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I sort-of broke out of my self-imposed Lego exile on Friday night. I bought the 4507 Prehistoric Creatures (T-Rex on the box cover) - 719 parts 4884 Wild Hunters (lion on the box cover) - 630 parts as birthday gifts for some primary school aged (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Invitation à l'assemblée générale 2006 de QUELUG
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Bonjour à tous, Samedi le 13 mai se tiendra l'assemblée générale 2006 de QUELUG, le groupe des fans de LEGO® au Québec. Cette rencontre aura lieu à Montréal (centre-ville) à partir de 14h jusqu'en soirée. Au programme: affaires de l'association, (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.que, lugnet.org)
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| | New Adventurers Subtheme - Rum Runners
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Inpired by this post: (URL) I like the gangsters idea, and I think it'd be a fun Adventurer's sub-theme, which I've nicknamed Rum Runners. The theme takes place during the Prohibition era of the United States, pitting the Rum Runners against The (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Results
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(...) I think that is all for now, but I think we (the SteerCo) need to discuss the current content of (URL) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | NXT newsgroup needed
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Can we get a lugnet.robotics.nxt newsgroup soon? (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Gunraven
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Very nice! I particularly like the colour scheme and the beautifully formed nose. Good work. God Bless, Nathan Visit my brickshelf gallery: (URL) (pic=link) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Nuovi treni 9V
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(...) Fabio rimasto colpito dalla notizia ... si unisce al dolore e al cordoglio :)))) Antonella & Fabio (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | OT: VEX acquired from Radio Shack
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Sorry for the somewhat off topic post. VEX has been acquired from Radio Shack by Innovation First, the developer of VEX. Press Release (PDF): (URL) is using VEX for one of its competitions: (URL) Shack is selling VEX products for half price (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Spam from a "legos" robot store
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(...) I've passed it along to somebody who'll be able to get LEGO Legal to look at it. (...) Whoever it is is using a domain privacy service, which means they probably know they're doing something bad. - Kelly (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | My NXT MOC
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It's funny, the NXT thing has been so hyped for the past while I think I hear a drum roll in the bg... Anyway, enough of that. After the initial MPD swarm of emails and discussions, I decided that I could not focus on Bluetooth and all the other TOP (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Great Ball Contraption
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(...) I've recently added GBC t-shirts and mugs for those GBC fans that want to show their enthusiasm and/or have fun explaining to others just what the ball contraption is! I plan on bringing a bunch of these to Brickfest unless people object for (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Please Contact Me
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(...) Hi Peter, I sent an email to the account you use for Lugnet (guns etc.) Tim (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Please Contact Me
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Hi Tim Gould Could you please Email me as I need to talk to you but I have a new computer and lost all my old files. Cheers Peter Parsons (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | No thumbnail pics for instructions/catalogs?
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Hi, does anybody know what's the problem with the missing thumbnail pics for instructions and catlogs at peeron/picsl? I don't see any thumbnail. Example #1: (URL) #2: (URL) #3: (URL) #4: (URL) Ronald (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.inst)
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| | Review of "Build a Bob" set 3826
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Here's a reviev of the upcoming Spongebob Set! Check it out! (3 URLs) Chris Giddens (URL) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Re: 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Results
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(...) I updated the pages at ldraw.org accordingly to the new steerco: (URL) I'm not sure if there is some other info on other pages. a quick search doesn't show any results. could anyone confim this. bye, w. (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Results
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(...) Thanks everyone. I was going to wait to respond until I knew more about what the LSC actually did but with Orion underwater the whole process seems a little slow. I look forward to working with this team all of whom have done far more for (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Large-scale promo sculpture of Viking minifig
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I found this on BrickShelf from someone's coverage of LEGOWORLD 2005. Looks like an official LEGO Master Builder put together this sculpture of a viking minifig as a promotion for the new line of sets. (URL) the image for an even larger version) (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.vikings, lugnet.build.sculpture)
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| | "May the Force Build with You"
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I was just watching the trailer for Lego Star Wars II (URL) it ended with "May the Force Build with You". It's obvious. It's brilliant. TLG has had the Star Wars license for seven years and this is the first time someone has thought of this (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: NXT Sound Sensor
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(...) I agree about high grade DSP, but frequency discrimination may be quite possible... in the past we had a product based on a puny 8MHz 80C188 that was able to run ISDN stack, transfer 64 kbits/s data on one channel, 64 kbits/s voice on the (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT to NXT communication?
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(...) (URL) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Weekly Update of New AuctionBrick Listings - 5/5/6
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This is weekly update of new items listed at (URL) as of Fri May 05, 02:10 AM PST. To bid, review details of any item listed or to register go to (URL). (2 URLs) Moonbase Module - Mech Bay 10 - Bay 0 Section B> See Item Description for Details (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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| | Re: NXT to NXT communication?
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(...) <snipity> Jim (...) Did you say SDK?? Please elaborate on this... (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Great Ball Contraption
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Greetings all -- I am officially introducing www.greatballcontraption.com. It presents a good cross-section of information, images and links related to this crazy obsession. My wife wants to be a soccer mom someday...well she has been for the past (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT interface
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(...) The memory used by a program while it is running is not the same memory used for storing the program (flash). There isn't any way that I know of at this point to find out how much memory a program uses while it is running or how much of (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Spam from a "legos" robot store
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So I got some spam today. Some Goof-wad decided that I might be interested in his OVERPRICED wares. (URL) ALL the prices he lists are HIGHER than Bricklink. My personal favorite is the speed counter for $35 USD 2. will some kind soul PLEASE point (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: NXT Sound Sensor
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(...) There is a curious 6th wire connection from the sound sensor which sends analog sound to the CPU. I am assuming that using some 3rd party firmware, it might be possible to digitize and process sound data. But I think turning the CPU into a DSP (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT interface
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(...) This is the on-screen programming system. It's pretty rudimentary, but it lets you build very simple programs with only your NXT (no computer needed). Slots 1 & 3 let you 'do' something, slots 2 & 4 essentially control how long that action (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT Sound Sensor
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(...) The raw mode still just returns one number - essentially the integrated sound energy, where the weighting function is determined by the sensor mode (dB or dBA) and is all done on-board the sound sensor itself, not in the NXT. (...) You only (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Results
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(...) Seconded! Looks like a great group, good luck! ROSCO (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: NXT Sound Sensor
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(...) Hmmm is there a "raw data" mode for the sound sensor? Seems to me, it may be possible (maybe not yet but one day) to write a program that does FFT analysis, as long as it can get the raw wave data from the sensor. I'm assuming the "tone mode" (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT interface
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(...) Sounds great! Are you able to determine how much memory a program takes up while it's running? And how much memory is free? (...) Hmmm the purpose of these slots are one thing thats not immediately obvious (to my old brain anyway), can you (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Gunraven
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Based off the Gunstar from the movie The Last Starfighter, just a little smaller. The Gunraven (URL) Enjoy and LMKWYT Jamie (URL) Pope's 7> (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Results
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(...) Not much of the brick, sadly. I'm in a bit of a dim ages right now because I'm focusing in other areas since I've been out of school. I did run my hands through a pile of bricks as I put them into an 'unsorted' bin the other day and got chills (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Help getting up to speed on robot electronics
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(...) Hi Jeff, I am also in software, but have dabbled for years with the hardware side of things. Maybe a place to start on a little crash course in interfacing are the R. A. Penfold books, which have stuff on interfacing with a PIC Micro (but is (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT to NXT communication?
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(...) Yes just kinda murky now! There are still good opportunities for a wireless network of NXT's! One could write a program on a single master and control as many lower level NXT's as you could bring together! Like one general commanding three (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT to NXT communication?
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(...) OK...it looks like this messaging mechanism in (URL) is a little confusing. Steve cleared this up a bit in (URL) In the hierarchy he discussed, N0 has to go through N1 to talk to N2-4. This model can be extended to higher levels in a tree (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 2006 LDraw.org Steering Committee Election Results
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Congrats, guys. So I can expect that ldraw.org will start moving again? *wink* ;) Tim--I haven't got the time just now, but I'm looking forward to seeing your brickshelf gallery to see what you've been up to. Adrian (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: NXT memory limits
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(...) Is the sound quality similar to those "real" ringtones you get on new cellphones (think that's what they're called...)? Or is it closer to polyphonic? (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Help getting up to speed on robot electronics
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I'm a newcomer to robotics, with 30 years of experience in software and nearly nothing at all on the hardware / electronics side. I'd like to learn how to get stuff working with my Vex controller other than the Vex-branded parts -- things like (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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