 | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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I have not met or traded with Bill before. Still, this news shocked me, as if suddenly I discovered that one of my close friends were a criminal. It's sad, sad, sad. Stealing is wrong. Stealing for profit is very wrong. Still, he could have commit (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | Re: My first mecha: Proto-1
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(...) I am always glad to see a new Mecha build member. Welcome! I would like to see some more MOCS to see what you are going for before I make any coments. Regardless, I do like the poseability and the color scheme. Regards, David Rabadan (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The World according to Harshbarger, Lambrecht, and Lowell
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It rolls quite well [grin]. I considered doing each continent a different color, but then thought that might be too distracting. eric (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | brickOS on Mac OS X
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Hello, I'm trying to get a recent brickOS (0.9.0) working on Mac OS X 10.4.3. I have an RCX 2.0 with the USB tower. I have a cross-compiler (gcc 3.2.2) that apparently works, and using the firmware download program included with lejOS (specially (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: New MOC: Nemo II
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Fierce! I can say no more than that. -Dave (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: The history of LEGO in Norway
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(...) Oyvind: I have been doing some research on this topic for my lego history site. See: (URL) licensed it's toy molds and sold the technical knowledge to Svein Stromberg A/S in 1953. Several different toys were licensed, including the Ferguson (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My first mecha: Proto-1
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I just had to log in and post since NOT posting would have been a crime. :) Excellent first model, Mo! I see LOTS of mobility there, and quite a few modern and not so modern influences in the design. I'll agree that the colorscheme is a bit iffy, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Random Pneumatic idea/question
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(...) Having now made a hydraulic pump, I figured it was time to go to the next step and make a compressor. (URL) This is the first working model. Again, the tank represents the load. I decided to use the pump motor as the switch mechanism for my (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Google Earth and Legoland
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I'm not sure this is really "media watch", it's more like "multimedia watch", but I can't keep this to myself: Google Earth has chosen to include extra high resolution satellite photos of relatively small areas around each of the Legoland parks in (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LIEBHERR R954
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(...) it's not a deeplink though. while you are logged in click the picture again and again till the URL ends in .jpg, .gif or whatever, not a number. THAT'S a deeplink. See: (URL) for more info, it's a FAQ entry, sort of. Hope that helps. (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: Problem with IR
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(...) Your correct, it isn't that. I know all about -Susb, because I'm using a serial and a usb tower simultaneously with respective rcx's. One sets in a box so their is no IR crossover. I have swapped over the towers. The USB worked perfectly in (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Problem with IR
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(...) Since posting I found the old post reporting this problem and have since tried this fix. Alas it didn't work but I will try it again. Steve (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts
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(...) Most cashiers working in huge toy stores simply don't care. Pick the one that looks most inexperienced, tired, or both, and you can probably get away with the most amazingly simple scams, provided you don't do it too often. That, I think, was (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LIEBHERR R954
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(URL) is the first photo of the gallery. Fabio www.abstechnology.org "Ross Crawford" <ross.{mylastname}@gmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio news:IqBqw1.Mo8@lugnet.com... (...) folder has (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: Legofest di Crema
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(...) Io porto il mio modulino, che sta tutto in una baseplate 32x32 e richiede una presa di corrente (non fatemi usare le pile per l'RCX...) Devo ancora finire la parte di scarico, ma è solo questione di tempo a disposizione, tutto il resto (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Wake up Mr.Sleepyhead Stormtrooper
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Recently purchased a HP Knight Bus... We all know about the 2 shades of purple problem, but the set I bought had a rather unusual part substitution mistake. Missing was one of the '2 x 2 slope with pillow printing'. Substituted was a SW Stormtrooper (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: The World according to Harshbarger, Lambrecht, and Lowell
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(...) I saw this and thought it was the greatest thing ever. I did my own virtual version with (URL). (URL) Plate Lowell Globe>> I followed Mr. Harshbarger's lead and based it on a 48 stud diameter Lowell Sphere. The land masses come from the (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LIEBHERR R954
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(...) You may get better response by posting deep links direct to some of the pictures. I have not been able to view this model yet because neither folder has been moderated while I was on-line. ROSCO (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.modelteam)
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| | Re: LIEBHERR R954
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i have changed tha folder, sorry. (URL) sali" <fabio.sali@tin.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:Iq9pB9.24Is@lugnet.com... (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.modelteam)
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| | The history of LEGO in Norway
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Probably will Gary Istok have this information (but anyone else that have any information is free to answer): From the Norwegian technical museum homepages ((URL) in Norwegian only) I can read that we in Norway was prevented by law to import plastic (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Striscione ITLUG
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ciao ragazzi, se ne è parlato con qualcuno a zwolle e dopo zwolle che sarebbe carino avere un striscione da appendere quando facciamo delle manifestazioni tipo dadi.com o i gioxhi sforzeschi. a tal proposito mi sono informato: per uno striscione in (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Problem with IR
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(...) This probably isn't it, but if you're using the command line, have you included the -Susb parameter to tell NQC you're using USB? (This will takes ages to post as my email isn't working, so sorry if you have 5 other replies before this one...) (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Ironic scale
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I stopped by my local goodwill and they had a used 3d puzzle of the Millennium Falcon. It was $1.99 so I picked it up and went home. Three to four days latter, I finished building it (quite impressive) and then it came to me that it is almost the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Guardate
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(URL) su "Invito convegno fronte" e appare una simpatica locandina A me piace :-) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: What's the worst Lego-related thing you've ever done?
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(...) ***snip*** here it is, for anyone joining the conversation late: (URL) What's the worst thing you've ever done in a (...) Unbelievably, the worst I've ever done was to steal a 1x2x3 door from a friend, about 25 years ago. (URL) not just that (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What's the worst Lego-related thing you've ever done?
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(...) I gavethis guy in my Lego club a whole tub of old bricks to go through, and I told him they were Lego, but they were really clones that I had stamped "Lego" onto using a special tool I created that stamps the Lego logo one stud at a time. Boy (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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(...) I don't understand this statement. (...) In this compressor/engine schematic I drew yesterday, vaccume is the exhaust for pressure, and pressure is the exhaust for vaccume inside the engine. The part of the compressor that creates vaccume (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Legofest di Crema
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Ciao Mario, (...) Io non l'ho nemmeno finito e non so se riuscito' a finirlo. Tuttavia il programma in C++ e' bellissimo anche se, essendo indipendente dall'hw, ha molte procedure vuote per fare le varie azioni :-) (...) Figurati allora noi! Nel mio (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Random Pneumatic idea/question
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(...) To be honest, I never actually intended it to be used in an engine. And to be more truthful, I just buitl my first pneumatic engine a couple of days ago, so my knowledge on the subject is a bit, archaic. I wanted to create a closed circuit (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Random Pneumatic idea/question
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I think most certainly a combined fluidics would be in order first. Im surprised there was not already a .pneumatics, as it would seem like an obvious group. Not that I have contributed, but I do follow the pneumatics thread with great interest. I (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Random Pneumatic idea/question
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(...) Nice work. With the exhaust sealed off, I figure the piston will move up and down gradually and gracefully rather than the quick movement that we're used too, because of the cushioning effect. This would be fine for an application like a (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Mega Bloks wins SCOC ruling on Lego trademark
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(...) Bryan Wong spotted this story earlier and posted about it (URL) here,> but thanks for the heads-up as well. This is good news on all counts, IMO. Since it amounts to an across-the-board dismissal of LEGO's "trademark" claim (in Canada, at (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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(...) No - exhaust! (...) You need to eventually discharge the compressed air (or vacuum) in a pneumatic system. Interestingly enough, this is the first time I heard of a pneumatic system using compressed air and vacuum at the same time. Usually (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Random Pneumatic idea/question
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(...) Here we go. I finally got some pictures of my progress. (URL) The tank represents the load on the circuit. (URL) And this is with the ram for the load. I am very pleased to find that it works. (URL) Its interesting to me too. Rather odd that (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Mega Bloks wins SCOC ruling on Lego trademark
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Canadian courts have ruled that Mega Bloks can continue to sell its products in Canada. From (URL) article, "Lego sought an injunction and damages from Mega Bloks. Lego believed it had a trademark on the look of the knobs on its blocks. After losing (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Pneumatic Questions
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(...) Andrew, It is so interesting that you broached the topic of vaacume/pressure pressure at the same time as the hydraulic question. In many ways they are the same problem. Containment. With vaccume/pressure you need a switch with containable (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Legofest di Crema
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(...) Eccomia relazionare! Sarò presente con moglie (programmatrice del robot) e figlio (appasionato collaudatore di GBC) attualmente ko per una bronchite collezionata all'asilo. In stand-by l'amico Samuele ed un cugino incastrato da esami (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | 7th Lego star wars set for 2006 is......???
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Hi, i'm just a little confused about the 7th star wars set for the new year catalog. (2006) i've counted 1.A-wing,2 B-wing,& 3.jabba's sail barge, 4.boba fetts slave I, 5.V-wing,6.tie Interceptor. but whats the 7th set ??? is it Ultimate Space (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: What's the worst Lego-related thing you've ever done?
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(...) Yeah one time I punched a kid for his LEGO. I was like gosh darnit kid dats my lego! my lego! let go of it or else i'll punch you. And then i punched him. Didn't even give him a second to let go, i was that pee-ohhed, if ya know what i mean. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Legofest di Crema
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(...) Ciao. Hai anticipato la mia intenzione di inaugurare un thread con gli ultimi particolari organizzativi. Innanzitutto, chi intende esporre qualcosa dovrebbe farmelo sapere, cosi' possiamo organizzare gli spazi al meglio e aggiornare la pagina (...) (20 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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