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(...) I think you may need to explain you choices further. Python supports variable numbers of function arguments, as does Perl. In Python it is relatively easy to check the types of the arguments, and implement overloading and type checking inside (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: FischerTechnik
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(...) There are a couple of areas where FT does outshine Leg a little. Namely - Pneumatics - FischerTechnik has a larger range of cylinders, more advanced valves, serious compressors, and most importantly solenoids. Also their robotics controller (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Panels to offer a 5-wide space in a 6-wide MOC
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(...) I did some brief testing last night with this. The Technic motor((URL) does fit into the 1x4x3 and 1x2x3 panels, with possibly a very slight amount of bending. The 1x2x3 panel works better as the 1x4x3 panel has two small strengthening ribs (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Big Box with the Yellow Sticker of Joy
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(...) Thank you for faining interest. :-) Here are some blurrier then I expected, but I didn't feel like retaking, pictures of what I've built so far. Basically I'm up to the point where the first boat steering wheel gets installed. This wheel (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: How do I get these new applications working?
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(...) I'm glad you got it working. I am also glad that you had the patience to fix it. Now we know we have to fix the distribution. I wonder how many people just gave up. Chris (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | LEGO as jewelry
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Just stumbled on this site: (URL) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | LF Torino - Raccolta a scopi benefici
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Cari fratelli in abiesse, colgo l'occasione per ricordarvi che a Torino si farà anche una raccolta di mattoncini vecchi a scopi benefici. L'annuncio di Mario in marzo: (URL) materiale raccolto sarà portato in un orfanotrofio nella città di Botosani (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Set in offerta
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(...) ma sei un mito... sai per caso anche gli orari? ciao e grazie Cristian (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Lego Parts You Hate....
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(...) That must be that darn nylon hinge: (URL) I remember as a child always battling with this - it fell off when it was supposed to stick, and it stuck when I was trying to remove it (hence all the teeth-marks). With regards to the wheels with (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego Parts You Hate....
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I didn't want to bury this thread under lugnet.parts.... so I put it in lugnet.general... We all have Lego parts that we really like..... But what parts don't you like at all.... what parts do you really dislike? (Yes I know it sounds like Lego (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Set in offerta
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(...) Superstrada Milano - Lecco, uscita Seregno "San Salvatore", prosegui a fianco della superstrada per 200/300 metri e te lo trovi sulla destra con una fiammante insegna "Lego". Ciao (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | light the night
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hey all, i was sitting around the house the other night looking to build something other than a train so i started playing with a pile of clear bricks and came up with this: (URL) additional photos after mod: (URL) thoughts? ondrew p.s. yes it's lit (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: VIKINGS at K-Mart
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(...) No, you don't have to, you mean you choose to. You're getting confused ;-) Cheers, Paul (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Am I the only person who finds Lego CAD systems infuriating?
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Seriously? I've never gotten the hang of any Lego CAD system, including LDD, MLCAD etc...I can't figure out how to do depth control with LDD for example. I've spent the last fifteen minutes trying to make bricks stick to the virtual baseplate...I (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) !
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| | Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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(...) How are keyframes internally structured and saved to disk? Are they arrays, hashes, and how is the interpolation between keyframes usually handled? I haven't had time to research it myself, and I'm not sure I would even be able to find the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | Art Deco Miami Hotel
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Greetings: Here is my attempt to address a major problem: the near total absence of Art Deco architecture in the Lego townscape. This is a minifig scale version of a typical Miami Art Deco hotel from around 1930. Check out the (URL) MOC pages> for (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: LDraw Animation - Why MPD?
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I wonder if anyone remembers the 80s game "Story Machine" from Spinnaker Software (publishers of "Face Maker" and other silly products.) This program acted out the sentences you typed in. It was a kind of self-illustrating text adventure. For (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw Animation - Why MPD?
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Why not develop something abstract. If you come up with a way to notate an animation in any langauge, perhaps it will catch on. James (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Big Box with the Yellow Sticker of Joy
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(...) Well the one thing I was mildly interested in was how those boat steering wheels were used...like a photo of how they are used in the instructions? Calum (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: How do I get these new applications working?
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(...) Short Answer: That's how it's programmed. In order to really display a model made with references to parts in its enclosing folder, we have to make a number of decidedly unpleasant assumptions. Firstly, we have to assume the referenced parts (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: How do I get these new applications working?
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(...) I thought the "~" looked out of place when I was looking at the environment.plist file, but didn't know why. (...) Typed pico, got nano. So, I guess Mac OS X must fit into the "most *nix systems" category. (...) Indeed it does. Thanks for (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | R.I.P. Piggy from Voivod
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Sad weekend. One of my favorite guitarists of all time from my most beloved band EVER, (URL) Denis "Piggy" D'amour of VOIVOD passed away Friday>. (URL) courtesy Voivod.com>> Voivod has been described as "Futuristic Sci-Fi Metal" amoung many other (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | Re: Overview of LEGO Factory suggestions
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(...) -snip- (...) -snip- EXAMPLE: Food for thought Like how much would something like this cost? (URL) Fantastic Town creations by: jdavis Just the price alone for the real model if broken down in retail terms would be emense! I do wonder how it (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: August 28th SanDLUG meeting
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(...) The meeting went well. We still have a small turnout, but it's growing. Attending we had Bill V (his home) and partner, John Cooper, (URL) Joyce (the LEGOLANDLADY parts madem)>, Adrian, Aaron Sneary, Eric Hunter and myself. Wow, 3 master (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug, FTX)
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| | FischerTechnik
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(...) I used to have fischertechnik but sold it and bought lego. My objections to fischertechnik were: It's bigger and heavier for the same mechanical functionality. So you need bigger motors, batteries, etc. The bricks don't click into "integer" (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Big Box with the Yellow Sticker of Joy
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(...) I finally got a good look in the box. It sucks to get a package then have to wait 5 days to open it. And unlike Chris I don't have kids as an excuse, or cause, whichever is more appropriate. :-) So the box is big, but I think is the same size (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: VIKINGS at K-Mart
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(...) At Kmart Caloundra they came in the day after the 20% off toys sale.... Although (and this is probably common knowledge) Toyworld has the dates the Dino's are coming in (well the lady showed me a sheet with dates that they should be coming in, (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Bulk Parts Listed @ Troy's Surplus LEGO
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I have just listed a ton of bulk parts in my store. You can see them all here: (URL) added about 100,000 pieces to my inventory, so hopefully there will be something there for everyone! Thanks, Troy (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: VIKINGS at K-Mart
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(...) Thanks for the heads up. Spotlighted. Now we just have to wait for a 20% off sale ;-) Cheers Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw Animation - Why MPD?
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(...) (* off-topic discussion *) Design and implementation are not as independant as i wish. As part of the design requirements, i pointed moves should be functions and be as composable as functions are. Practically that means the language must (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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In lugnet.cad, danny staple <orionrobots@gmail.com> wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Wow, that really hurts. Especially the last sentence. Thanksfully i know you play role reversal: what you mean is users would immediatly exclude my tool from their choice (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | NWBrickCon™ 2005 Haunted Mansion Module Contest!
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NWBrickCon™ 2005 Haunted Mansion Module Contest!! Once more, NWBrickCon is happening near Halloween. So, once again, we are going to have the Haunted Mansion Module Contest. Using the techniqes of Moonbase and Castle, we are going to build a modular (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Re: The NMRA Trestle Bridge
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(...) Anywhere from 2-3 hours, but that's not entirely the bridge set-up, I'm including detailing the countryside as well. Each stanchion is setup then the track bed attached to the top. The most time consuming part is attaching the tiles onto the (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | NWBrickCon™ 2005 Draft
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As hinted at earlier, we are going to have a Draft! Okay, so what IS a Draft? It is an event where everyone brings one copy of the same (unopened) set. We open the sets, sort the pieces into piles and take turns Drafting the piles of pieces. The (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Overview of LEGO Factory suggestions
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(...) LET'S DO IT!!!!! (...) otay (...) Just like real life -minus, Brick Link, ebay, etc,..... but yes your right. I have always said, LEGO is smart about making their sets and parts collectible. They ussually don't open the flood gate to full. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Pics Posted including GBC Video
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(...) of the FLL competition on Saturday. Sadly Team Hassenplug did not win :-( Thank you Steve for not having a team cadence. Our goals were different, than in previous years. NONE of them involved a team cadence. This year, it was more about "The (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | NWBrickCon™ 2005 Speed and Master Build Contests
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Due to the tremendous popularity of our Speed and Master Builder Competition last year, We will again be presenting an opportunity for you to compete to become the Fastest Builder, or the Most Masterful Builder, in the Northwest! There will be open (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.events) !!
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| | NWBrickCon™ 2005 Pre-Registration Ending Soon!
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There is just over ONE WEEK left for pre-registration! We'll be closing Pre-Registration next week for our Fourth Annual NWBrickCon! This may be your last chance to save money and get exclusive goodies! If you register (and pay) by September 7th - (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | U2's Numb video done in LEGO
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Didn't see this posted so maybe I am the first. U2's video for the song Numb was re-done in LEGO: (URL) you are not familiar with the original video, it can be found here: (URL) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.animation)
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| | Vendo lego 6607 e 6608 MISB
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Come da oggetto. I set sono in perfettissime condizioni! Per informazioni scrivetemi! Ciao Marco (21 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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