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(...) If these are intended to be silent auction lots, may I suggest breaking some of them up a bit? I know Todd always thought that odd lot sizes drove up prices but if you can get several builders happy, that's goodness. IMHO anyway. (Lar would (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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| | Re: [ANN] New inventory tool
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(...) Hello Dan and Jennifer, (...) Well, not really surprising, Peeroml ressembles nothing you have seen in the AFOL world. Peeroml is the same as Peeron inventories but using a computer notation rather than a human-friendly notation. The benefits (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inv)
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| | Re: spare gold bricks
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(...) Well if it is first come first serve.... I would be honored to take your gold bricks Suzanne! Gary Istok (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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I had planned to build something for the Trust, but I am way too busy to finish it and lack odd pieces. (I started way too late!). Is there anyone here who can use my gold bricks? I'd be happy to mail them out free. -Suz (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Peach down
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Hey folks, A power supply failed last night and both Peach hard disks were destroyed in a fiery explosion of fantastic proportions. Okay, I'm elaborating a bit. But either way, Peach is down and we're getting a new second hand Ultra30 in it's place, (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Want to help LEGOFan.org while you're at BrickFest?
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Want to help support LEGO Fan while at the same time getting some very cool LEGO elements? The LEGOFan team secured a large selection of (URL) rare or sought after pieces> and we will be making them available at the BrickFest silent auction. All (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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| | Re: OT: Math Help
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(...) Oops, there was a mistake in my first equation above that I've corrected here, in order to give a negative number. (...) That's why I have " > 180", not "> or equal to 180" ;) Since the question was framed in relation to 0, that's what my (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I noticed that, also. I think it says "changes must be less than 180". However, I'm not sure it matters which direction you went. For example, if you get readings of 10 deg and 20 deg, but in the time between the direction was never 15 (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) One of the things I did pickup from "my" answer is you need to have a sample frequency small enough that you are not going to get wind direction changes of 180 degrees or more. And I say or more, because it's important to the average which (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hello everyone, Do you want to build Teknomeka and just don't have the parts? (URL) is your chance! I have accumulated the parts to build 4 of these models. Today I am offering two of them for sale. First is the stock color scheme as in the (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) And if you stop and think about it for a second or two, you'll realize your special case really does deserve special consideration. The average is no wind at all, so the direction would be undefined. (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Don't you get the same problem at 180, now? 170 + 190 = 170 +(-170) = 0 I think there are several readings that can give you more than one result. For example, if you take two readings of 90 and 270, what should the answer be? 0? 180? never (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Joe, The line certainly does have some cool stuff in it. I have two of each set just for me. I will add parts from the other sets as those sets go on clearance. Parting out full retail sets just is not feasible. I suspect it will be real soon (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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--SNIP-- (...) I agree about nice, shiny books. Of course, if we could get enough information and a liberal enough publisher, we could print the shiny book eventually ;-). Tim (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Here a detailed explanation I found puttering with google. I can't remember how to solve these equations anymore. So have fun. :-) (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks, Tim — I confess that I thought BrickWiki was just about the history of LEGO. I didn't know it was a repository for building techniques as well. I agree, that could be quite useful. In some ways, not quite as nice as a glossy book on my (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) If I remember right, the way we resolved this for real-world surveying problems and the like was to convert the degrees 180 < x < 360 into negative values relative to 0/north. 350 is -10, 270 is -90, etc. If x1 > 180 then x2 = 360 - x1 This (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hi Joe, It's not exactly a book, but we are trying to cover as many of those sorts of things as possible over on (URL) BrickWiki>. Go check it out and if there is anything specific you'd like to see added, put in a request on the (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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I know Jake recently got an excellent book on LEGO trains published. I'd love to see something similar, but all about building minifig-scale LEGO towns. I imagine that major sections of the book might include: vehicles buildings landscaping & (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) I think using vector math (as you do above) is the right way to go. As for the special cases, meh, deal with it :) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | OT: Math Help
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Figured I'd bounce this problem off the smart people in RTLTotonto...This was posted on an automation mailing list, with little resolution: I have a weather station which measures both the direction and speed of the wind and is connected to a PC to (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Classic timing circuits and XOR gates (long)
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I've been making progress on SSClagorpion draft 1..... Inchworm ( (URL) ), Quad242 ( (URL) ) and Hes363 are precursors to SSC in many ways. On Inchworm I invented an asynchronous design technique for creating pneumatic circuits with complex (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Factory robot as amusement park ride!
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(...) quite popular (and rather spectacular - I didn't try it, although my boys did, more than once :-) (21 years ago, 4-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) He's the guy that you tip for mints & perfumes in the BF bathrooms. (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Good for you – the new castle Duplos have a lot of really cool parts, which are quite hard to find on bricklink. I'd encourage you to part out a few of each of the other sets in the line, too. You could be the one-stop shop for all Duplo (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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The forums have been viewable for a couple of days but I still cannot post a new topic as of this morning. I hope it comes back online soon. (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Deadline fast Approaching & What to bring with you
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My MOC just got bigger... if you were plotting out the Town Planning map using the dimensions entered in the contest entry form, can I get more space? I put in 1x3 baseplates plus sidewalk. it's really not going to fit, it is taking up 2x3 (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Mr. Kenney, Welcome back! MOCpages is without a doubt the best place on the net for reviewing MOCs and posting and reading commentary on the same. The format and flexibility of the site are unlike anything else I have encountered. I urge you (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| | RE: Extending IR communications
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Orient both RCXs so that they are pointing towards the ceiling. Set the RCX transmit power level to high (default is probably low power); there's probably some Lejos function to do this -- all it requires is setting one bit in an I/O register to 1. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Search contact in NY near Quebec border
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Hi, I am looking for a contact at Malone or Chateaugay or Plattsburg or cities near Quebec border. Thank's for your help Andre Potvin (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'll certainly pass this thread along to Saher so he can check it out. Can you (or anyone else having problems) provide some detail about what question it's hanging on? That should help them bug test. Thanks! Jake --- Jake McKee Community (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Duplo Castle / Dragon sets parted out
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I have jsut parted out 24 copies of set 4776 Dragon Tower from the Duplo Castle series. Lots of cool parts in the set, including the very cool dragon itself as well as some oversized weapons and Duplo bricks in non-bright colors. You can view all of (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: modeling a bell?
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(...) An idea as to how to mount it might be a clear 1x1 brick round [LDrawPart 3062b:47] half buried in the roof. That way you could see the dinger but the bell would be raied. Tim (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Not my idea, but how about a 1x1 cone [LDrawPart 4589:0] with a lever stuck through the middle of it [LDrawPart 4593:0] Not sure how you mount it Tim Nice loco pic BTW (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Annoucing A New LEGO Blog: Unique Brique Techniques
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(...) I love the site! *adds to bookmarks* I'll check regularly, and if there is anything news worthy, I'll post it at my site. Thanks for starting this site. I think that you guys will last a long time, just like the LEGO bricks that hurt our feet. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re-Introducing: GeekBrick.com
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Hello, I have reopened up GeekBrick.com! GeekBrick.com is a LEGO based website that focuses on all aspects of LEGO. We have news, discussion, reviews, and we have also started a podcast. We also feature unique creations (MOCs, modules, etc). If you (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Re: Tutti in vacanza?
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(...) Beh, a quanto pare almeno in due ci siamo. Io in ufficio (sigh!), solo, all'ultimo piano, con 15 metri di vetrata che si affaccia su un cielo azzurrissimo e verdi colline. Costretto a questa scrivania fino al 12. AHHHHH!!!! Che tristezza, (...) (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: SWELug8 + 8421 (Kranbilen)
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(...) Nu har jag hållt lådan i min hand, och den är stor och tung :-) I morgon ska det visst regna hela dagen :-) Olof (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: Canadian Pacific ALCO FA
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(...) Hi Chris, There is a problem with images over at BrickWiki at the moment. But if you want to sign up and edit some things, or even just make suggestions about what you'd like to see, please do. Tim (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Thanks for the comments! I recently picked up Adobe GoLive and hope to start working on a website soon. -Steven (21 years ago, 5-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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