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(...) I have to admit, it's not time-efficient or really very cost effective (yes, with careful packing you can fit more... but with the way many of us buy LEGO, would buying another cup really kill you?). It is, in some ways, an experiential or (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Hey. Yeah, I was out of town last week and only had minimal internet access, so didn't get a chance to go through in detail till I got back. (...) Since you already did Christmas, it seems like one on the ministry of Jesus and one on the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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LEGO has provided ILTCO with some new images of the 2006 Trains. Check them out in the ILTCO Gallery: The new images start after the box images. (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (URL) - Carolina (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains)
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:Iv2034.JDp@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ .. snipped ... ] I really don't understand doing this. Don't get me wrong, I am all for getting as much as you can in a cup. However, if you (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl, lugnet.market.shopping)
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"Michael Zecca" <fizzixrat@mn.rr.com> wrote in message news:IuruxG.1s3G@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I agree wholeheartedly. The flesh colored minifigs are creepy. If LEGO really feels the need to have all of their licensed minifigs have (...) (20 years ago, 16-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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In lugnet.robotics, Justin Fisher wrote: <snip> (...) When I was a mentor for a local FLL team, I was so hard pressed to convince the kids that 'dead reconing' wasn't the way to go. THey had the entire program coded like 'go straight for 10 seconds, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Pedant On As far as I can tell from looking at pics of the web of the Hogwarts Express the coaches are painted in the standard BR maroon livery of the '60s. In which case the twin yellow pinstripes actually have a black line between them, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The profile of the coaches used in the film (BR Mk1) is actually pretty much a constant large radius curve down the whole side. Newer designs of British coaches have a different profile with a far sharper curve at the bottom. (URL) This (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I'd go further than that - I may be wrong here, but AFAIK professional roboticists largely consider dead reckoning to be a losing game, an amateur red-herring that you can waste all the time and money you want on and it will still never work (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That's the exact configuration I had, down to the axle joiners :) Problem is, the spacing is too far--it doesn't grip the brick. It's like as if it needs an extra millimeter of diameter on each wheel. I might 'cheat' and put some rubber bands (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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If I have two 'bots that start in 1x1x1 cu ft, and both have transfer openings, and at the word 'start', these two 'bots separate and go about their business... At the end of 3-5 minutes, do blocks in each 'bot count together, or separate? Dave K (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) thanks! (...) If I recall correctly (and everyone knows that my memory is oft faulty)... Wheel-- (URL) axle extenders on technic motors, put 2L axle in the extenders, attach the wheels and (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Jonah Goldberg mentioned this today on National Review Online's blog, (URL) The Corner>. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.western, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I enjoy these blogs, btw. I've been trying to build a block cannon and one of the problems was getting the blocks to slide down the channel properly. I will set up a blog page for mine tonight. Has anyone figured out a good spacing and choice (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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My first thought seeing this was "Mmmmmm.....Brickwars" -plucky (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) The question is just how much of this is handled at what level within the NXT firmware & software. I'd be surprised if LEGO doesn't do *something* with the built-in encoders - after all, *they* put them there. the question is how much. The (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Tim, Just so you know, the people working on the NXT are aware of the problems people often have when trying to make a robot go straight, and they have addressed it. Some day, I'll show you the NXT program to accomplish that challenge. It will (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(URL) which I go on about my latest build--it's together and all the parts work separately, but, as noted in the blog, when put all together, there were a few issues. That didn't stop me from making a blog about it... And since block transfer videos (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Enola Gay? Yours, Christian (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Having given this a bit more thought, the code would be almost the same. Even though the encoders are built-in, there's no guarantee that the motors themselves are matched. You would still need control loops to ensure that the motors rotate at (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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