye Cristian (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: rtlToronto/live3 roundup
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(...) $10 it is. So far: JohnG Ivan Chris Keith RobA Calum (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) cominciare a (...) a me ha stupito la quantità di pezzi : in un set ben 2700 pezzi... speriamo che in futuro, se la serie avrà un seguito, non venga eccessivamente juniorizzata... ciao, Matteo. (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: att. NMRA/NTS particapants_____lost pliers
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(...) I saw those when we were packing up. I believe i saw them by the CUT or there abouts. Hope you find them. Mark IndyLUG (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Qui invece, (URL) già tutto pronto, anche le istruzioni passo passo, magari per cominciare a prendere un po' la mano con questa nuova scala mignon... Dino (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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I'm planning on it... $10 right? -Rob A> (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LSC: Call for Nominations
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I, Willy Tschager, nominate Ross Crawford (Reviewer and Program coder) w. (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LSC: Call for Nominations
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I, Willy Tschager, nominate Kevin Clague (eligible as author of LPub and LSynth software). w. (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LSC: Call for Nominations
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I, Willy Tschager, nominate Travis Cobbs (eligible as author of LDView software). w. (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Do we have a plan B?
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(...) Gah. I really don't want to think about it, but if the Steering committee wants it, it should be reasonably easy to set up an NNTP/Mail server... And I'm sure we can find some package to put a web interface on it. (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Do we have a plan B?
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guys, I was waiting to see a bounce of the on-going discussion at /admin/general about the possible shut down by october, especially after kevin has rosen the key point: (URL) really hate to ask the question and I wish from heart that it remains the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw Browser (was: LSC - request for defining a WORKING connection database standard)
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(...) SNIP-SNAP (...) hi damien, I wrote that request more than a year ago! meanwhile I've made up my mind. I agree that this would be very time consuming and I got convinced that we will probably never see such a feature in any of the editor (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: Joe Vig Contest Entry - Joe and Jonesy
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(...) Wow, thanks! When I was getting ready to build the alien, I looked all around lugnet for ideas... I knew I had seen some done before. But if you search on lugnet for "Alien", you find a lot of other stuff not related to the movie. After I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Joe Vig Contest Entry - Joe and Jonesy
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(...) Thanks! And yes, all that black and dark grey blends nicely. This was one of those ideas that just hits you and then almost builds itself. That's what I love about doing the little vignettes- you get a lot of mileage out of a quick build. (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | From the curators... (was Joe Vig Contest Entry - Jedi Temple)
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(...) The curators have decided to allow all of the entries to remain in the contest, for the simple reason that we would like to go ahead and award the prizes. We will do this to thank the contestants have taken the time and effort to build these (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: HACKED by AKINCILAR --OT-- and harsh language
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(...) I was trying to figure out what ISS was, then I realized, it was IIS! (...) One thing I learned from Chris all these years is not to use IE. It took a very hard learned lesson to convince me to leave my beloved IE after years of Netscape (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Motorized WWII Style Tank
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(...) I highlighted your original post, and I'm happy to learn a bit more about your model. It's my favorite kind - compact, beautiful and loaded with features (and gears...). Thanks for sharing, - David (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Gold in them thar hills!
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Once again, my colleagues have asked me to pass along some info about the National Trust for Historic Preservation contest at BrickFest: There’s still some gold in these thar hills!!! Although the July 15th deadline has passed, we still have a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Factory sets released
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(...) It depends on how the models are priced. If it's a flat X cents per piece, it will probably be overpriced for everyday pieces, but cheap for odd pieces. I'm guessing we're going to see a pretty restrictive palette on these things, though - (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Raises the Flag at OCF
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(...) Ahh, David is already subconsciously building 8 wide; soon he will be building his trains thusly as well;-) I just hope that it works out that the flag can somehow be preserved for posterity! JOHN (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Sets World Record for Largest US Flag
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(...) Brian- Very little to it, just more 2x2s (we used different colors, green in this photo): (URL) The 4 3/4 inch galvanized steel poles that run through the stripes are each placed in 4x4 stud holes and are sunk 14 inches into the base made of 3 (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego Factory sets released
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(...) I'm practically *drooling* at the thought of this... One question, tho - does anyone have any idea how this might affect Bricklink sellers? If I can create my own custom model and have Lego send me the parts, that makes me less likely to look (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: SCLTC Sets World Record for Largest US Flag
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(...) I am soooo jealous. Just looking at those pictures makes my heart pound. Great Job. I hope you post a picture or two about the structural make-up of the rows, etc. Brian (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Raises the Flag at OCF
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(...) John- In fact, it's over 95% 2x2 bricks. They were the cheapest per stud of any brick we could find on BrickLink (in large volumes, of course). David prototyped the construction concept, which is 8 bricks (yup, it's an 8 wide) thick. Aside (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Lego Factory sets released
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According to a posting on Jake's blog, the Lego Factory sets are available. (URL) check out (URL) the bottom it reads - Experience LEGO Factory Today! Use the LEGO Factory website and Digital Designer to create your own incredible models! Then, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory sets
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(...) Also check out this link: (URL) And most notably, this bit at the bottom of the page: "Experience LEGO Factory Today! Use the LEGO Factory website and Digital Designer to create your own incredible models! Then, coming in August to North (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory sets
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(...) (URL) LEGO Factory> has been updated, and there is now pricing on each set. Preorders are available for shipping by August 8th, and descriptions include real names of the winners. The (URL) Airport> set, with 607 pieces, is USD$39.99. The (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Target Toy Sale
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(...) Yep :( I bought Wookie Attacks from the US (BrickLink seller) for $30AU each (including surface delivery). Target have them on a 'big special' for $48AU. Fingers crossed for Big W's Toy Sale #2 on Thursday. -Brad (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto19: Balance of Power Tentative Ruleset
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On Tue, July 19, 2005 12:47 am, Calum Tsang said: (...) Calum, Nice job on the rules page (as usual). But, of course, I have a couple comments. There is a typo: "The robot does not need to be [on] its side to at the end of three minutes to win." (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Target toy sale
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Just a quick heads-up for the sale starting Thursday: star wars: 7258 wookie attack $47.99, save $12 KK 2: New style "maxi-figs" $9.99, save $3 Alpha team: *4744 Tundra Tracker $23.99, save $6 *4746 Mobile Command $47.99, save $12 Town: *7327 Police (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Target Toy Sale
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Anyone else massively disappointed with the Target Toy sale (in terms of Lego)? cheers SAB (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: The schedule, the schedule, what what the schedule
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(...) Just curious what the feeling is on The Hobby Show. Is anyone interested in doing this show again? (Nov 4, 5, 6). Regards, Allan B. (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: HACKED by AKINCILAR --OT-- and harsh language
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(...) Hate to say it, but if you use ISS, the kiddies have won too. Btw, I'd recommend removing the hacked page from the server, or at least warning people who go see it. I believe it tries to exploit a vurnerability in windows media player - so if (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: Jephthah!
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(...) I don't want to start rumors either, so let's just say they were a gift from God. (...) Thank you, Mr. Lenmeister! -Brendan (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: Jephthah!
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(...) Thanks, Bruce. It's good to be back after a 2-month hiatus. (...) A winged, horned Jar-Jar no less. (...) Now *that's* opression. I sat around for some time thinking of another way to show the Israelites being oppressed besides showing them (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: Avoiding motor stalls
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(...) I don't think it could be dangerous for you (except perhaps a ball thrown in the eye?), but it may hurt your LEGO parts... when I dismantled my CD-launcher, one of the 2x1 Technic brick bearing the fast axle had a much bigger hole than (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | att. NMRA/NTS particapants_____lost pliers
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Hey all, While I was at the NMRA/NTS show I purchased and was using a pair of squared off needle nose pliers with blue handles. Anyway I was in the process of modding some track for myself tonight and I noticed they weren't in my box. If you (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | [rtlToronto] rtlToronto19: Balance of Power Tentative Ruleset
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Hi folks, This is the tentative ruleset for rtlToronto19, a robotics competition run in sunny Toronto, Ontario, Canada for September 2005: (URL) date and location have not been set, but you can be sure it'll happen. So start building. Please (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: SCLTC Raises the Flag at OCF
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(...) Pity. That's the coolest thing I've ever seen built from 2x2 bricks! JOHN (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Raises the Flag at OCF
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(...) John- I posed questions about disposition when we first proposed making it to the OC Fair people who financed it. In particular, I asked if they wanted to be able to reuse it. Their definite answer was no. With that in mind, we used their (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: Stonehenge
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(...) They look at little short for 16"... JOHN (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: HACKED by AKINCILAR --OT-- and harsh language
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(...) If you get angry, then the skript-kiddiez have won. Calum (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: The "Who's Attending BrickFest" list
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(snip) (...) Oh sure... Geoff Gray is in S. Carolina (Sand Hills LTC), and you have a bunch of North Carolina guys to the North, and not one, but two active clubs over to your west in Georgia, and we'd love to have your LEGO-interaction with any of (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Stonehenge
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(...) Perfect for Spinal Tap! Cool Moc, looking forward to seeing it at Brickfest! Scott (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | HACKED by AKINCILAR --OT-- and harsh language
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&^&*^)(^ ^^&&$##!@ (((*)(& DAMN IT!!!! some pig f-king needle-dick-punk just hacked my BUSINESS web sight !!! (URL) just spent one HOUR cleaning up my site. little script kiddy punk hacked my host's ISS box and dropped 9 files in EVERY FOLDER!!! (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Torquey actually a word
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(...) DUH!!! Thats what I have been tring to tell you goom-ba's! geesh! Chris (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Avoiding motor stalls
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(...) WOAH. I don't think I'll gear it up at all. This thing's speed is now insane! The sound it makes is actually frightening. (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Avoiding motor stalls
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(...) Hmmmm. I have but one of the ungeared 9V motors, and I'm using it in a ball pump, but I will try swapping motors. If I geared it up just a bit to handle the 90 degree angle (8-tooth gear to 24-tooth crown gear), do you think that would be (...) (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Raises the Flag at OCF
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(...) Beautifully done, Ted et al! I'm sorry if I missed this info elsewhere-- what will be the fate of the flag? JOHN (21 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Some mods to a YT-1300
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Well, whilst not a usual poster to the Star Wars boards, I do lurk, often. To de-lurk and maybe add some value to this board, I present a work in progress: I know that someone else has already done some sweet mods to the falcon from Lego to make it (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: Other coasters (was Re: Nico Bestanpouri's roller coaster
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(...) Try (URL) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: SCLTC Raises the Flag at OCF
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(...) Chris- Thanks! Everynow and then something just execeeds your most optimistic expectations. Guess the subject matter helped, too. -Ted (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Raises the Flag at OCF
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(...) OLD GLORY NEVER LOOKED BETTER! Chris MichLTC (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Sets World Record for Largest US Flag
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(...) Larry- You also asked (at the same previous time): (...) I interpretted that to mean "How as the flag attached to the flag pole?". I assumed you were not asking about our infinitely strong and massless LEGO and just addressing the otherwise (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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| | Re: SCLTC Sets World Record for Largest US Flag
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(...) ?? what cord ?? You left the cord out!!! Geez, call Guinness. All I was asking about was how you snotted in the stars! (...) 220, 221, whatever it takes. You guys have lots of technic bricks, you'll think of something. (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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| | SCLTC Raises the Flag at OCF
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(URL) See (URL) post> for more. -Ted SCLTC (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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Here’s some Day 3 pictures of the world record setting US flag build at the 2005 OC Fair. David Michon, Jeff Elliott, and Thomas Michon lift the final stripe into place (URL) The final result. (URL) The completed flag catches a breeze (URL) Stars in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX) !
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Oh, boy! And it looks like the Emperor himself has come to personally oversee the completion of this structure: (URL) Will he appreciate Spinal Tap's musical tribute? Only time will tell... -Teddy (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) Scott- Anything that keeps ones hands from touching LEGO must be very "constraining" indeed! -Ted (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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(...) Rob- Gee, first Larry P wants us to get the cord right and now you want us to be able to fold it! (Us and what combination of forklifts and cranes?) -Ted (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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(...) For you, Scott, anything. I've been thinking about publishing something in the mathematical literature, but I'd love to write a more accessible article for a general (brick-obsessed) audience. It surprises me how little I have read about Lego (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.edu)
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I made a replica of Stonehenge on a 2X2 baseplate area. It is, of course, Stonehenge as it looked centuries ago when none of the stones had fallen down yet. (3 URLs) Here's the whole (URL) gallery> on Brickshelf. Since the real Stonehenge isn't (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
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(...) Very cool. The bomber reminds me of Nausicaä and the bus somehow seems reminiscent of something you'd see on Dr. Who or the BBC's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. ;-) Jeff (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) The mentioned link doesn't work anymore. Did you move your descriptions, or just deleted them? Where can we find those instructions now? Regards, Ludo (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Hi Robert: With due respect, did you happen to read what Suz herself wrote (URL) here?> Here's the central point, IMO: No piece of a blog entry should be pulled out, given a title and posted at LUGNET with an implication that an announcement (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, FTX)
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You know, it's getting real quiet in here. Which kind of scared me for a while....then like 15 people showed up to dinner on Friday. Which makes me think, everyone is sleeping. So...I've got... Wayne Chris JohnG Ivan Derek? Oliver? Dave and his bevy (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Regarding how October 1st was chosen, Suzanne says in her (URL) blog>: "... I need to set a deadline. A shutdown clock will initiate shortly. It's very real and all-encompassing. Everything will be gone from www.lugnet.com but for a pointer in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Very Impressive, you all should be proud. I would have loved to make it out and help out, but alas I was constrained to attend Comic-con that weekend. Congradulations on an impressive feat. Scott (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX)
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--SNIP-- (...) I'm going to go a bit more general here so this is an answer to both parent and grandparent and probably other relatives too. -- Why does one person need to do the whole thing? We have a wealth of skills and experience in the Lego CAD (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.lcd, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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"Ted Michon" <ted@scltc.org> wrote in message news:IJu4z8.1Mp3@lugnet.com... (...) Awesome! Be sure to fold it up properly when you get done... ;) Rob (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
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(...) Minor one: the contraption I used to maintain the liftarms forming the ball tube spaced 2.5 (based on (URL)) got loose with time, now replaced with (URL) + (URL) Major one: the stirring blade was sometimes blocked by a ball half-engaged in (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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SCLTC has claimed a world record for the largest United States flag ever made of LEGO bricks. Built by visitors to the 2005 Orange County Fair during the weekend of July 15 through 17 under the direction of SCLTC, the flag contains the 127,624 LEGO (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.build, FTX) !!
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(...) I thought I should post a little more about this MOC. Each tread is individually powered (no adder/subtracter - not enough room insided in this version) and has pseudo-suspension. The turret can rotate through a continuous 360 rotation - the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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Thought I would post a follow-up to my original message from June 28. As mentioned, I am auctioning off most of my Lego collection before I leave for college in the fall. This week I am putting up the second half of my auctions, my collection of (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Ok, I uploaded my vid to Bshelf. (URL) file is the one named "NMRA_WMV." Hope y'all like it. -Stefan- (21 years ago, 18-Jul-05, to lugnet.trains)
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