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I'm getting a Client is Offline message from deerfield.com Someone forget to pay their internet bill? :-) Derek (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New Slave I & minifigs
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(...) I always thought (URL) Shaq> made for a good female head. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) I love to hear about these. I know building someone else's design, and using someone else's code doesn't sound like a challenge, but I also know setting up BrickOS IS a challenge. And besides, it's pretty cool to watch it stand there... Steve (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: An idea concerning the new RC trains and a new RCX
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(...) Well - I am not thrilled with your references to the train as "el cheapo". Lego is a company that has to make money (the whole point of a company). They are making new trains in a direction that will make the train more affordable to a larger (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) That might be a little expensive to put in a system that's supposed to reduce the entry price! Still, an auxiliary output on the remote control train motor (for lights, horn or extra motor-driven uncoupler) would be a great gift to train (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | An idea concerning the new RC trains and a new RCX
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Hi, all, I know this might just be a shot in the blue sky, but anyway: Lego is most propably working on a new RCX system. At the Legofan site, there is a discussion about things that should be in a new RCX, and someone mentioned Bluetooth as a (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Only one problem...if you link the switches with an axel, they will be oriented such that they are always both on or both off. The on and off positions are 45 degrees out of phase, not 90... The concept is good (at least I think it will work (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) We can use two polarity reversors to create a three way switch. Set two polarity reversors side by side, linked by an axle. Set it up so that when one reversor is on (no matter the polarity), the other is off. If we drive 9V into both (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Error in part #590
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"Banban" <banban@banban.org> wrote in news:ILnt2z.1G5t@lugnet.com: (...) You could import any unofficial files into the .mpd-files itself. That way anyone with just the official library installed, can open your file. Even if they have another (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Slave I & minifigs
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(...) ... who has a brown minifig head.... ... who has a brown minifig head with the GENERIC minifig face ... Ladies and gentlemen, we now have the means to make darkskinned LEGO women. Huzzah!!! --- Philip (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: Holden Monaro (with bogan)
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(...) Hey Tim! I just notice this old holden had gone to number one on the LUGNET spotlight list!! Great effort for a MOC of an Aussie subject. Cheers Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: Error in part #590
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(...) The parts update process is stalled for the present, whilst the LDraw Steering Committee resolve some remaining issues with the Contributor Agreement. In particular, how to deal with contributions from prolific authors who have not affirmed (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: cerco set studios 1349
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Ciao, Matteo ! Se passo da Ivrea vado a vedere, magari ti telefono mentre sono sul posto. Se ne frattempo risolvi......fammelo sapere. Giuliano (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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(...) dandy station. for the life of me I can not find the link where he anounces himself Still damn impressive. (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I'm sorry for this useless post, but I'm not very familiar with the LDraw certifying process (so I didn't check if the part was in PT). But I read the FAQ to learn more about this process. And I guess this part won't be released before a (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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(...) Yes, I must have. I thought the point was that Damien wants a scripting language to do animation. And I keep trying to say POV-Ray is it. Or something comercial. Don't try to reinvent the wheel like I did with Lani. Learn the current (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) There are 2 ways you can approach this. Animation involves time. The LDraw format does not include anything in it to deal with time. The first approach would be to add something to deal with time to the LDraw format. This is a very bad idea (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) The Maya PLE watermarks all of the renders and is very limited. Don't use it unless you plan on buying a full version or something. James (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Hey, sorry I usually don't hang around these here "parts". :-) Well you guys ask (and answered) some really tough questions.... In my (still!) upcoming Lego CD I will be discussing Lego parts mainly from 1949-80, although for some items I go (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: Joe Vig Meets a Lady (A Little Risque)
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(...) I, for one, did get a chuckle out of this. However, there are other forums where this type of humor would perhaps be more appropriate (and also more enjoyed!) :D However, what I do not like is that fact that this MOC really does not represent (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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| | Re: Tripping a relay.
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Quoting Dan Novy <dan@flashfilmworks.com>: (...) If you mean the coil, 9V is 180% of 5V rated coil voltage. The issue is the total power dissipated in the coil. If you only pulse the relay at a very low duty cycle at room temp, it won't ever build (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | New Slave I & minifigs
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I found a link on Eurobricks.com today that goes to the new product page on the Star Wars site. They have a picture of the new Slave I and the new minifigs that come with it: (URL) IG-88, Dengar, Bespin guard...SWEET! David Gregory (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.starwars, FTX) !
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| | Re: A LEGO double-throw switch?
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(...) Okay Brian - an electrical way...and remember, you didn't say "cheap" electrical way... So - we all marvel at the efficiency of Lego motors, right? You could put a motor at the tail end of the conveyor where the crate will hit it...it can be (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Joe Vig Meets a Lady (A Little Risque)
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(...) I...honestly...don't like it. I just don't like the idea of putting innocent Joe into "adult" situations like this. I prefer G and at the most PG rated humor for vignettes. -- Nathan Wells (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town)
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(...) Ideally I'd like the package/crate itself to throw the switch, probably via pushing on an axle or liftarm extending from beneath. If friction is too low, I can always use a longer lever arm. Another alternative is to have the crate at the end (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.robotics, Steve Hassenplug (& others) wrote: [snip a bunch of good ideas] Wow, ask a simple question... Currently I'm planning on using one switch that is normally off, and when the forklift delivers a crate it turns it "on-fwd". When the (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Joe Vig Meets a Lady (A Little Risque)
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This one is a little risque... (URL) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town) !
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(...) Hey, thanks for the comments! I hadn't before considered that, but I'll see if I have anything read lying around here... ;) Daniel (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
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Not nearly as unique as the internet controlled RoboCam stacking 'bot, but eh, whatever See it here-- (URL) relabel soon, but JavaCam Push is for Internet Explorer users, and Server Push is for basically everyone else but IE. If neither of those (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Money Truck
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On Friday my son saw a "money truck" as he now calls them. He asked me to "help" him build one... which quickly turned into him playing while I built. He wasn't concerned with how it turned out as long as it looked tough and had shocks. But in the (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: 1st posted MOC: Future City
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I left you a review on MOCPages, but had to leave you some kudos here as well. Amazing build. -Keith (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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Sounds like a great contest Joe, my only complaint is the 500 word minimum. Some of us only get rolling at 500. -Keith (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish.brickjournal, FTX)
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C'mon, now do the song ehh? ehh? Da da da da dun da da dun da da, (and so on in increasing intensity, hold it, hold it, add passing turbo lase sounds, yes yes the occasional Tie-Fighter,....) "I want those plans...." Congrats on your purchase and (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Legway
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If you haven't heard of Legway, I highly recommend checking it out at www.teamhassenplug.org ...Steve came up with a very cool robot a while back that stands up and balances on two-wheels. I am happy to say that I was able to make Legway work for (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Brian - Since I am a spark head...let me just say....this would be interesting. Presumably, you are moving a polarity switch from one "on" position to the next when you hit it...because going to an "off" position would disable the system. (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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Could you remove me from the TexLUG-SA mailing list please. I don't know of any other way to contact you. Your blog does not list contact info. Thanks. Pat (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.us.texlug)
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| | Re: The Great Ball Contraption at BrickFest
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(...) "Terrific" is a pretty general response...I would add the following: 1) GBC exceeded all of our expectations as we prepared for Brickfest 2) The room was NOT large enough to accomodate the GBC or the crowd 3) I watched as many kids were simply (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) No, because it's only wrong half the time. HOWEVER, now that I think about it, you could mechanically connect two polarity switches together at the end with the motor. Then, instead of connecting one wire from each of the polarity switches to (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Second fair themed vignette
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Hi everybody. Here is the second vignette I make. It's also the second vignette with a fun fair theme. It's a shooting stand. Here's the gallery: (URL) Notice the picture that highlight the baby T-rex I used as a plushie prize. What do you think of (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette)
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| | Re: Who is this?
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(...) No idea, but it is most impressive. (And I note that James Cook/Endeavour connections go beyond Australia). Cheers Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 22-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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