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(...) Try modelling that in lego... :) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Worst of the worst
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(...) with my pastiche go and post them there where the image is posted. This cross-forum linking is sad, cowardly and nothing more than an attempt to garner some support from new lugnet members after irritating or abusing almost everyone who has (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.people.support)
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| | oztion
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Ben Whytcross mentioned the oztion on-line auction site in another posting. This is the first I have heard of this site. Not surprisingly it looks a lot like ebay, although I notice a couple of interesting differences. Firstly, not much stuff seems (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Worst of the worst
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I invite you all to know the pettiness and cruelty that is Timothy Gould: (URL) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.people.support) !
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| | The Story of the LMHoF - My Story
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So I was told to go check out an article on the MechaHub web site concerning the History of the Lego Mecha Hall of Fame. I liked the story, though there is something terribly wrong with the facts in one section of the story. This is the truth, I am (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | US S@H Phone Specials August 9--August 15
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1-800-835-4386 (hit 1 when the recording starts, then hit 1 again when the S@H Specials recording starts, to skip the listings and get to a representative). 8783 Sir Rascus 8.99 4.50 3297 Scoop and Lofty at the Building Yard 29.99 15.00 4969 Tractor (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Looking for a G. Braken
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(...) No worries. Thanks for trying to help. It looks like the QLD Police will be hearing about this in the near future. The Victorian Police have already been informed, and N.S.W. and W.A. are not too far away. And with what little information (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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| | Re: *** LDView Version 3.1 Beta 1 Released ***
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I'd like to make two feature requests for future versions of LDView: 1) the ability to set file associations to load LDraw models in LDView, by default 2) a command to open the current model in MLCad Great program! Thanks! (20 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | rtl22 working concept
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So...after much debate...and some diagrams of how a root canal and partial crown works...the rtlToronto22 working concept is... Tic Tac Toe... ...wait a second...hasn't someone done that before....well yeah. But rtlToronto just can't well leave that (...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Mecha models wanted for game project
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If anyone's interested in contributing some LDraw models of mecha for a video game project, drop on by the GearHead forums: (URL) visit the wiki: (URL) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: AZLUG MEETING COME ON WE CAN DO IT
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(...) I can make Saturday @ 2:00 pm. Just will need some directions to where BJ's & Desert Ridge is. (20 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.az)
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| | Re: Mindstorms software
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(...) (20 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Looking for a G. Braken
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Sorry, doesn't ring any bells under any of those names either. (...) Hopefully, but it doesn't have a promising feel to it ... Kerry (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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| | Re: NXT Robot Swarm at BrickFest -- featuring Bluetooth
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(...) As I was working on my ruby-nxt module, I managed to get the nxt to connect to my laptop as both a master and a slave. On my laptop (a MacBookPro) I created an incoming bluetooth serial port and an outgoing serial port on the DEV-B device (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Rizmit Art
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Rizmit - Art ESLC 2004 (URL) Enjoy. (URL) Eric Sophie (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.publish.photography, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego competition at the Puyallup Fair
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Only 2 weeks until the entry deadline. (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.wa, FTX)
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| | Re: How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...)
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(...) So, for starters, I checked the weight of my entire collection according to Peeron: Total Weight: 446376.280000005 grams Total Pieces: 367662 Total with weight: 10426 Total without weight: 2541 Total pieces with weight: 339630 Total pieces (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mindstorms software
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(...) Should be OK - mine works on XP SP2. I don't remember doing any updates to get it to work, but that was a while ago. Fear not! Ed (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT Robot Swarm at BrickFest -- featuring Bluetooth
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(...) Jordan, I think swarming would be very fun to explore, but, for me, there isn't enough time before BF. Here's something you could play around with before BF: (URL) by getting your robot to follow the line on the test pad. To answer your (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Mindstorms software
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Ok, another new user question (by the way, thanks for all that have answered my other questions): I bought a used Robotics Invention System 1.5 kit and since it was 1999 vintage and ran on Windows 98, I was wondering if it will run under Windows XP? (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: FS: Ultimate Lego Book (DK)
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(...) That's really cool of you. Thanks. Tim (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: NXT Robot Swarm at BrickFest -- featuring Bluetooth
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It's good that people are interested! With the RCX couldn't you just have a robot broadcast a message to anything that could see the IR signal and was waiting for specific messages to arrive? Can a similar thing be done with BT? Would we be better (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: Great Ball Contraption at BrickFest '06
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(...) Yes. So the bad news is a lot of standard GBC modules will break if they hit a Zamor sphere, so they really can't be used unconstrained in a GBC. the good news is there are a number of GBC modules that can process both easily, so if you build (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: swan firmware motor problem
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(...) I have tried it, but it did not make a difference. The motors still won't run. I must admit that I did not think of it before because I thought (maybe wrongly) that the old API would stay the same and that you would have to use the new (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: 2 Part requests.
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1.) Train steam cylinder(the one found on all the grey era 12v and 4.5v steam engines.) (URL) 2.) The 1x4 tile with the control pannel found in the BNSF Locomotive. (URL) As I mentioned Peeron.com was down last night so I couldn't get exact details, (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Interessante...
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Bello, ma non tanto quanto il 10152. ...lo sto cercando da diverso tempo e non voglio cedere ai tedeschi che su ebay lo danno a 150 euro ! Non capisco perchè non venga rimesso in vendita ! Quanto al 10177 potevano però trovare una soluzione migliore (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Spike Building Guide Typo
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(...) The same three girls got confused by the programming instructions for Spike "Reactions". They missed the proper placement of the second switch block within the primary switch block within the loop block in frame 8. Confused? So was I. They saw (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: BrickFest Bulletin: LEGO Building Challenge
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(...) Here's the award, as built by Nathan Sawaya: (2 URLs) This symbolizes the simple fact that one brick CAN make a difference. To those who have already entered, please e-mail <mailto:admin@brickjournal.com me> your address - I was informed that (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun, lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, FTX) !
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| | Re: How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...)
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(...) For the curious, I'm actually in the middle of doing a more precise calculation. After I answered yesterday, I went around and looked for previous LUGNET posts on the matter, and found a staggering number of estimations for less pieces per (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | The Funky Chunky Munky (or Eddie gets pimped)
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This would be my latest: (2 URLs) Mocpages> - (URL) Brickshelf> Let me know what you think! Linus (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: FS: Ultimate Lego Book (DK)
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(...) Sorry... have contacted admin about previous post to ensure it gets 'nuked' from non sales groups, Thanks... Alex Farlie (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | New Sensors and NI Week
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You may be interested in reading my recent "trip report" from attendance at National Instruments annual sales conference ("NI Week"). It's posted on (URL) highlights of this blog entry include: 1. A first look at the newly announced "Build a Block" (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | FS: Ultimate Lego Book (DK)
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(NB To Lugnet Admins - X-No-Archive: YES X-Drop-Msg-After: 2006-11-18) Hi. Starting a clearout of old lego items... Reasonable offers please :-) I can only really ship to UK at present, given the current complexities of international shipping. Ok. (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Too much time on their hands...
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(...) No, what do ~THEY~ say??? Inquiring minds want to know. On a some what related note... Here is my almost sound advice for the day, if you get a treadmill, for "dancing" or whatever, always wear shoes, unless you dont care to have skin on the (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...)
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(...) Thanks DaveE, After I get the weight of one of my dollar store microwave containers (my preferred means of storage) from the delicate mail shipping scale here at work, I am going to try this out. Much Appreciated, Karl (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Legoland train
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I've found some pics of a Legoland advertising liveried train. Its probably been around for a good few years now and may even have been repainted. (URL) South West Trains> (URL) 455856> (5 URLs) Another one that I can't imbed> Tim (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: NXT Robot Swarm at BrickFest -- featuring Bluetooth
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(...) The problem (I think; somebody want to prove me wrong?) is that the "master" NXT can send messages to at most three "slave" NXTs, but the "slaves" can not then act as BT masters to still more units. In other words, it seems very very easy to (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: Too much time on their hands...
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(...) ummmm .. .. ... ... ummmmm .. ... ... well, you know what they say about well coreographed male dancers..... (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Great Ball Contraption at BrickFest '06
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(...) Hey Mat, Dont know if anyone has answered you or not, Janey, did the initial test, and others have since confirmed that NO, the 2 balls are different in size. A soccer ball will fit with room to spare between 2 studs. and a "horta egg" (1) is (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 4x4 Tic Tac Toe...
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(...) YES!!!! i would LOVE to have a look at it. I LOVE mindscript. I cant wait for it to be a language for the NXT(1). then I can start to program the NXT. Chris 1. HINT HINT!!!! (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 4x4 Tic Tac Toe...
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(...) um, how many nested if's programs have YOU written? Rob, ~I~ am the nested if KING! if I think it can be done... then it can be done!(maybe) chris (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Local snack-bar
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(...) Thank you for all those compliments. The train-track-vig isn't a personal statement in the way you (jokingly) implied. Actually, (URL) in this post> I explane that I rather like the images of the Clickits trademark/icon figures. And note that (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Per gli amanti del cantiere... in miniatura!
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Considerando le dimensioni, mi sembra ben proporzionata e gradevole questa ruspa in scala minifig: (URL) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Interessante...
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e qualcuno ha gia' fatto una recensione fotografica : (URL) molto bello , e non molto costoso... mumble mumble!!! ciao Cristian (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Redscout and Space (Lamborghini) Countach
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Oops, the link to the redscout is of course: (URL) Sorry about that! (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Re: treni rc
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Bè sarei interessato. Acquisterei vari bricks, ma nessun sets completo. I prezzi sono buoni? I costi di spedizione? Magari mi scrivi in privato? bgiuliano@mclink.it saluti Giuliano Beduglio andrea vigo ha scritto: (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Help per Brickshelf
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ciao, ho provato a selezionare la cartella, ma mi ritorna questo messaggio: "This folder is not yet public." Ovvero non riesco a vedere le immagini contenute nella cartella. Questa situazione, mi sembra, che si verifichi ogni volta che si "caricano" (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | treni rc
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ciao, ho visto che su (URL) arrivato 7897 Passenger Train.è il più economico, 63.99 $ dato che mi intressava e volevo al limite prendere anche 4766 (cimitero di Potter 29.99$). Ho già comprato da questo negozio e il pacco nel giro di 7 gg è arrivato (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Looking for a G. Braken
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(...) Yep...ozlego is the bricklink username[1]. Apparently he sold to 4 buyers on bricklink which are almost certainly going to be cases of NSS. I bought an item from him on oztion.com.au and he hasn't responded to me since I paid...nor to the (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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| | Help per Brickshelf
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Ciao volevo chiedere se qualcuno è in grado di aiutarmi con un problema di visualizzazione su brickshelf. Se ho capito bene ogni galleria viene rappresentata dalla prima foto contenuta al suo interno. Il mio problema è che un paio di settimane fa ho (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: 2 Part requests.
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Some clarification: (...) There have been two versions of this part: (URL) an older type with rectangular edges> and (URL) a newer type with rounded edges>, each one accepting a differend type of piston rod. So, you should indicate what type you're (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Looking for a G. Braken
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"Benjamin Whytcross" <b_whytcross@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:J3rF6L.FA8@lugnet.com... (...) Doesn't ring any bells. Do you have a username from ebay/bricklink that might be more recognised? Kerry (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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| | 2 Part requests.
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I am looking for 2 parts. Unfortunity, Peeron.com is offline right now so I can't get part numbers. If anyone has made these parts already I would appreciate it if you could provide a link to them. 1.) Train steam cylinder(the one found on all the (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Thank you & Open Invitation to the Hobby Show, Nov. 3, 4, 5th
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I think Janey said it all. :) My thanks to Dave as well. Both he and Janey kept up the momentum of the show the 2nd and 3rd year when I wasn't able to be as active in the planning. That means this will be our 4th year at the show! The only other (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | RE: swan firmware motor problem
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I will post latest firmware on web site soon. -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...ugnet.com] On Behalf Of Gustavo Brinck Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 7:27 PM To: lugnet.robotics.rcx....lugnet.com (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: NXT Robot Swarm at BrickFest -- featuring Bluetooth
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The spec says that at most three other Bluetooth units may be connected to each NXT unit for any given program, but with proper setup one unit could act as a message-passing server for all the others in a swarm, or a simple broadcast relay protocol (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: swan firmware motor problem
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(...) I don't have the new firmware, but maybe you can try: #define NORMAL_SPEED 100 because, now the firmware have 100 step of motor pwr control. Best Regards Gustavo (20 years ago, 11-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Mecha models needed
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I was wondering if anyone has any LDraw models of mecha (giant robots) they'd be willing to donate to a video game project. Thanks! (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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(...) Sorry, I've tried to get that email address sorted out, but nothing seems to move around here. The address in my profile is correct. Try j dot j dot railton at btinternet dot com. Jason R (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Vikings Chess Set!
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(...) I'm really looking forward to this set, it's on my "must get" list (which is fairly short these days due to $$ constraints). I heard about this set earlier in the year and have been waiting for it with almost as much anticipation as the NXT (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.vikings, FTX)
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| | Re: How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...)
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(...) The estimations I've heard and used (to reasonable accuracy) are 400/pound and 500/pound. So I generally go with 450/pound and it seems to work out ok. I've also heard the estimation 1000/kg, which works out to roughly 454/pound, which is (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Thank you & Open Invitation to the Hobby Show, Nov. 3, 4, 5th
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First of all... I want to start by thanking Dave Koudys for all the work he has done over the last two years with planning and organising the Hobby Show. His efforts have been outstanding and allowed many of us the pleasure of displaying our MOCS in (...) (20 years ago, 10-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, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | How many pieces in a pound? (estimation...)
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Good Afternoon, I'm looking to estimate the number of pieces in my collection. I have an average mix of bricks and specialty pieces, That have come from sets, but also from garage sale aquisitions, PAB, and friends donations. I don't have the time (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4x4 Tic Tac Toe...
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(...) It CAN be done. My program logic + all movement instructions fit into the RCX for our 3T contest. The logic was complete, it would play "perfectly" according to the logic, and it was all done with nested ifs. The mechanicals were the downfall (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés mercredi 9 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 ---...--- ** Une copie illégale d'un set LEGO ** par Alban (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Spike Building Guide Typo
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So how do we report a Building Instructions typo? In the Building Instructions for Spike's Tail, frame 8/30, an axle is indentified as a #4 on the parts area and as a #3 on the subset build area. Three girls in my current class pointed out the typo (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Bionicle parts
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My son ask me to build his MOC's with LDraw, but very much of the bionicle parts are missing in the official libary and also on the parts tracker. Please, if someone has these parts also only as mockup, please let me have these files, so I can make (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | New Vikings Chess Set!
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Woah, it looks like we'll be seeing a Vikings Chess Set sometime soon-- Lego.com (says "Coming Soon on 20 Sep 2006"), and lists the pirce as "USD 49.99". Their link doesn't seem to work at the moment, though: (URL) Instead, you can find the page by (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.vikings, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Pleasanton museum pictures
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(...) Hey Jason, I am trying to get you in touch with the member who built this train, but your email is bouncing. Can you send me a current email address so I can pass it on to him? -- Russell Clark President/Co-Founder, BayLTC/BayLUG (URL) Chief, (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Halva priset i tre dagar
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Äntligen något att "skriva hem" om! Idag, i morgon och på lördag är det halva priset på allt LEGO® i den nyöppnade BR-affären på drottninggatan i Örebro. Olof (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.loc.se.or.ore)
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| | Re: Too much time on their hands...
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(...) As I was tracing out a tailplane onto Lego wing shapes last night I wondered to myself...boy, I'm ashamed and embarassed that I have too much time on my hands that I would be trying to build a scale accurate airplane. Then I saw this. Calum (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | BrickFest 2006 - Dirty Brickster!!
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Want your shot at being a Dirty Brickster at BrickFest 2006? "Why! You. Dirty. Little.... Brickster!" Yes, it is always painful to watch as your fellow AFOL grabs that really cool, very unexpected grab bag of rare Maersk Blue bricks out of your (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX) !
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| | Too much time on their hands...
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(URL) wanna treadmill!! Dave K (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Anyone done anything with "record and Play" motor from 4095?
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In lugnet.build, Eric Sophie wrote: I did. (...) Wow! That is quite incredible! Impressive from all angles. As bulky as the motor is, it is perfectly hidden by the emense size of the mech. I think I am leaning toward something more mundane with my (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: 4x4 Tic Tac Toe...
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(...) A little googling came up with this: "255,168 unique games of Tic Tac Toe to be played. Of these, 131,184 are won by the first player, 77,904 are won by the second player, and 46,080 are drawn." And the move tree is nested 5 layer deep (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: TTT - R22 - ball board
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(...) I was thinking more "required" rather than allowed. It is relatively simple if you can pre-load the bits into a hopper on your bot. It is most difficult if the bits are randomly scattered in the start area. I was looking to allow a variety of (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Is it too late to register?
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Is it too late to register for this year's Brickfest? I noticed the cutoff for pre-registration was July 25th, but I wondered if there was a possibility for late registration... Also, if late registration is possible, what is the fee? -- Thomas Main (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Thanks Niels, but the kudos go to Koyan Derudder (URL). All I did was take his work and put it in magazine format, along with a model that's easy to build. Koyan did all of the hard part, and we should be thanking him. :-) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) I am going to agree with Rob, and vitali, and then as a follow up, with you. While T3 has been done, I think its new to us. and "just the right" amount of challenge, and complexity. You said it well yourself. the more complex we make this, (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I agree with Vitali on this. its "simple" as a T3 game, yet, by allowing the balls/marbles (1) to start off to the side, opens up many different ways to play your ball. Chris 1. to be determined (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | dove comprare lego vicino a rimini?
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come da titolo. dato che vado per 1 settimana a igea marina in ferie, volevo sapere se qialcuno di voi conosce dei posti dove poter comprare dei lego anche set fuori catalogo. magari anche in qualche negozio di San marino. ciao e grazie Andrea (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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Hi, I trying out the Swan firmware (Fast0103.lgo) with nqc 3.1 r4 but for some reason the motors won't turn on. Has anybody seen something like that? If I run the program, it does all the other things, even switch on the little motor triangles on (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: AZLUG MEETING COME ON WE CAN DO IT
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How about BJs at Desert Ridge? (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.az)
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| | Re: My Return and the MAWS
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(...) Yeerp, I did mutliate those...rather sloppy job at that, heh. Well, it's not as bad as most people might think, quite a few people I know go crazy with their X-acto knives. I don't have quite as much Lego as I like, so I only have a handful of (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Re: rtlToronto 2006 shirts
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(...) I wouldn't mind getting one myself. (...) I think the line art should look a little better. Vitali (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I like this arrangement, I think the small field will allow for many to have different ideas rather then the X Y axis movement which will occur if the pieces are bigger. The fact the you marbles have to start in the solid line areas is pretty (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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Personally I believes that programming for original TTT will already be quite a challenge for me, so I think that 4x4 TTT will defiantly turn me away from the competition, unless you run two events together, 3x3 and 4x4 TTT. I think that some others (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Forget I mentioned 4x4. This is starting to remind me of stuff I always felt I needed to do, not what I wanted to do. Calum (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Or 9 mans Morris, with axels in holes: (URL) A> (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Jeeese - you made me dig up one of my old game theory texts :) I believe (and someone please correct me if I am wrong) that 3-in a row on anything board 3x4 or larger can always be won by the first player (if neither makes mistakes :) If you (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Our the R-games too hard?
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(...) How about 2 TTT games... 3x3 for the dummies like me, and 4x4 for smarter people. Make them both marbles and just extend the grid. Some might make theirs compete on both based on different programs (or the same, with some different logic)... (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It may be deterministic, but I doubt many could fit the entire solution tree into an RCX. How about making time a factor. In a cat's game, the faster playing bot wins (would need a way to time accurately, though). I think the complexity of (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto 2006 shirts
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(...) Count me in for one.... (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think we have had a few 'really hard' competitions--C$ comes immediately to mind And how many entries did we have? And a 'relatively' easy one--rope climbing--what--2 entries? We've ran block/marble stacking/sorting numerous times and we get (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Since I won't be at dinner (most likely), here is my 2 cents, based on Chris' board, and the one used by the the club with blocks. My proposed board: (URL) One player has the red area, one has the blue. During a bots turn, it can be anywhere (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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Well, I'm not really into this 3T concept because of two things: a) Deterministic b) Done before Not to say for b) we've done everything original, but in general I'd like to keep the flavour in that direction. So...I was chatting with John... and (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes! (...) I love how this is different, and would love to see the two-tone grey of shading in the pieces. I think it would look fantastic, sort of "colorized" or whatever that term is for when you take a picture and reduce it to like 16 (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Looking for a G. Braken
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Just wondering if anyone in QLD knows of a G. Braken...I and 7 other people have been trying to contact him (her?) about some items paid for but never received...and not getting any replies. If anyone knows of a person going by this name, and (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.au.qld.bri)
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| | Re: Screw Steve's balls, was Re: Sucking Steve's balls -
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(...) On one hand, I think using the soccer/basketballs would be really cool. It opens up different EOAT possibilities: you could use a pick-and-place mechanism with a gripper, or simply a magazine. However cool Iain's mechanism is, I seriously (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto 2006 shirts
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(...) Yes, for up to $20. (...) I like the solid 3D look - different from the originals,. Would prefer the same old Blue color... or maybe black? John (20 years ago, 10-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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