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(...) Bravo! A dragline is a great project & I can't wait to see this one progress. Are you modeling it on a specific real-world machine? Post more WIP pictures as you build, I really like to see how MOC's come together. Ben (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Thoughts about the Target thief
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I was sitting at the office when I received an email from a colleague at my old department. It read: "I hope you aren't doing this too!? :)" and had a link to the Bill Swanberg CNN article. Laughing it off, it sank in later in the day how bad this (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | RE: Mindstorms on Slashdot
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I do agree with most of the comments about the blogging on slashdot, (especially about costing a product by its components only) but... There are two things no one has said that I want said (I wanted someone else to say it though!) 1) At the last (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The analysis was thin and poorly written, I agree. Calum (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Classifica di Slega: help!
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ciao i due vincitori mi sembra proprio che fossero quelli che hai menzionato, il nome dell'opera non me la ricordo ciaoo Cristian (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Mindstorms on Slashdot
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(...) Agreed. My favorite statement is this: "The picture below shows an RCX brick along with a gaming device of Chinese make that incorporates components similar to the ones used in the RCX. The gaming device was purchased for approximately $1.83 (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Är även hjälmen Lego?
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(...) Tack...jo det såg jag ...lite klumpigt formulerad fråga kanske...det var ju visiret jag menade...men å andra sidan ser det mer ut som om den transparenta biten är hjälm och visiret sitter på insidan och dessa då kommer från R2-D2... Inte har (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Classifica di Slega: help!
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Ciao a tutti, ma soprattutto a Gianluca Morelli (nella veste di giurato anziano!). Sto cercando di metter giu' qualche riga per popolare una paginetta sulla legofest, ma ho (gia') qualche problema di memoria. Mi servono almeno due cose. Vi ricordate (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Help me convert this train program to use events (NQC)
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(...) And I've never had a problem with low battery firmware corruption... EXCEPT at BF while running the GBC trains. How often does the firmware check the battery level (it seems to be less often than the 3ms the other sensors are polled, based on (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Custom parts manufacturing
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(...) I've been using www.expresspcb.com for years. I find these kinds of online PCB type services to be a fantastic way to prototype. And great value compared with the cost of making prototype circuit boards years ago. JB (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| | Re: Mindstorms on Slashdot
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Has anyone ever visted the Lego company?: (URL) if so, is it worth going? What do you get to see/do? When my son is a bit older we're (I'm) planning a trip to Lego Land UK. It's considerably nearer. Thomas (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Mindstorms on Slashdot
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Only one thing left to say: We don't need no stinking instructions! (...) (URL) > (...) ___...___ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. (URL) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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I have no experience ordering with them yet, but make magazine seem to have promoted PCB123 at every turn. I have tried their client tool - its not too bad. -- Danny Staple MBCS OrionRobots (URL) contact details available through website) (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.parts.custom)
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| | Re: Mindstorms on Slashdot
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The problem is guys, while that may not mean many lugnet regulars and afols, the majority of their sales are gonna be kids who only put together the described models. I was once in Hamleys (being a Londoner) and heard a mum objecting to buying Lego (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: XXI Legofest - Crema
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Mario Ferrari wrote: [...] (...) Ciao. Mi riservavo di innescare la discussione piu' tardi, ma ben vengano i tuoi spunti. (...) [...] (...) Questo mi fa venire in mente che molti visitatori avrebbero volentieri usufruito di un servizio di (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Help me convert this train program to use events (NQC)
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(...) Wow! That's quite a long cable. Is this the right product? I only found it using Pitsco's search box; it's not listed in any LEGO section as far as I could tell. (URL) (...) My original setup's RCX is a 1.0 with the AC adapter. The rails are (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, FTX)
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| | Re: Mindstorms on Slashdot
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(...) It's a very funny story. I really tried to read the whole thing, but I can't. I've spent too much time laughing. I recognize the author's logic trail from the cartoon network. IE: "That guy smokes, and those people were killed in a fire, so (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Finding a rotation matrix for a triangle
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(...) Hi Niels, I think you are getting two things a little crossed here but I will try to answer you questions. Firstly, you must remember that a plane can be defined meaningfully by a normal vector (one perpendicular to the plane) and a vector (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | RE: Help me convert this train program to use events (NQC)
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Brian Davis wrote..... ...... Worse yet, when the power runs low the RCX is likely to corrupt the firmware unless you put in code to monitor the battery level (something I'd suggest if you go this route). Standard Lego firmware is designed to detect (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: New MOC: Nemo II
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(...) It packs a lot of detail into a small package without looking busy. All your creations show a great use of color for detail. The printed parts also are well chosen. And I particularly like that it isn't entirely studless. The studs add (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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