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(...) yes. (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (SNIP) (...) This one has moved away from my usual differential logic. Each leg module has a flip-flop for the foot and hip, which does 3 out of 4 movements and waits for the fourth to be done all legs together. I see how single switch AND (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Hey all, In March, I decided I wantd to build Brian Cooper's Teknomeka; well, it was either that or an ISD, and the Teknomeka has a smaller footprint. (URL) I'm about 99.5% done with this model, and I have to say it was really a fun to build. It (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.build.mecha) !
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(...) WAIT.... lets make the score ONLY count if you actually PRESS one of your blocks WITH your mates BLOCKS. this way you have to decide if you WANT to share, OR keep YOUR block..... oh man..... WAIT.... we can comeup with some kind of "ID" AND if (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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ok, we HAVE to do this AND use this name. we will book the library for SAT Feb 11 and we could theme the entire event around valentines day. maybe get a female member of our lug to gussy up the place a bit, with ribbons and flowers. Soft music would (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Or, just have the score be a combination of how many colors you collected, AND how many other bots have a brick of your color. (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) well we COULD. or we do like we did with king of the hill. and have qualifying rounds. so your robot will be shown to work (not in your basement) on the day of the game to enter. I am starting to LIKE this idea. as with ALL rtl events we keep (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) We would also have to have some sort of ruling on 'bots that don't transfer blocks properly--I mean, I could build a 'bot that receives blocks rather nicely, but have a built in 50 (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Steve. do you have ANY idea how WRONG that link is? Chris (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: <snip> (...) So this would be played in an 8x8 arena, or even bigger 'cause of the number of robots... So each 'bot would be assigned a number and a colour the 2x4's (or even for simplicity sake) a 2x4 (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I agree with Steve that the code samples you posted are probably BrickOS. Now to acheive what you want, it might be a waste of power, but you could always blank off the light itself with a peice of black card or thin black packing plastic. If (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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(...) Maybe you could just save it as a file on your computer. Then, we could all link our computers together, and I could view that file on MY computer. We could call it the World Wide Link. Don't those people know you can already go to (URL) to (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Sarcasm, thy name is Calum... Dave K -for all you Sorkin fans out there.... (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) With the advent of "bonktron", and now this "mating robots" post from calum.... how about something like: -------warning------...ings------ warning---- some sort of mating game. your bot has a stack of 2x4 (coloured) bricks. your "opponent" or (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Metropolismag.com has an interesting LDD story: (URL) Among other things, it says that the beta version of LDD has been downloaded 700,000 times (not sure exactly what they mean by "beta" since it's been available for a while), and almostl 32,000 (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I've never read anything to support this supposition. I've always thought scrapers mainly use mechanical transmissions. I know Caterpillar likes to put mechanical transmissions in things where other makers only use diesel-electric. I'm sure (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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"Samurai74" <baldi_nospam_@venus.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:IMrD4E.Lvo@lugnet.com... ... quasi quasi le carico su brickshelf (anche se non credo che (...) A me interessa !!! dato che sto per affrontare lo stesso problema, avendo avuto da (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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I'm happy to announce that the Brickshelf Catalog scans are now online on PICSL. Check it out at (URL) while you're at it, submit new catalogs (and instructions scans)! (URL) always, any comments and suggestions are more than welcome! Dan and (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce.peeron, lugnet.db.scans, lugnet.inst, lugnet.publish) !!
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(...) Wouldn't be great if we had some place where the monthly dinner and event schedule was always kept? I would think it should be updated at least a week before each event. That would be good. We could even put up event rules and photos there (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Bruce, It's good to see this happening. I will be sending information next month about donating Christmas toys to Toys for Tots - I'd be doing that now, but my inquiry to TfT was answered by a request to wait until mid-October. Joe Meno (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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:-(((...((( Bei tempi,non che quello purtroppo sono io magari:-)) E' che da quando mi sono sposato circa un anno fà le mie spese sono molto calate e magari devo aggirare l'ostacolo nei modi + disparati . A proposito siete tutti sinceri con le (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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Hi all, Along with the (URL) Red Cross donations matched by LEGO>, we also wanted to develop a more personal giving opportunity. Huge numbers of families have lost everything in the hurricane and subsequent flooding. Since a large fraction of these (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.people, FTX) !!
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(...) I think we can do both. Traditionally we alternate between "hard" and "easier" games. The hard ones are usually in February or January. (well PX and C4 were). We can at the same time run another event like Balance of Power as a side, the way (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Så vad finns det då för olika slags roder. Gällande stjärtroder så heter dom sidroder och höjdroder. Ni får ursäkta om jag är lite väl pedagogisk men jag försöker skriva så att alla ska förstå även om man knappt sett ett flygplan förr. För att (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.loc.se, FTX)
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"sigurd" <sigurd18@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:IMrs0L.18LJ@lugnet.com... (...) Didn't the Star Wars AT-ATs move one leg at a time? (Going by memory sometimes produces weird results) Rob www.brickmodder.net (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I'm already booked to go to LEGO dinner this friday, so i'm ready. (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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... are we going to have the monthly dinner this Friday? If not, do people want to get together for dinner this Friday? Derek (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) hi, why do you wanne build a thing that lifts one leg a time?.... i did it but it dont have any advanges. it isn't much more stable. it isn't faster (my cat 343 was not to slow) but stil i don't see any inprovments. the only thing is that it (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi, everybody! I finally got around to publishing a few of the photos I took at Brickfest this year... everything was so amazing but I spent so much time talking with people that I hardly got to take any pictures! I thought folks might want to see (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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Ok contattemi nel gruppo degli amici dell'aereo. Ho prenotato oggi, parto con voi. Ci si vede (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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(...) I think the 8421 crane does. There are some beams you put on the steering (to keep it straight) but take them off before you're done. Steve (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hi Mark, Now I know what to build next..... a four legged walker that lifts one leg at a time. On paper it looks like I can get one made for 1+2n pistons and 2+4n switches. This assumes that legs mechanically lock when weight bearing. I don't (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.technic)
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More pics added for each set, just click on the set name to view the pics. (URL) Mint in sealed box>(condition vary as in shelf wear, price sticker residue, etc) 1 (URL) 6268 Renegade Runner> 1 (URL) 1729 Barnacle Bay> 2 (URL) 6204 Buccaneers> 2 (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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Bene, dopo vari ripensamenti ho deciso di re-iniziare la mia avventura lego con un bel modulo GBC, per ora ho un paio di idee (in realtà 3 ma una l'ho già scartata perchè non penso di essere ancora in grado), faccio qualche prova e poi vi informo. (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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(...) The new crane had a studless beam construction to make sure the axles are aligned properly for the steering setups. I can't remember if those studless beams were then used in the structure of the crane afterwards--can't remember if I had any (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 8460 Crane Truck, for one: (URL) would have used PICSL, but for some reason page 14 won't load) It's kind of neat to see such a building technique. I always wondered how Lego would pictogrammatically (I made that word up) explain some of the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.general)
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Okay - when I got my first serial based RCX tower, I had no issues with Win2k, but with the USB device, it is really a matter of the drivers. If you have got it working with the current drivers, then you will be fine. On the supplied disks, there (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Walgreens set - NOT same as last time - 300pcs, all plain 1x, 2x bricks
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(...) Thanks for the heads up on this. Those in NYC or Brooklyn area: Walgreens, on Atlantic ave, betwn 3rd & 4th Aves in Brooklyn has these. Easy subway access too: N, R, B, D, Q, to Pacific/Atlantic ave subway stop. F, G, A, C are close by as (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I recently finished building the Death Star II set. In the set is a very simple jig is used to align the panels of the big dish. It consists of four green 2x2 plates that are attached around the edge of the dish. These provide spacing above a flat (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) I think this is a phenominal idea! Have a competition where there are two tasks. Your robot has to be designed to be able to do both Task A and Task B, but during the (...) (21 years ago, 13-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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