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(...) Beautiful. And appetizing. I have to say, shouldn't Gouda be able to convert into a "wheel" mode, droideka-style? Looking forward to seeing your designs for Swiss, Jack, and Velveeta. And the powerful-but-mistunderstood Limburger. How about a (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Review of the 2007 Fire Station 7945
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This is the first time I have written a review of a new LEGO set but I am very impressed by the new fire station (URL) That also may explain why it is on back order already at www.LEGO.com. I purchased one of the new fire sets over the weekend. This (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: ED-209
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(...) That's true, but Aardman's stuff doesn't count because it's perfect--and it's a vile blasphemy to suggest otherwise. Its inclusion would automatically distort analysis of any other film!!! (...) My three-year-old is, surprise-surprise, very (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | got Cheese?
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(URL) I like the 1x1x2/3 slope piece, and was inspired to use some in a new MOC. A friend of mine said that the yellow ones look like cheese, and that comment stuck in my mind... so after some trial and error, I came up with a little robot which I (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Legofest di Ballabio: riunione Venerdì 19/1
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"Marco Chiappa" <chmar@nospam-chmar.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:JC84o9.9tB@lugnet.com... (...) Confermo e colgo l'occasione per farti i complimenti per l'ottima organizzazione! Ciao Luca Delcarro (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Received 9V old dark grey track from online PAB
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(...) I just visited the PaB online and ordered some track. I went to the PaB and searched by color: 'grey'. It listed 10 items in the 'grey family'. Ten items was too few so I told it to show me 500. Buried in the list was 'curved rail 22.5 (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How long will train 9v motors last?
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(...) By all means. Jason R (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Diorama non ufficiale per Ballabio
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Ciao Come ho già scritto, per il diorama non-ufficiale propongo: "Diorama Legoland" Altre idee? GIuliano (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: NXT software -- my view
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(...) (URL) right. Basic is stupid. NO ONE uses basic. its a DUMB language that NO ONE in the YEAR 2007 USE's NOPE.. no one. (sigh) (...) I will have to see this NBC again. maybe I need to TRY once again to attempt this C thing. I with there was a C (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Received 9V old dark grey track from online PAB
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I don't know if anyone has ordered the track from online PAB, but I have and I have recvd 9V, old dark grey, track today. I think it is a decent deal for $1.50 per section. (I recvd 10 straights). The drag is that this time I actually wanted the (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.lsahs, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How long will train 9v motors last?
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(...) I have to say that I don't recal if the original rcx mindstorms software uses this or not; so, if you need that functionality and the original software doesn't have it then a move to something else might be warranted. I find the text-based (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: NXT software -- my view
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(...) I understand where Chris is coming from....generally Chris doesn't bother spelling or using punctuation. So how can you expect him to type function names, use curly braces and end every function call with a semicolon? Calum (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Diorama non ufficiale per Ballabio
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(...) Concordo, "diorama non ufficiale" è proprio brutto, ingiusto e riduttivo. Eviterei anche comparativi tipo "diorama maggiore" e "diorama minore". Potremmo chiamarli "diorama Legoland" e "diorama città", oppure "diorama strutturato" e "diorama (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: ED-209
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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:JCA1Kx.BG8@lugnet.com... <SNIPPAGE> He used puppets and also autoerotic dinos as well;-) (...) No wonder the dinos went extinct if they were all self-satisfying themselves instead of mating with a (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: How long will train 9v motors last?
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(...) It doesn't help me one bit:-) I am virtually ignanent when it comes to the RCX; that is my son's domain. I'll pass this along to him, though. So basically you are suggesting that he program the RCX using NQC rather than using the Mindstorms (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: ED-209
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(...) Remember, Spielberg's JP wasn't all about CGI (though I'll forget the first time I saw the wide shot of the brachs at the lake, or the stampeding Gallimimus scene). He used puppets and also autoerotic dinos as well;-) JOHN (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: How long will train 9v motors last?
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I think thats worth adding to the FAQ, if you don't mind? Tim (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Duplicating problem in MPD rendering
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(...) Hi Lars, Brian sent me the model earlier, and the problem turned out to be spaces in the names of some of the individual .ldr files in the .mpd file. After removing the spaces, the model worked out fine. Thanks, David (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: How long will train 9v motors last?
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(...) Wall timers are a good simple idea - the sort with lots of little levers to turn the power on and off every fifteen minutes. I made my trains stop and start a few times every minute though. Not only does it give the motors an easy ride, it (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: How long will train 9v motors last?
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(...) This is definitely the biggest factor. I've had a motor overheat and cut out after just half a day under a heavy load. Once that happens, it tends to happen again more quickly for the same motor. I've never killed one outright though. I've run (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: How long will train 9v motors last?
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"Chris Phillips" <drvegetable@comcast.net> wrote in message news:JC9n2r.94C@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) NCLTC has run 3 shows which have lasted longer than a month so we have some experience with this. In addition to wear on the motors, (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NXT software -- my view
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(...) c'mon Chris - stop crying for a 1963 language and move to a more modern 1972 language (or at least a reasonable facsimile of it) (URL) is a simple sample to drive forward then back. IF you can use mindscript this syntax should be manageable: (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Latest capship
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(...) Very nice. I'm normally a minifig-scale kinda guy, but this ship is a lovely piece of work. Has a real "don't mess with me" feel to it. (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: lego 4956 - euro 46.90
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(...) L'ho visto anch'io, la mia dolce metà me lo ha regalato :) E io mi sono comprato il 4953, giusto per tenermi su. Per info il 4953 costa 17.90 euro Saluti (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: NXC News
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Someone sent me a link today to what I guess is one of the first existing tutorials for NXC, at least the first one in German (please correct me if I'm wrong): (URL) if this here allegedly is an "American forum" (HOOOTS!), it might be of interest (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Text Based Programming for NXT - pbLua is Available
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(...) Thanks for the support - I thought I was the only one! My main aim was to go for the sort of graphics libraries that support games, so if you could spare the memory you could draw on hidden screens, copy chunks of screens around, display (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: ED-209
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(...) Stop action isn't dead, but it's definitely "retro." Check out Aardman's "Chicken Run" or "Curse of the Were-Rabbit." Talk about attention to detail; there's practically a sight-gag in every frame! Just watch the credits for any modern CGI (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Legofest di Ballabio: riunione Venerdì 19/1
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La butto lì: Siccome anche quest'anno mi prodigherò per la parte video, pensavo che se ci fosse qualcun altro con videocamere miniDV possiamo fare riprese da più lati, così da avere più materiale video su cui lavorare... Io porto un po' di cassette (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: How long will train 9v motors last?
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(...) NELUG set up a (URL) large, permanent layout for the See Science Center in Manchester, NH>. The layout has a few small trolleys that are running all day long, whenever the museum is open. I've heard reports that the motors are burning out at a (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | US S@H Phone Specials Jan 17--Jan 23
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1-800-835-4386 5461 Shape Sorter House 12.99 6.50 8648 Buzz Saw 10.00 5.00 3495 2x2 Roof Tiles Steep Sloped Black 7.99 4.00 (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.announce.lsahs)
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| | Re: Duplicating problem in MPD rendering
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(...) If you send me a copy of your files, I'll have a look at the problem. /Lars (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: semafori
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(...) 12v no, 9v sì. Non è difficile, con un paio di LED e una opportuna resistenza di caduta. I LED piccoli stanno tranquillamente dentro gli 1x1. Ciao Mario (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Diorama non ufficiale per Ballabio
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Ciao vediamo se riesco a "sintetizzare" le varie idee: Il diorama in effetti lo chiamerei "Legoland" o ci sono problemi di copyright? Magari "Legoland di Ballabio" oppure Legoland 2007" Mi sembra giusto che nel diorama si possa mettere di tutto, (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Legofest di Ballabio: riunione Venerdì 19/1
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Mi sembra che sia tutto a posto, Credi che sia il caso di pubblicare tutte queste informazioni, anche sul sito itLug, e quindi tenerle aggiornate? La stessa cosa vorrei fare io con l'organizzazione del diorama non ufficiale. Ma per questo ho (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: ED-209
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(...) Oh no, no indeed! I don't forget the glorious Army of Darkness. But considering it came out one year after T2 and one year before Jurassic Park, it was essentially already a throwback to an era whose time had past. A eulogy of sorts. As was (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Rebel Briefing
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(...) This is definitely one of your best. -Orion (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: Rebel Briefing
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(...) Nice! Excellent work on the holographic Death Star. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: Two moonbase modules from Brickfest 2006
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(...) You'd better. Since I wasn't at Brickfest PDX in 2004. But the timing is better this year, so I might be able to make it. --Bram (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Sector 4 Tribunal
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Keith, Amusing and inspiring, as usual. I'm happy to see that you have embraced the blay, and incorporated it so lovingly with old skool gray. In my opinion, 4 grays are better than 2. Please tell me I'll be able to drool on the Sector 4 Tribunal at (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: How long will train 9v motors last?
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(...) <snip> (...) John, I and Steve H posted some things on this back in October of 2005: the link is (URL) trick using NQC is the SetSleepTime function. "SetSleepTime(0);" disables the auto shut down. Hope that helps. (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | GBC PDX 2007?
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Short question - Will there be one? Is it scheduled? Long Question: Where do you sign up? ;-) --Peter (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Sydney Fan of Lego Rumpus
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(...) Thankyou to the family Stumpus For holding the above-mentioned rumpus Were the words that were spoke The result of heat stroke As nerds came from all points of the compass All hail to the beer-swinging crane Impressive enough just the same To (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.loc.au) !
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| | Re: How long will train 9v motors last?
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(...) I'm going to say that it will depend entirely upon the kind of load you place on each motor. With a relatively light load, motors will run like champs for a long time-- all day if in a trolley, for instance. We run our Thomas trains all day (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Blackjack's Used 918s
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Ah ah, very nice. Thanks for a monday morning happy mood! Cheers, JP. (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Rebel Briefing
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The Rebel Alliance scored a major victory over the Empire by using stolen technical plans to formulate an attack strategy capable of destroying the Empire's most fearsome weapon: the Death Star. Mon Mothma as the Supreme Commander of the Alliance to (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Legofest di Ballabio: riunione Venerdì 19/1
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(...) Se ho ben capito si tratta della notte tra venerdì e sabato e di quella tra sabato e domenica. Io potrei anche farlo. Così posso giocare tutta la notte col cantiere technic e posso sabotare le ruspe di Fabio (ammesso che ci sia bisogno di (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug, FTX)
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| | For Sale:6211 Imperial Star Destroyer
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I have an extra 6211 Imperial Star Destroyer for sale. It is still mint in the unopened box which has very minor shelf wear. $105 USD plus shipping from Canada. Andrew ajs_hobbies@hotmail.com (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | NXC News
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I have just released a new beta of NBC/NXC. It is available from the NBC website: (URL) has been updated with a few syntax highlighting changes (minor). The latest test release is at (URL) via the link in the NXT News section near the top. Version (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Text Based Programming for NXT - pbLua is Available
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(...) This would definitely be useful for me! I am currently programming an interface for controling a train layout. This is the kind of thing that needs good graphics. There is a lot of situation where advanced graphics are useful in robotics. (...) (19 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: lego 4956 - euro 46.90
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(...) E' esattamente il suo prezzo di vendita ;-) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés samedi 20 janvier 2007]
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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 ---...--- ** Fana'Briques 2007 Exposition de jouets LEGO ** (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: Sydney Fan of Lego Rumpus
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Excellent turn out on Saturday in the blistering heat. There were some great mocs on display including David Parkins shunter, JP's monorails, some of Richie's ships and my feeble beer delivery crane. Far less lego this time around but there was alot (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | How long will train 9v motors last?
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Hi, we're preparing a museum show (our first). The trains will run on two layouts, driven by some timer & RCX. We're currently discussing how often and how long should each loco run. Are there any estimates how long will the 9v trains motor last? (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Blackjack's Used 918s
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"Hey, I'm Blackjack, and this is my trusty sales-bot Brea...er, I mean, Bley. "So you're lookin' for a 918, eh. We'll I got all kinds. Even got a Blacktron job that had been impounded by the Space Police. The poor sucker had to bail due to a space (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | Re: BayLUG Save 9v Trains Store Display
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(...) Russell, Great job with the window display! That's a nifty way of drawing attention to the plight of 9V trains. And, some very intriguing and unique MOCs as well! Jordan (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: ED-209
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(...) And now with added (URL) singing>. Tim (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: ED-209
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(...) Gimme some sugar, baby! Dave K - Klaatu, Barada, Nic-*coug* *cough* (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Two moonbase modules from Brickfest 2006
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(...) The last fest I made it to was Brickfest PDX in 2004 and the moonbase was in full effect. I remember seeing you there. In fact, I ran up to you with a big smile on my face and said, "Hey, Bram! It's me, you're old buddy Brendan!" but you just (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - David and Goliath
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(...) Well, they were coming in at record pace for a while there. I finally took a long holiday break, and am just now starting to plot out the first Brick Testament stories for 2007. (...) I'm not sure how else the "Do you come in peace?" question (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: Two moonbase modules from Brickfest 2006
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(...) Thanks! I think sometimes the smaller moonbase modules get lost between the supermodules, so it's nice to hear that! Have you been to a fest with a moonbase? I think the last time I saw you was the first Brickswest, but I could be (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.space)
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| | lego 4956 - euro 46.90
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ciao a tutti. per chi è interessato, oggi ho visto il seguente set: lego creator 4956 al carrefour di Assago è venduto a euro 46.90 Andrea (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Two moonbase modules from Brickfest 2006
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(...) Wonderful, Bram! Your use of rounded angles and spheres on both modules are done very well. Any chance of seeing an movie/gif of the motorized one? "Big Daddy" Nelson (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Faviourite MOCs of 06?
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I saw the space recollection entry on TBB and thought a castle summary would be great as well. So please post your faviourite(s) MOC(s) from 06 (and name the builder if possible)... So here are mine: (pics are links, (aliases) are CC usernames) (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: another comparison
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(...) 1. The DFT certainly may be considered as overkill for a toy robot kit. But I am not sure that this forum considers the RCX or NXT only as toys. To say that NXT or RCX are not made for this or that is like saying to the inventor of the pencil (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: This is the cancer that is killing Lugnet (Was Re: Apology)
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(...) Actually, I think that whilst some parts are getting worse - other parts are getting much better. I'd hold up Wikipedia as a shining example of how the Internet has become a much better place than it once was. The idea that the whole of human (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Two moonbase modules from Brickfest 2006
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(...) Bram, Just beautiful! There's a deep poignancy to the Earth Memory display, a kind that I've rarely seen in brick creations. There's a complete story in that scene. Wonderful! -best, Wolf (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | RE: another comparison
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Chris Phillips wrote on Sunday, January 21, 2007 7:38 AM "My gut tells me that the RCX (using BrickOS) would give the NXT (using anything available so far) a good run for its money, though..." Once you reach a certain base performance level, then (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Legofest di Ballabio: la palestra è piena!
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Ebbene sì: la palestra è piena! Tutti gli spazi sono stati prenotati con larghissimo anticipo: ben 4 mesi prima rispetto all'anno scorso. Gli ultimi in ordine di tempo Ernesto Capobianco e Gaetano Notaro con il diorama Itlug. La palestra avrà le (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Legofest di Ballabio: riunione Venerdì 19/1
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Vi elenco di seguito alcuni punti emersi nella riunione di Venerdì 19/1 tenutasi nella sede della Pro Loco a Ballabio. A rappresentanza di Itlug erano presenti, oltre a me, Antonella Carabelli e Paolo Panzone. - Diorama "non ufficiale" Itlug (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: This is the cancer that is killing Lugnet (Was Re: Apology)
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(...) <snip> (...) 'Cause you know, inserting a little levity to make an otherwise argumentative thread a little brighter never helps. (is the sarcasm filter not working??) Lessons learned? Some people want to get in the last snipe, even after all (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: another comparison
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(...) Perhaps a good benchmark would be to write a PID controller and measure the number of control loop iterations per second that can be achieved under each environment. This incorporates sensor input with motor output, and uses a moderate amount (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: This is the cancer that is killing Lugnet (Was Re: Apology)
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(...) Umm... the only person arguing here is you: the original posters had a problem with each other, that they resolved; argument ended. Period. If the two principles have moved beyond this, well... (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: Diorama non ufficiale per Ballabio
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(...) E perché? Per me invece si può mettere di tutto e di più e mescolare assieme. I modelli vintage avranno semplicemente il ruolo di auto "non catalizzate" :-) Almeno a me piaceva così, e scommetto che ancora piace ai bambini. Dopotutto le città (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: New Electrical Connectors ( LEGO --> Please, please read )
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(...) ... (...) I second the idea of conversion connectors... Alex Farlie (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | RE: Another Challenge. Performance Comparison
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(...) Here's my distilled summary of relative execution speeds of various Mindstorms products / environments. All data is normalized to the fastest performance. Relative Platform Product Speed 1X NXT RobotC 2X NXT Robolab 15X NXT NXT-G 5-10X RCX (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Two moonbase modules from Brickfest 2006
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Thanks for sharing these with those of us who couldn't make it to BF2006. These are a couple of the most impressive moon bases modules I've seen! When I saw the name Earth Memory Moonbase, I thought, "Oh my! Is this a world in which the Earth has (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I'd love to make some other comparisions; actually, some of us have been trying to figure out a good way to do this. Part of the problem is defineing specific "goals" for a battery of tests. A DFT (while impressive), is propably not the best (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Hi everyone
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(...) Thanks Braith, I'd be happy to join in the AFOL gathering whenever your ready to have it. Maybe on a Sunday in late February? Hopefully a few poeple can come. Aaron (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | RE: What do these macros do? [IOMAP Access Execution Times
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(...) You're right. IOMapRead and IOMapWrite are very slow functions. They're slow because you pass a character string for the name of the module you want to access; the NXT-G firmware runs through the list of modules looking for a match on the (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: This is the cancer that is killing Lugnet (Was Re: Apology)
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(...) ...//snip... ...snip// (...) In fact, the whole Internet is a wasteland !! Anybody can do anything there!! For me LUGNET/robotics is an excellent forum. I participate for several years now and I must appreciate the contributions of many (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Diorama non ufficiale per Ballabio
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ciao ti ringrazio di aver partecipato alla riunione organizzativa! (...) Mi pare una buona soluzione, non conosco la sala, ma se ci permette di avere la visione del diorama a 180 gradi, ben venga! (...) Su questa proposta, seppur suggestiva, avrei (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | This is the cancer that is killing Lugnet (Was Re: Apology)
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OK, so from what I can gather: 1) Someone asks a (URL) question>. 2) Steve tells her to make a (URL). 3) John knocks out a brownie-points (URL) comparison chart> in about ten minutes. 4) Steve, having intended to follow his own advice, loses his (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: Diorama non ufficiale per Ballabio
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Sono d'accordo, sarebbe preferibile avere la visione a 180 gradi. Però questa decisione la lascio a Marco, solo lui conosce i locali, i tavoli disponibili e le possibilità che abbiamo. GIuliano ciao (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: What do these macros do?
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(...) Thanks for your response, John. That tip about the dirty flag not being IOMAPpable is very, very useful; I could have wasted a lot of time working that out the hard way. I'm working on a graphical display widget to show a 'radar' (well, sonar) (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Two moonbase modules from Brickfest 2006
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Bram Lambrecht wrote: Hello Bram, awesome work. I like especially the minifig-scale one. It looks so wonderfull with the spacelogo sphere (...) Thanks for shareing (URL) Marco> (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Latest capship
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Hello, here's my latest capital ship. Check it out please. (URL) As usual: please leave me any comments you want. cheers, Didier (19 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX) !
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| | Two moonbase modules from Brickfest 2006
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(2 URLs) click the pics One minifig scale, one microfig. One is motorized and the other lights up! Both use (URL) spheres>! LMKWYT, --Bram (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Apology
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(...) Ahhh, I see you are too ;) ROSCO (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: ED-209
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(...) Surely you're not forgetting Army of Darkness?!? If that's not a stop-motion tour de force, I don't know what is! But I agree that something satisfying was lost when the film industry collectively decided to move to CGI... Dave! (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Apology
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(...) Ooooh... :^I - nose out of joint I do live on the North American continent. However, the word 'American' was hijacked by some country to the south of us. We up here in the 'Great White North' are *not* Americans. Rather we are... ummm... Well, (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: GBC- Magnetic Ball Separator
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(...) I've tried the no motor thing, but gave up after I could'nt get it to work. The pulling the ball to the side was one of the first things that I tried, but there are too many things that were uncontrollable. For instance, the direction the (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: GBC- Magnetic Ball Separator
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(...) Thanks to those of you who filled in the set information. I actually got the balls from Bricklink, and the only thing I knew about them was they were from the Harry Potter sets. Peeron has been loading slow for me as well, and with that darn (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: 4-8-8-2 Cab Forward
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Awsome! Several times I have started on the same project from the same inspiration, always falling way short. Excellent job! (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: GBC- Magnetic Ball Separator
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(...) I thought of this immediately, specificly adapting the light sensor / train magent trick to try to get the dragon's egg to register. Alas, I've not gotten it to work (*yet*...), as the ball is not actually magnetic, but just has a piece of (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Any experience with measuring rotations?
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(...) Well put quite simply... The probability of some event A occurring given that event B has occurred is equal to the probability of event B occurring given that event A has occurred, multiplied by the probability of event A occurring and divided (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, FTX)
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| | Re: Like A Rock Crawler Hauler
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"Steve Hassenplug" <steve@teamhassenplug.org> wrote in message news:6.2.3.4.0.20070...lug.org... (...) way, as my browser displays a 404 File Not Found error. It's title is Unload Truck 2. Other than that I liked the other videos and the pics of (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: RAAF Boomerang - wow! real bricks
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(...) Good capture of it's chunky little bod ! -pete.w (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | New Electrical Connectors ( LEGO --> Please, please read )
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Dear LEGO, Like many others I am very happy to see you create this new electrical system, specifically the IR Receivers which allow for remote control of up to eight different motors. And speaking of motors, it is great to see that you are (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Space kitties! Look out!
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Scourge of the inner Solar System, space kitties have an affinity for traveling spaceships, and will latch on to the nearest one available. Apparently they seek the warmth radiating from the ship's hull, especially around the engine and windows, (...) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Re: Duplicating problem in MPD rendering
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(...) I've seen this when you use spaces in the sub part names and use L3P. Just remove them and it all worked ok :) (19 years ago, 21-Jan-07, to lugnet.cad)
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