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(...) Hi Manfred, Thanks, I appreciate your detailled observations. A spark that would run along a cannon powder line and would end with a big explosion ... ... ... of creativity? Do you mean you don't like the current Pirates line? Joke - joke - (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) One probable reason that the NXT does not do any wear leveling is that it executes instructions directly from flash (the instructions in the firmware itself), which is memory mapped. This requires that these instructions are contiguous, which (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Hi Mark, Thanks. How many feedbacks from fans does it requires? And then, how many feedbacks from Lego Ambassador does it requires before TLC could even start to wonder that it could eventually be possible to think that it may etc... ;>) Who (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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(...) chris is working on the list. stay tuned. w. (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Anthony, I was the one who made that statement about thousands of hours, and if you look at it, I was saying thousands for Christina, hundreds for Joe. I was talking about cumulative hours for Christina, and feel confident that over all the (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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In article <J5C97r.BBF@lugnet.com>, David <dww.robotics@gmail.com> writes (...) This is the guaranteed minimum number, with higher voltages and at higher temperatures than you are likely to use the NXT at. FLASH memory is a pretty mature technology (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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In article <J5CrsD.53w@lugnet.com>, Patrick Levy <patrick@omiccron.com.br> writes (...) That is the Lego Company's recommended price. Hamleys sell to many foreign visitors so they can probably help with advice on how to reclaim the VAT (17.5% retail (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) Where do you get these ideas? They're *opinions*, not fact. Of course staffing a convention can be employment. It doesn't *have* to be payment-free or volunteer work. And event money *can* go to paying staff. Do you not understand that (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Yeah, I mean geez, I spent almost $125 on gas for the 2250 miles of driving I did to/from/around BF, so the $60 in reg was piddling. Not to mention I saved more than the reg fees Thurs night at the Lego store by far ;-) And the buffet during (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I don't think anyone got paid, but if they did, I wouldn't be upset. (...) *"Just"*? You really have no clue whatsoever on the difficulty of organizing such an event, do you? Until you do it yourself (on BF's current scale), do NOT complain (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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This reply is not targeted at Jake or any specific person. It was just convenient to reply to Jake's post. Well, I thought I'd be done with this thread, but it looks like I'm going to have to put out a fire before it explodes. I really don't want to (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I can help you get a Cranky if you like. Let me know. Russell BayLUG (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I researched this topic about eight months ago. I no longer worry about it. I must admit I didn't know about the "lock-bits" specification and was concerned only with the "flash rewrite specification". I have also had other conversations on (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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"Deidre Rushton Brumby" <drb@tasmail.com> wrote in message news:J57CKK.o28@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks. I checked my local Target and same story, Harold but no Cranky. Still, Harold alone will make my nephew happy. Kerry (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
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I am really sad that these comments about Brickfest and if Christina and/or Joe are keeping profits and if volunteers are being shafted while whomever is profiting from Brickfest are being spoken. At this point, I don't care. I HAVE attended BF for (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) I can understand this, but at the end of the day there are benefits in both models: 1. A for-profit has an economic incentive to continue developing positive, fulfilling events. 2. A non-profit model had a higher chance of powering through (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) I never said anything about scaling the image. For things like sticker scans or anything else where you don't want lossy compression, there are image formats like PNG. PNG can be used just fine for anything where you don't want to loose (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's not THAT unrealistic, as Jeff mentioned that he attends other fan events where the organizers work on a volunteer basis. (...) You're right - Christina/Joe/whoever could take the accumulated funds from BF and write themselves a check for (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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You've never run an event have you Jeff? First off, an event for more than 800 attendees has some expenses other than just the 'space' for panels, displays etc. Quite a few.Start with insurance., now I'm not sure about Virginia, but in my area the (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) When downloading a program to the NXT using NBC if there is a file with the same name on the NXT already it is first deleted. Then a new file is created and written using the same filename. I don't know whether that means the firmware will (...) (20 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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