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Got bored with my old site design and decided to redo it... Some things of interest: :: added new pics and info of mods I did to DomoinoBotNXT - it now uses 4 motors using the Mindsensors MotorMux MultiPlexer and NXT. I also programmed it in RobotC (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New train set?
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(...) Roughly, maybe a little more. For a push-along set with no track or motor. Jason R (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: faktor0a Mecha: height 18 inches, weight 2.35kg, 2 Lego Fiber Optic Elements, ...
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(...) Thank you for your words! The funktionality is higher than the other Mechas I build before. I think the Lego-Technic-System allows this. The next mecha that is allready finished is one smaller Mecha, like Cydonia. But I didnt take pictures of (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: faktor0a Mecha: height 18 inches, weight 2.35kg, 2 Lego Fiber Optic Elements, ...
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(...) Oh thaht is a great laud / praise / acclamation! (dosent know the right word) Until I was build i had take notice to create the character and personality. I am very happy that it works! regards Dan (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: What's Cooking?
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Wow, these are great, Nelson. I've been wondering how long it would be before someone worked the LEGO salt and pepper shaker heads into a MOC. Bravo. The thing in the kitchen with Dinah is nicely crafted, and the Soup Nazi is a fine tribute. I think (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | 1980 Basic Sets 722/733/744 Basic Set MINT Instructions
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Still digging thru the closet, and I came across a trio of 1980 basic set instructions. The are all absolutely MINT! #722 Basic Set Instructions #733 Basic Set Instructions #744 Basic Set w/ Motor Instructions All 3 for $20.00 Plus Shipping. (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | 1980's Classic Castle Instructions Sale
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Well still digging thru my Lego Closet, and came across some nice castle instruction gems.... #383/#6083 Knights Tournament - Instructions - Absolutely MINT!! - $15 each. (I have several of these) The next 3 have never been used, but have been (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | USA/Canada Only Homemaker Instructions Sale
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Still digging thru my Lego closet for instructions..... I found a group of Homemaker instructions. These are the ones produced from 1979-82 only in USA and Canada. They were never produced for Europe, Britain or Australia. And the #5233 Schoolroom (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: New train set?
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(...) Um, isn't that the same price as 7897? (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Big LEGO auction coming soon
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I'm helping a friend sell all his LEGO (99% Technic). We're splitting it into about 30 eBay auctions. We're still preparing the eBay auctions, but here's a sneak peek. (URL) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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| | Re: Viking Fortress Colour Oddity
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(...) You remember how the Bonus Box sets all had way more left side wings, or right-side wedges or whatever? I think it's like that, the bases and the lids are probably produced separately. (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Viking Fortress Colour Oddity
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Hi, I sorted a: [LEGOSet 7019] ...and oddly, the treasure chest had an old brown base, and a new brown lid. Weird. First time I've noticed a mix of old and new in a set, but also odd in that it would seem that treasure chests and treasure chest lids (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.color, lugnet.vikings, FTX)
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| | Re: Inventory Checklist for Classrooms
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(...) I made some inventory sheets for some designer sets by highlighting the WHOLE table/list from peeron, copying & pasting into Microsoft Word, then deleting the unwanted coulumns, etc. I believe the document needs the internet connection to open (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | 10001 back in stock for USA/Canada but call for availability
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Full retail of course but still one of the last true grey trains!! (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Inventory Checklist for Classrooms
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The "inventory" picture on the NXT inside box cover nor the one in the pamphlet are not suitable for classroom use. Is there a lazy way of taking the peeron inventory with pictures (URL) and making an inventory sheet? (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Blue 2x4 BrickFest Sale
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(...) Ted, What model cell phone do you have, and what carrier are you on?? I'd like to know before I place my order.... :-) Paul (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Greater Kansas City Model Railroad Expo
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Any AFOLs in the Kansas City area, we have a chance to display at this year's Greater Kansas City Model Railroad Expo at Union Station on Septmber 23rd and 24th. Set up is Friday the 22nd. I have reserved a layout area of 12 ft by 20. Currently I (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Upgrading RCX to 2.0
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(...) It's just software - otherwise they are essentially identical. Actually, the 1.0 hardware is the best because it has the external power socket - which was absent from the 1.5 and 2.0 RCX. The 2.0 set has a USB infrared tower - the older (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | new moc: clikits sculpture
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what do you do with a small amount of clikits? you borrow more from your friend and make a sculpture. the pix speak for themselves, i think. (5 URLs) enjoy>. -§ deborah higdon-leblond §- (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.clikits, FTX)
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| | Upgrading RCX to 2.0
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My first Mindstorms kit is the NXT but I have found some interesting projects for the previous generation RCX. My basic question is, is the upgrade from say a RCX 1.0 or 1.5 to 2.0 just a software update via your computer or is something that has to (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Brickfest webcast
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(...) Due to low interest, I think we'll cancel a live broadcast for this year's BrickFest. Calum (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
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| | 1980's Town Instructions Sale
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Again, cleaning out my Lego closet... found a lot of interesting old Town set instructions from the 1980's. These have never been used, but some may have been handled once or twice, and are labeled "near mint". I also have a few really nice ones (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | 1970's Town Instructions Sale
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Again cleaning out my closet of old items, here are some 1970's Town instructions for sale. These have never been used, but because they may have been handled once or twice, I label those as "near mint". #369 Coast Guard Station (a USA/Canada set) - (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | 1970's Train Instructions - Sale
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Cleaning out my old Lego closed. Came across these, and I don't even collect trains! These are all in unplayed with condition. I would call them mint, but they have been handled once or twice, so I'll call them near mint: #147 Refrigerator Car - (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Joe Vig and The Perseids
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While the Earth goes through the Perseids, Joe Vig is looking for meteors.. (3 URLs) Complet gallery when moderated> Erik / brickerik FreeLUG member (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.vignette, FTX) !
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| | Re: Using Blender to animate Ldraw models
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Hi all, i have finished the first two parts of my Minifig animation tutorial for blender. The (URL) Part> covers the import and preparation of the minifigs mesh while the (URL) Part> covers the creation of the armature and the alignment of the (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: rtl21 B
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(...) Yes but his design relied on speed as well. So what he really needed is a dual drive system that allowed a high torque motor to come into play when the high speed motor was stalled. I built one of these for my king of the hill robot which (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | NXT and ROBOLAB 2.9
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Here we are with our first NXT robot, a simple sonar wall-avoider. We are using ROBOLAB 2.9 as we want to continue with the ROBOLAB structures. This allows easy migration from RCX to NXT. ROBOLAB 2.9 uses a replacement firmware for NXT. Very (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Modified IR Passenger 7897 thanks to Thomas Burger
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Special thanks go to Thomas Burger for putting together DAT files for the new IR train elements!! (URL) is an attempt to stretch the 7897 set: (URL) advised me that the lack of IR train motor power should be bolstered by use of a motor at each end (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Super Chief set not ready for prime-time
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(...) (URL) Brick Blast Vermont>. This was are first experiance doing a mid summer train show and it was extremely hot and humid durring the event. My trains which have been running at shows for 7+ years would not run at all because of the friction (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés mercredi 2 août 2006
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jours. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** La théorie du Gestalt appliquée à la conception (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: R21 - stop the chris bashing
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(...) k, this made me laugh out loud... the comma really did it for me--the pause before the storm, as it were... Dave K (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto21 Pictures, August Dinner
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(...) Just so we all get it: This is a photo, of Calum staging a photo of Ka On, taking a photo. (URL) this is a good shot of my robot winning over a robot built by a rocket scientist. (URL) note the look of shock/horror/disbelief from Calum and (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | NTX sui giornali...
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Per chi non lo avesse visro, ne parlano anche qua saluti Giuliano (URL) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto21 Pictures, August Dinner
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(...) Here's more photos-- (URL) they were taken with the mighty DC120... eh, whatever The good news is that Sandy took most of the pics! :) Dave K (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | X-1 Core Fighter with Booster
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(URL) This time I made the booster too. (URL) Flickr> (URL) BS> Tim (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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(...) There wer a couple of reason for wanting flat cubes, and the fact that many of us only had about a plate worth of clearence between the cube placing/sensing assembly and a filled cell below was one of these issues. As to sensing, we used (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: AAA LEGO ambasciatori cercasi
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(...) a dir il vero ci ho fatto un pensierino. ma da marzo sono diventato il nuovo webmaster di LDraw.org - oltre a far parte del nuovo direttivo 2006 (si legge l'orgoglio in questa dichiarazione??? ;-))) - e le due cariche mi tengono parecchio (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: AAA LEGO ambasciatori cercasi
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(...) ovviamente! ma credo serva a poco: nella loro ambasciata a Beirut ;-) w. (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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(...) um, we talked about this a LOT for the C$ game. in theory, you DONT need to even use a light sensor. in fact. didnt your leader only use touch for his C$? Chris (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Blue 2x4 BrickFest Sale
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(...) Not for me. I'd demand a pic. (URL) Here>, Diana-- Ted's tall, dark, and handsome, just like his building;-) JOHN (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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(...) One problem (or at least challenge) with the soccer/baseketball idea. To a light sensor, they have the potential to look exactly the same (i.e. - tell the two of them apart with high accuracy is not an easy thing to do). (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Blue 2x4 BrickFest Sale
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(...) Diana- The current 20% off sale is the only sale we've ever had at Blue 2x4 Bricks. Everything is 20% off per the usual way BrickLink does these thing. I've been to 3 BFs and have never had a problem finding someone even if we had never met (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: New train set?
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(...) Crikey, that's hardly starter-set pricing, is it? Lego must really want to kill off trains. Jason R (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Ritiro dal grossista
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Ciao a tutti, il ritiro del materiale dal grossista lo facciamo dopo il 21/8. Per quella data se qualcuno ha intenzione di comunicarmi altri acquisti lo faccia pure. Chiedo scusa a tutti quelli a cui ho risposto male o tardi, ma purtroppo è un (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: rtl21 B
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(...) Interesting idea. (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: German DB Class 144 in 8-wide for IR System
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James Mathis wrote: [...] (...) Nice tiling around the profilsten. It really adds that little something extra that raises your models to the next level. Chris (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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(...) hummmmmm how about soccer balls? They have 2 colours?(1) Orange basket balls, and the white soccer ones.(2) Now i have to go and find my Project X if's code. geesh. Chris Project X 2nd PLACE winner 1. or we could reuse the black and white (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl21 B
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(...) Can you do me a favour and not do this until the restaurant clears out towards the end of the night? :) Calum (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl21 B
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(...) hummm, i dont think i follow this logic. I wanted the speed to try to get to the end of the table as fast a possiable. I had the torque, with the worm to 24, and it was driven with the slower port of the RC motor. OFF TOPIC!!! (calum dont read (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: R21 - stop the chris bashing
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(...) And, no one was surprised. Steve (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | R21 - stop the chris bashing
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OK, enuff already... (URL) this: (URL) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | CBS (Clicking Brick Syndrome) Patch availible
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For those of you that have come down with the crippling "Clicking Brick Syndrome", it seems that there may finally be a fix availible. Take a look at: (URL) you had this problem during a firmware update, please try this and post the results. (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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(...) How about two different shapes. May I suggest Xs and Os. Derek (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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Is there a reason to use square blocks? Just to make it a harder material handling problem? How about a shape more amenable to handling...say something with handles? -Rob A> (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl21 B
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(...) Then you should have geared them down more. If it was possible to stall the motors, and the tires weren't slipping then your speed would have been reduced more, increasing your torque until you got to a point just before they would slip. -Rob (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Lunar Ice Harvester
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(...) I was wondering how long it would take before someone commented on that :-) My thought was that inside the cabin, the harvester would provide the oxygen. Outside, the operators would need an environmental suit. The photos with the operators (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: rtl21 B
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(...) Seriously, I think the tires were too sticky. When the bot met with something "immovable" (like an anchor bot) then the bot would STOP. I really dont recall, but I think, none of my loss's were do to actually being PULLED. (I expect to be (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Bugs in rad_def.inc
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(...) details removed (...) Thanks everyone for pointing these out. I will update this info on the BrickJournal web site as well so other people don't run into the same problem. As for the copy through Notepad, I have done that so long that I take (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: New train set?
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(...) Saw it for sale yesterday in Legoland Billund. About 799 DKR. Jeroen (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.inst, FTX)
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| | Re: Sales and Deals dello S@H
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(...) Ciao. Sarei interessato anche io al fuoristrada. Sono ancora in tempo? Ciao. Stefano (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | acquisto lego
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ho letto che Cristian Sala è interessato alla SantaFe Superchief. io avevo acquistato tutta la serie su www.mytoys.de c'è ancora qualcosa. in più ho visto che c'è ancora il motore 9v. come spese di spedizione, io avevo risparmiato rispetto a (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | XXIII LEGOFEST
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Come già preannunciato qualche settimana fa, Torino ospiterà nuovamente un Legofest il prossimo settembre. Quest'anno le date sono il 23 e 24 settembre, il luogo è sempre il medesimo dello scorso anno (con la possibilità però di usufruire di (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | nuovi treni
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ciao, volevo segnalarvi che sul sito (URL) nella sezione "lego-city" a settembre arrivano i nuovi binari dritti e curvi e il nuovo treno 7897 passenger train. ps: non lavoro per quel negozio, è solo un appunto. (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: AAA LEGO ambasciatori cercasi
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Vai vai vai WIlly...sei tutti noi!!! (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | RE: NXT Motors -- Speed vs Power Level
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(...) I've done the same measurements/plots and found same linearity when 'brake' on inactive PWM cycles is used. Not so good when 'float' is used. This leads to a conundrum that I simply can't explain. If you use 'inactive brake' mode the motors (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: AAA LEGO ambasciatori cercasi
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Non conoscendo l'inglese sono tagliato fuori. Non conosco bene come funziona questo discorso degli ambasciatori, ma se è un modo per far sentire la nostra voce ben venga, e spero che qualcuno di noi si faccia avanti! ciao GIuliano Willy Tschager ha (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Why do European Lego Catalogs/Set Instructions have punched holes?
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I noticed this a long time ago, but for some reason a lot of European catalogs and set instructions in the 1970's (and later?).... seem to have holes punched at the top corner. Why is that? This is not found in USA/Canada Lego catalogs and (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NXT Motors -- Speed vs Power Level
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I tried to plot power levels vs angular speed (in rad/s) and discovered goooood linearity ( remember how non-linear was RCX PWM)? The PID loop is a great idea, and I suppose that PID parameters should be tweakable. In SDK or HDK ( don't remember (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | The Rural Medieval World
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We thought we'd try something different in the Castle room at Brickfest this year, and have a rural-themed community display. Ben has prepared a building standard for this display, see (URL) is also a thread discussing the standard on classic (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest) !!
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| | Ruby NXT Bluetooth Data Logger
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I wrote a simple ruby script to listen for messages sent via bluetooth: (URL) is comma delimited - timestamp, mailbox message was sent to, message like: Thu Aug 03 00:27:18 EDT 2006,1,"Chunky Robotic Bacon!" Thu Aug 03 00:28:20 EDT 2006,1,"true" Thu (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Bugs in rad_def.inc
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There are more then one issue with the files and code specified in the tutorial. I found them all, so here is the required fixes to make them work. Step 1.) Assuming you have downloaded the proper files: Begin by opening the POV-Ray master ini file (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | Re: Blue 2x4 BrickFest Sale
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(...) Hi, Does your 20% sales still apply to the "already on sale" items in your store? How do I look for you at brickfest if i have placed a BL order with you? cheers, diana (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: IR train base alternative
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(...) I’m still trying to figure all that out. If I make 20+ at a time it wouldn't be horrible but it's still a little time consuming. Here’s a short list of components 1 IR receiver base <not listed on bricklink yet so ???...??? 2 28guage 4 strand (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.parts.custom, lugnet.parts.mod)
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| | Re: BrickFest Bulletin: LEGO Building Challenge
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Its about time those NBA heads got some use. (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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(...) ummm... NO (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Dave's tears - R21 the results
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(...) Aren't the stickiness that made your motor stall, or was it the RC motor turning itself off? So here are my pics: (URL) Highlights: Chris keep getting distracted by (URL) food> and (URL) talking>, and forgot to test his robot properly. Calum (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Hobby Show November 3-5, 2006
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Does the local Toronto train group do the train show a few weeks after this? Nov 18 - 19, 2006 The Toronto Toy & Doll Collectors' Show & The Toronto Christmas Train Show We are debating which show to possibly open a sales booth at, "the hobby show" (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | accordion
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I saw a neat little MF scale accordion (URL) here> by Brickshelf member sirnadroj. It uses simple construction, but it looks great. This may be old news, but I thought I'd post it here for those who hadn't seen it. David (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | What's Cooking?
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What's cooking? Some vigs, of course! :) Inspired by some TV shows, and working in the kitchen... (URL) Emeril (URL) Hell's Kitchen (with Gordon Ramsay) (URL) The Soup Nazi (from Seinfeld) and... (URL) Iron Chef 2140 (URL) Dinah (URL) Pizza Man (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Desperately seeking part # 47758
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Has anyone created, or can anyone create 47758 'Windscreen 4 x 4 Roll Cage' for me? I have a model I need to build instructions for and I have a very short deadline to get the images out. Thanks (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Lunar Ice Harvester
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Actually, I do have a suggestion. Most lunar environments, as scientific observation has informed us, are somewhat lacking in breathable oxygen. Since they don't have an atmosphere to speak of. Thus, I recommend helmets and airtanks for your pilots, (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Blue 2x4 BrickFest Sale
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Here is the URL for (URL) Blue 2x4 Bricks>. -Ted. (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: faktor0a Mecha: height 18 inches, weight 2.35kg, 2 Lego Fiber Optic Elements, ...
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Very nice MOC. Skipping over the excellent mecha building techniques, I just wanted to say I really like the character this Mecha has. It has personality, it's hard to get that into a LEGO model, but you've managed it, cool. Cheers, Mark. (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | robot positioning system
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RCX freaks surely will appreciate www.informatik.uni-k...arbeit.pdf !!! Cool ! (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Which Moonbase will go to BrickFest? YOU decide!
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(...) Is there any chance that there will be slides for this presentation available online for those of us that can't make it to BF? This sounds like an interesting topic! Spencer (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Get ready for Brickfest™!
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I have to say BrickFest 2006 is gonna be a fun!! I know the event hasn't even started yet. But just looking at the "Who's Attending" list ...wow. I look forward seeing everybody again, chat, take pictures, see wild and awesome models etc... (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: AAA LEGO ambasciatori cercasi
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(...) La danno l'immunità diplomatica? :-PPPP (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Blue 2x4 BrickFest Sale
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For a limited time, Blue 2x4 Bricks is having a 20% off sale on all items with free shipping to buyers taking delivery at BrickFest. Blue 2x4 Bricks features over 20,000 Technic Bricks at the lowest quantity prices around and over 40,000 bricks in (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
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| | Re: Bugs in rad_def.inc
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(...) That wouldn't have helped here. The problem is that whatever software was used to do the article used fancy quotes (different opening and closing quotes). Those are just extended ASCII characters, though, which means that they would have (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: faktor0a Mecha: height 18 inches, weight 2.35kg, 2 Lego Fiber Optic Elements, ...
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Hi Dan, Hi Eric, I already commented on faktor0a in a German forum (www.1000steine.de). So this is an absolutely cool Mecha, I just wanted to state this here. Dan, I think you have a lot of potential for building mecha. I'm looking forward to your (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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(...) We didn't do a "time penalty" for touching. That could make it so a very-fast, very-sloppy robot could win against a very-slow, very-accurate robot. If you have to help your robot play, you should lose to someone who doesn't have to help their (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) I'm liking this idea more and more. I like the time factor to help determine the winner and I like the time penalty for every 'touch'. It's just like Project X except one row and (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | LEGO ships instead of regular game bits
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John K made lego ships that fit on the (URL) board just fine. (URL) More pictures: (2 URLs) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | AAA LEGO ambasciatori cercasi
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cari fratelli in abiesse, vi inoltro la mail di jan col annuncio che la premiata ditta cerca ambasciatori per il quarto ciclo. visto che servono buone conoscenze del inglese per poter partecipare e rispondere alle 1500 mail che sono state scambiate (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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(...) The easiest way is to cover the board with tiles. However, that's a bunch of tiles, and not everyone has that available (after they've made the cubes). On the other hand, leaving the board as-is will give better builders another challenge to (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto22 Ideas?
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(...) See that's the problem I have with 3T...it's bankrupt by default. Same with ProjectY...we're all making the assumption most entries won't work properly, so don't worry that the outcome is deterministic is a non issue. It seems to me kind of (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Now Taking Applications for LEGO Ambassador - Cycle 4
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It’s been another great Ambassador session but its time for us to begin Cycle 4 of the program. • Continued our work in the development process for new products and upcoming product lines • Received Early info about several new products • Given (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Re: rtl21 B
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(...) Yes. It should make it a very simple game. No fancy strategies. It does take a bit of fun out of it for some of us, but hopefully it will give some new people a chance to play. (...) The center line. Steve (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Bugs in rad_def.inc
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Of course this doesn't solve the problems I ran into in the process because I messed with the installations :( Hope somebody can help with that -NB (20 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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