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(...) Well said dave. here ya go: [Announcement] ATTENTION WORLD - Please let it be known that one Mr. Dave Koudys, and Derek Raycraft has expressed to the group in a public post that they no longer wish to participate with rtlToronto. (...) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Follow That Line - BrickFest Style
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Is there any more information about date/time/location? I'll be bringing a robot for this one. (20 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Expanding the range of pirate headwear
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Ahoy, It's no secret that I'm a fan of the much maligned: [LEGOSet 7075] But the figures included have been an issue for me, so I finally decided to write them off, but make some use of them: (URL) It's not easy to use the hats. The hats are joined (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Galactic Communications
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(...) Come in? Yes. *fzzt bzzzt* What was...*chzzzzzt*... Yes, yes, we read you. What's that? New vessels being constructed for future ... *schzzzt* ... in Cruan'atan? Copy that. ...Here on Valyance, all national ...*spztztzt*... have been hauled in (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.gaming.starship)
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| | Re: Birmingham Lego shop closing
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(...) I would tend to agree with you there. The only really great thing was the PAB, and that could be better served from the web, with a minimum order, and being able to order at least basic bricks by volume or selection. This is not the same as (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Mindstorms software
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There is also an issue with processors with Hyper-threading and RIS 2.0 : (URL) it is the case, then Lego has a patch : (URL) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(...) I agree with you, but as long as Legoland is not owned by Lego, it is an amusement park like any other, and developers are going to use it as the draw for retail, hotels, other tourism, etc. and since it will increace the tax base enormously, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Brickshelf Find: A Tale of Battletech Love, starring Utonium
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Hey gang. This edition of of Brickshelf Find, features works by Utonium. He has a collection of recognizeable Battletech favs like the Madcat, Elementals, and a cool mecha hangar. So whether you are Inner Sphere, Outer Sphere or Clansman, check it (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Hangin' around
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(...) I agree (mostly), which is why LDView doesn't support JPEG snapshots, even with color subsampling disabled. Implementing JPEG support would be fairly easy, but I've always felt that it wasn't appropriate. Having said that, I don't personally (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Nuovo treno natalizio (10173)
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Carino, per essere largo 6 ed essere stato disegnato dalla Lego ;-) Pare che sia in vendita a LL Billund a 799 corone (107 euro). Costoso... :-( Ciao G. (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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My whole take on this is that it is NOT Lego driven, but developer driven. If it goes thru, then the taxpayers of Kansas will be paying for this. But if it fails in the end, it could affect the reputation of Lego... the product. I am leary about (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Shut up and build.
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(...) Sounds good to me. I took over the livingroom again (there may be "discussions" when my wife gets home... but the kids are happy). I'm trying to come up with my first Moonbase module (seeing as how my 7-year-old did it last year, I'm striving (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.people.support)
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| | BrickFest 2006 Venue visit
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I had a chance to visit the Sheraton Premiere in Tysons Corner yesterday while returning from a trip to the east coast and can offer this report. The hotel is about 9 miles from the Herndon-Monroe park and ride facility which in turn is only a few (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | New NXT Utilities
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I have posted a couple new utilities for the NXT on my BricxCC website. One (MidiBatch) is a batch conversion utility for converting MIDI files into NXT Melody (.rmd) files. NXT Melody files can be played via NXT-G simply by renaming them as NXT (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Hangin' around
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(...) which IMO are so detrimental for all pictures containing high frequencies (=sharp edges). PNG is lossless, and doesn't generate anything like that. I know what I would use... JPEG is (maybe?) good for continous color changes, ie photos. (20 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Mindstorms software
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I had it working for a while on XP but then it would crash during the tutorials and the computer would not work correctly until I rebooted. I think the problem is with Quicktime 3.x. It did not seem to install it correctly as it reported that it was (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Shut up and build.
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I am in need of LEGO therapy. My life is too stressfull right now to come to Lugnet and read pointless threads. I need to read about LEGO. I don't want to read about who did what to whom. I need to see new MOCs. Heck, I'd even read threads about (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.people.support) !!
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| | TLG: Back in the black
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(URL) From Forbes>: Lego Group H1 pretax swings into profit as sales rise 19 pct; ups FY guidance 08.16.2006, 08:18 AM COPENHAGEN (AFX) - Lego Group posted a pretax profit of 238 mln dkr for the first six months of the year, up from a loss of 202 (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Birmingham Lego shop closing
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The Birmingham Lego shop is sadly closing down. 3/4 of the shelves are empty. Everything is 50% off or more, except for pab which is full price (I asked the staff). They had some Ferrari sets and lots of medieval stuff left and some small bags of (...) (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: {Official Announcement!!!}
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(...) > > < A lot of very good points. > > (...) Just like David, I'd like to renounce my affiliation with rtlToronto as well. I sight the same reasons. I think David really hit the nail on the head here. Derek (20 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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