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As usual, great work from mr. Lopes. For the rest of us NYC nerds, this firehouse is actually on 18th street, 1 block north and a hundred odd feet west of union square. A good photo of the actual firehouse is here: (URL) funny thing is that I've (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: My first train7 project
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(...) Ya I know, I still regularly read Lugnet but my post are realy rare now. (...) I thought that you mean that white led were too bluish. Find a better shop :-). Have you tried to bring a 9V battery (with a 1KOhm resistor) to test the led in (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well, hoarding is fine, Chris loses the opportunity of using that money for something else, or the bricks for something else. (...) It also can't be taken as a loss to the community--come on Dave, Chris paid for it fair and square. These (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Blacktron from the Big Easy
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This is what can happen when a cajun Blacktron operative acquires a space scooter (set 885), and he beefs it up. He's ready to drop in for Mardi Gras and binge on all those wonderful beignets, crawfish et tu fe and really stiff drinks. -best, Wolf (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX) !
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(...) Which leads to another point. I've read some messages in this thread where people has labeled sellers with various negative labels. But in marketplaces like eBay, buyers have the power - it's often bidding wars that run prices up to ridiculous (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Again, if someone gets the 400 dollars for an old set--hey, all teh power to him. However, my personal opinion--jackass. As you say--it's not a matter of 'right or wrong' or morals, because it is, indeed, a matter of opinion. My opinion is (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Whoa, a blast from the past! Hi Martin! We did experiment with the "blue" lights, red ones and yellows, with both yellow trans and light blue trans domes. By far the blues are MUCH more directional (or "point source" maybe a better way to (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Space Sets!
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(...) Yeah, I definitely agree with the opinion that a return to exploration-based space sets would be cool. Should have been something like "Mars Mission 2025", pehaps with a modular interplanetary vessel (big set), maybe some robot support (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Feast on something OTHER than X-mas turkey
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(...) Well, I was ready to send an update on Friday...but SOMEONE left the DNS to expire. So I didn't bother. Then I saw your note this morning...and in response I updated the website an hour later. Do you really want me to put out a square bracket (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: My first train7 project
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) light? That would do like TV,LCD, plasma. Adjusting the power for each led migth be tricky to have white ligth and not kind of reddish or greenish ligth. (...) Martin (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | {January Dinner!!!} January 12th at 7 p.m.
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January 12th, 2007--7 p.m. Swiss Chalet 5487 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario At which point in the 'verse we'll discuss ignoring Chris's posts and steal his ideas to make these kinda posts! Also at which point in time and space Calum'll probably (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: What's the difference?
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Hello All, Nice and correct description, Luis. A range changer would have a ratio of 1:4 in this example. (16z/16z and 32z/8z) A Splitter would have a ratio of 1: 1.25. (16z/16z and 16z/12z) Hmm, these ratios are a little bit hard to build though... (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) HELLO!!!!!! can I have an A M E N !!! anyone? buler? buler? (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: French America - was something about trains... Re: My first train7 project
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(...) ya, unripe GREEN cantaloupe. chris (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: French America - was something about trains... Re: My first train7 project
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(...) sorry, I meant Detroit Minnesota( (URL) ), not that suburb of Windsor Canada. (aka Detroit, Michigan (1) ) Chris 1. Ahh michigan. a GREAT place to send Toronto Garbage.(2) 2. (URL) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I thought I was the only one who ever noticed that the SECOND those armed boarder gaurdes saw my taail pipe, that even the sky seems more hazzy, and the streetsigns more dim. meh. Chris (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: New Space Sets!
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(...) The dropship looks good, I'll need to reserve final judgment on the rest until seeing better pictures. As others have said, I'd hoped for a more "exploration" based theme, rather than more space-fantasy conflict. But at least it's space. Kelly (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) it dont matter one hoot wheater it is right, or moral or good or whatever. it is what it IS!! technicaly, that MISB supercar is just some plastic. those structured carbon molocules are just really really HARD but nicely cut diamonds. their (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) NXC is something like NQC and it is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. While NXC is not yet complete, it is very functional with a large API for the NXT. Not eXactly C (NXC) is currently available in the form of NBC beta 20. (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New Space Sets!
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(...) Looks like a rehash of the Life On Mars sets. How disappointing. :-( Jeff (19 years ago, 8-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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