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Hello all, After a ~6 month hiatus -- or rather a long creative block-- I slapped this little thing together over the last few weeks. This model was rife with issues and I nearly gave up last weekend but my desire to see it completed won out. It may (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Joe Vig Meets a Lady (A Little Risque)
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(...) OTOH, here in San Francisco you just might see this situation on any given night...or in New York, TOkyo, Amsterdam, london, Paris, Sydney, etc. I agree that there isn't much humor, and there are many interpretations for the passing of money. (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | NEIRG vs Brickfest
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Even though Brickfest won out over NEIRG (Northeast Indiana Robot Games) for my attendance on August 13, I was still disappointed to miss one of the two annual Lego robotic contests here in Fort Wayne. I think NEIRG missed us too...I exchanged email (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Formerly Known as "The Royal Knight's Castle"
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Well it has been a very long time since I last posted (a couple of years probably) I got caught up in all my High School work and just fell out of the loop. Well Anyway, I took some pictures of my castle setup. It all started when I got "The Royal (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Where do we go from here...
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"David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message news:IL9IA9.yFw@lugnet.com... (...) Hmm, i was thinking, ( based on a post in this thread, but i have lost it), rather than a freeform play table how about we get (i.e donated by TLG) a whack (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Lego Train Factory - "preliminary wagon design"
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(...) Yes they don't look too bad at all. I do hope the sensor is separate to the basplate though, so it can be built into other places in models. And I know they're only design pics, but that looks much like a current train motor. I wonder if the (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A LEGO double-throw switch?
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(...) My bad! I've not used them much, but when I thought about how they were designed, I realized you are right. (...) This means gears, but gears mean play. One should be able to cancel the play by using a total of four gears. One gear for each (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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(...) Considering what we have here, I think we need: * A Lego animation file/script format which positions LDraw parts in relation to others, which is then distilled (using a front end) into POV scripts - so POV still handles the rendering. * A GUI (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Lego Train Factory - "preliminary wagon design"
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Found it via the Eurobricks forum. Remote baseplate sensor (URL) wagon (URL) track (URL) do like the color schemes shown in the baseplate sensor and wagon shots. -- Bryan "Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Legway
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(...) ...Steve came up with a very cool robot a while back that stands up and balances on two-wheels. (...) Since posting this message, I have received a couple of emails asking what sensors I used. I used the IR distance sensors from Hi-Technic. I (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | '05 FLL meetings
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Well, I guess we might as well talk about this here than trying to do it via e-mail. I think we should start our meetings either the Sunday after Labor Day (8-11) or sometime the week of Labor Day. I think it would be nice to have at least 1 or 2 (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Stickers scans wanted...
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Hi there, I have some old sets, without the stickers, long lost since my childhood. I tried to search on internet, but I haven't found good quality scans (printable). Anyone can help me? I need the scans of the stickers in sets 6363 or 374, for (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Joe Vig Meets a Lady (A Little Risque)
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(...) It's a little off-color, but I don't think it's too bad. I mean, the violent mishaps to which poor Joe has been subjected might likewise garner more than a PG-rating, so Stephen is just pushing the envelope in another direction. For that (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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(...) Many thanks to you James, your experience is priceless to me. Before i attempt anything i will now carefully consider: * what POV-Ray can do * how it does * whether i can do easier/better * if people don't want to learn POV-Ray, then they (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Holden Monaro (with bogan)
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(...) That's 'cause the Monaro is the sickest mate! Tim (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: New LEGO RoboCam'Bot
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(...) Ah, so it was in fact the more fundamental Hydro bill you forgot to pay. :-) Derek (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New LEGO RoboCam'Bot
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(...) So I get home the other day, and Sandy's there with a letter from Hydro 1-- "Sorry for the inconvenience, but there will be intermittent power outages on Tuesday. We are upgrading the hardware in the area." Brilliant Eh, so my web server is (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Joe Vig Meets a Lady (A Little Risque)
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Nathan, cap yourself. I love it. It's a prime example of the sort of truly warped mindset Lugnet is all too short on. Good choice of faces and a good presentation - it goes from merely sleazy to disturbing very nicely :D. Soren (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town) !
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| | Re: An idea concerning the new RC trains and a new RCX
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(...) Well, the term was not my idea, several people in this very newsgroup invented this more or less simultaneously, and, as the new gauge is designed to be chaeper than the other gauge, they are not totally wrong, are they? (...) That would be (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: An idea concerning the new RC trains and a new RCX
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(...) Depends. Infrared is very tricky for mobile systems, and a train out of sight (behind houses, in a hunnel) is dead meat in tems of infrared communication... A simple (still reliable!) Bluetooth system should be in the same price range as a (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New LEGO RoboCam'Bot
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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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| | Re: Legway
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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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| | Re: An idea concerning the new RC trains and a new RCX
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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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| | Re: A LEGO double-throw switch?
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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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| | Re: A LEGO double-throw switch?
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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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| | Re: Who is this?
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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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| | Re: Error in part #590
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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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| | Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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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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| | Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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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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| | Re: Brick versions over the years
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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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