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(...) Hi Pete, Right now it's just a proof of concept really but at some point I intend to use it in an integrated road/rail/footpath scene. Using a mix of studs up and snot road elements could improve things drastically. Tim (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) That's the shizzle, right there. You're onto something here, mate. I think you should integrate it into a larger display. Have you thought about where you'd be putting pavements? Lovely. Pete (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) And... fixed. Tim PS. Sorry for spamming the forums. Silly me should have changed and then posted rather than the other way around. (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Ambassadors, So is LEGO Fan Dead? Todd (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.ambassadors)
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Hi everyone, I've been playing around with trams a lot lately as you may have noticed. I decided I needed some integrated track/road units... but curved. Anyway, after playing around with real bricks I came up with this system. (2 URLs) MPD> In my (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) That actually doesn't address the real problem. The NXT has a "dongle" built-in, so it can receive the Bluetooth messages. It just can't understand what it reads. The NXT requires a very specific message format, and that's not what the mouse (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hey, I booked Monday from West Palm Beach (PBI) to PDX for $313. I thought that was a gret deal. Todd (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) The problem is the NXT is a USB-slave device: it does not provide either the power (5V) or the communications ability to run a BT dongle (this is a seperate issue from the "shape" of the USB port: that's just a bit of hardware shaping to keep (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Dec is almost over so maybe a meeting in Jan
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(...) Whoa, sorry about that-- I didn't catch this response until just now. Okay, here's our plan. We arrive into PHX late 11pm ish this Sat night. And we have a room in Tucson Sun night. We could meet up Sunday afternoon or early eve in PHX if that (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.loc.us.az, FTX)
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(...) Thank you for answering :-) How about putting a Bluetooth-Dongle to NXT? It will receive HID signal, but dongle will translate the signal into NXT-usable one. I think it will work, how do you think? (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Controling NXT with Bluetooth Device(such as mouse, etc)
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We had (URL) a discussion about this earlier> when I asked about my Nintendo Wii remote. The only way this is going to work right now is as you suggested: (...) You'll have to write a program that lives on your computer that will relay the messages (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Istanbul Tram
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(...) Hi Bob, Thanks. I just noticed a mistake after building something else today caused because my train motor ldraw part is a little wrong. It's a fairly minor change but it's safest to wait for the MPD to be changed before starting. Tim (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I unfortunately will be flying out of PHX on the 28th. I hope you all are able to meet up. Nate (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.loc.us.az)
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(...) Tim, Very nice. I will try to build one. Thanks for sharing. Bob (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) As always :) Tim (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I hope she can. I'm also waiting for a former native to get back to me about it. (...) Thank you. (...) Whoops. I really messed it up. Fixed and thanks. Tim (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote: <intermittent snippiages> (...) Bingo. (...) It's all about you, isn't it, Tim? :-) JOHN (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Excellent. I love the colors. My friend was in Istanbul over the holidays. I am going to forward this link to her to see if she recognizes it. As always, very inspiring. Jonathan PS: the .trains sidebar link for this appears to be mis-directed (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
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(...) I would like to hope so. Those mounting holes would seem perfect to secure rubber cleats to, especially with the ridges on the hard plastic tread underneath. That one piece woulkd change them from semi-decorative to fully robotic functional (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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...oppure si fa il semaforo come i nostri amici francesi... (URL) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug, FTX)
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David Wallace wrote on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:34 PM: (...) This is an opportunity for the open source community to improve the firmware. Enhanced firmware does not need to have any dependency on the LEGO or NI development teams. The challenge (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Legofest di Ballabio: riunione Venerdì 19/1
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(...) non contare su di me. non si lavora nei giorni di riposo! 8-) w. (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Presunto errore nel set 8285-1
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Sbaglio o nel set 8285-1 nel II° manuale di istruzioni a pag. 2 n° 32 c'è un errore ? Le antenne nere inserite nei 'technic pin 1/2' nel modo mostrato in figura non si incastrano ma scorrono liberamente... confermate ? ciao, Matteo. (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: semafori
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(...) Sono riuscito a trovare una foto del mio semaforo ferroviario: (URL) sfruttato il fatto che i LED sono diodi, quindi si accendono solo se la polarità è corretta. Collegandone uno rosso e uno verde con anodo e catodo invertiti, puoi accendere (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Istanbul Tram
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--snip-- (...) And I'll raise you with (URL). You can see the two face designs there (maybe three). (...) I "scale" stuff only insofar as things look OK together. In the case of 8-wide it's more the length I'm worried about (I've actually (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: January 27th, 2007 SMART meeting
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(...) The mini-challenge vote we had at our last meeting was close between coin sorter and walker, but walker won. Coin Sorter: 8 votes Inverted Pendulum: 3 votes Walker: 11 votes Sorry, I should have posted something sooner. But if you have a coin (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Diorama Legoland per Ballabio
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Si, proverò a mettere giù un lay out di base, dove si potranno inserire i vari moduli. Magari se mi dai una mano a verificare tutto .... Giuliano (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Diorama Legoland per Ballabio
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Giuliano ha scritto: (...) Come già sai io sono intenzionato a fare lo scalo merci portuale-ferroviario... La dimensione minima è quella del nuovo set porto + almeno una baseplate in "acqua" + lo spazio necessario a raccordare il molo con il (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: January SMART meeting
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(...) Perhaps I'm way off base, but I thought the next challenge was a coin sorter. I haven't built anything so I've just missed out on some thinking time if I try to build something. -Craig (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Istanbul Tram
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(...) Thanks. I didn't document it very well, and now it is in mothballs. It won't come back until we redesign our subway modules (which is at least a year away). Hmmm, maybe I'll lend it to the GMLTC.... (...) Check out (URL) linkie> Ours is the (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: got Cheese?
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(...) I thought Gouda was more mild than your bot looks to be. Great work! Like the pieces you used. Also like the unique theme (cheese, not robot). -Scott (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Upcoming Train show and rundown on lastest meetings.
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Whoops I am a little behind and late posting this. Life comes first I guess. Anyways ULUG has a train show that we are participating in and will be displaying a layout at. The train show is being held at Thanksgiving Point, just outside Lehi, Utah. (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.ulug, FTX)
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| | Re: Controling NXT with Bluetooth Device(such as mouse, etc)
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(...) This is not an easy thing to do. While the mouse may support bluetooth, the signals are not the same as what the NXT is expecting. The mouse sends Human Interface Device (HID) signals, while the NXT expects Serial Port Protocal (SPP). Simply (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Improving the firmware?
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Thanks Philippe. You definitely asked the questions that I was thinking about and I pretty well understood the answers except I was a little puzzled by the need for "follows" as well. However, we definitely lost functionality in this area with NXT. (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Pictorial Review of 7772 Aqua Raiders Lobster Strike
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Hi Mark, Just wanted to say thanks very much for your pictorial reviews!! The level of depth provided by your text and especially the photographs as the model is built are superlative! I will be watching your site now as these reveiws will be the (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Controling NXT with Bluetooth Device(such as mouse, etc)
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Is it possible to control an NXT with Bluetooth device(such as mouse) directly? I watched a video clip from youtube (URL) I want my NXT to do that :-) I read 'Bluetooth Developer Pack'(or whatever it is) and it says NXT requires to receive certain (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Istanbul Tram
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(...) Istanbul has better colours :P and a fancier roof. (...) Very nice station. (...) But then I'd lose the fun of squeezing the shrouds in as much as possible. (...) I've admired that one before. I love the window arches and rivets on it. Didn't (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Cool. This is the (URL) same model> we have here in Minneapolis. I had built a replica of one of (URL) our stations> for the Philly show, but never got around to finishing the light rail cars themselves:-( Now it's on the dreaded backburner. (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Bargain aifares
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(...) I just got my flight for $287.60 :-). Thanks for the info Ted. Christina (19 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | BrickFest PDX '07 Hotel
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The official hotel of BrickFest PDX '07 is the Red Lion Hotel Portland Convention Center 1021 NE Grand Ave • Portland, OR 97232 • 503-235-2100 BrickFest PDX 2007 is coming! (URL) BrickFest.com> Where: Portland, Oregon When: March 30th - April 1st (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, FTX) !!
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| | Re: What do these macros do?
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(...) Is it possible to write in the display popup buffer? So that we can do double buffering? I made some quick tests, but it seems the drawing routines always write in the normal display buffer... Julien (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Istanbul Tram
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--snip-- (...) PPS. Credit to Jason Alleman for his close-coupling. Yes, I've used it again ;) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Istanbul Tram
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(2 URLs) BS> (URL) Flickr> Hi all, Saw this one a while back while looking for other trams in Istanbul (oddly enough). The face gave me nightmares for ages but I finally hit on an adequate (at least in my opinion) solution a couple of days ago. Tim (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Strange rails
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(...) Hi Beat! LEGO makes test molding for each molding device, so it's clear that many proof parts are molded. The rails you have, are like the one I own (with the only difference that my one is for 9V). The black one is surprising because red is (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:JCBttB.GEJ@lugnet.com... (...) I see. I wonder if we'll ever see some kind of rubber plug-in outer surface for these treads? Since they already have mounting holes, it only remains to figure (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Strange rails
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(...) Red may also be (or at one time was), the most used color. So it may be easiest to load a new mold into a machine running red ABS. I don't think it's surprising they would do 40 test moldings. The mold probably has at least 4 rails. And they (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Strange rails
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(...) There's a pretty comprehensive article on the red test moldings at (URL) the article notes, test moldings are often done in red because it is the most difficult color to mold. Hence, Jason's theory makes a lot of sense. It is surprising that (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Strange rails
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(...) That's a novelty! They could be pre-production models. There have been some unusual parts in red before (e.g. the minifig ghost shroud) - test mouldings made by Lego before a part goes into mass production. Jason R (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New micro moc: Suburban Development
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(...) Yeah, it really shows! Excellent use of basic parts & colors to show detail. Looks awesome. -Bryan (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Strange rails
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Hello Train Experts Just recently I bought some 70s bulk material containing homemaker figures, steered trucks and the like as well as some 4.5V and early 12V train stuff. Usually one expects to find blue rails with old 4.5V stuff. I did so but I (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: semafori
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(...) grazie mille proverò ad applicarla ai 12v adesso ciao alessandro (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: New micro moc: Suburban Development
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(...) seeing this gets my fingers itching - I want to build... I really like the house under construction, the trees, the lady(?) with the pram, and everything else. There are too few shots mainly of the houses, though - I'd like to see more (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.microscale)
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| | Re: New micro moc: Suburban Development
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Wow that timber framed house going up is a masterpiece! There some other nice details scattered throughout your MOC, and the crane is definitely a worthy eye catcher, but I keep coming back to that house, Great work! God Bless, Nathan (URL) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: New micro moc: Suburban Development
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Wow, what can I say? The school bus is great. Nice detail using simple pieces. But the masterpiece for me is the house under construction. The framing is great and even a board being sawed! Great details all around. (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Diorama non ufficiale per Ballabio
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Benissimo farò così! In prima battuta ti invio delle pagine Web molto semplici, se poi non sono capace, proverò con Word. Ovviamente i tuoi consigli sono preziosissimi saluti Giuliano (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | OutroMundo: Aerial Center
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This is the first building for the city I've planned to the OutroMundo universe. (URL) Serves as a terminal for aerial Cabs and Buses. At the base I created a small garden with a Statue in the building hall. The access to the upper levels is made (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.loc.pt, FTX)
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| | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
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(...) Yes, and no. The problem is they are hard plastic with ridges, so if a tread ridge catches on a rough portion of the surface, they push fine... but if the surface is smooth, they'll just slide (very low coefficient of friction). The width is (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: GBC PDX 2007?
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(...) I'm told David Schilling is in charge of Mindstorms events at PDX. BTW, for those who want to create a GBC, but can't read the GBC Standard page (URL) in English, French or Italian, it's now also available in Japanese and Polish... :) (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Diorama Legoland per Ballabio
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ciao a tutti chiedo gentilmente, a tutti quanti sono interessati, di comunicare l'intenzione di portare moduli per il Diorama Legoland (ex diorama non ufficiale) Per adesso mi basta sapere il tema (ospedale, chiesa, stazione, casetta, villino, ecc.) (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Neon Shifter
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Excellent concept! I really enjoyed looking at the pics. It also reminded me of the 'underwater' dark room at house of bricks... Thanks so much for sharing and God Bless, Nathan (URL) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Received 9V old dark grey track from online PAB
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(...) The part selection comes straight from the Digital Designer palette. LEGO have put little notes in the Shop-at-Home catalogue (at least in the UK) promoting 9V trains as 'Hobby Trains', where they explain that LDD still uses the 9V system of (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Improving the firmware?
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(...) I asked about the same questions some time ago, here is John's answer: (URL) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Diorama non ufficiale per Ballabio
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(...) Puoi creare delle pagine web (o anche file di MS-Word o simili) in cui spieghi cos'è il diorama Legoland città, quali sono le caratteristiche e quali i vincoli. Dopodiché mi invii le pagine via mail ed io mi occupo di adattarle al sito di (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Open house a Linkebeek
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I nostri colleghi belgi mi hanno segnalato il loro prossimo show denominato "Open house". Si terrà a Linkebeek (vicino a Bruxelles) sabato 24 febbraio. So che è lontano, ma per correttezza è giusto segnalarlo. Per informazioni: (URL) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Neon Shifter
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Hello Bryce! (...) Thank you! It really does give the (...) When I was creating the Neon Shifter I think about otherworldly creatures. Than I think about some pictures of creatutres here on Erath in the deep sea that I have seen. (For exapmle the (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Nathan Sawaya in Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
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(...) snip (...) snip (...) I watched the show. Since EHME did the LEGO Room for Brandon in May 22nd, 2005, I've have wondered if thay'll do a LEGO Room again. When I saw the LEGO stuff coming together, I was listening for the L word, since I was (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Diorama non ufficiale per Ballabio
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Condivido! spiegami solo come posso fare. Giuliano (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Neo-Classic-Space Freighter WIP
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(...) Hey Aaron, For me, the essence of the appeal of Classic Space is in its simplicity. I think you've really captured that with this model. I love the brick work on the wings instead of plates. I've been trying to go studless with most of my (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | PickToBrick
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E' disponibile al seguente indirizzo: (URL) il nuovo software PickToBrick sviluppato da Adrian Schütz e Tobias Reichling per la creazione dei mosaici. Ciao Marco (URL) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug, FTX)
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| | Re: got Cheese?
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(...) Hello Nelson (...) Those guys are so great! There's a lot of wonderfull piece usage in them. The (URL) Gouda> is my favourite, directly followed by (URL) Nacho>. Spotlighted (URL) Marco> (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | well it's off .....was Re: starting a town/train jambalaya box?
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hey all, well it's off. i will be mailing the box first thing in the morning. Its first stop is Californa. IF YOU ARE PARTICAPATING: please email me when you ship the package so i can keep track of where it's at. IF YOU'RE NOT PARTICAPATING: thank (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
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"Geoffrey Hyde" <g.hyde@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:JCAxx2.8KF@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) forgot to include the URL of the set I was talking about. Here is is above. Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
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"Brian Davis" <brdavis@iusb.edu> wrote in message news:JCAvs8.H94@lugnet.com... (...) Have you considered using the new 5-wide treads found in the new Technic Snowmobile? They seem a lot more suited to driving over most surfaces with their added (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | New micro moc: Suburban Development
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All: Hi there! It's been a while since I've posted a LEGO creation like this one. I love microscale, and for years I've been noodling around with it in my spare time, creating lots of little cars and 2-inch-tall buildings and things. But they (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: Apology
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(...) Hoser! Kev P.S. Dave, my friend, I knew this was a sore spot. I was just tickling it a bit, not meaning to pour salt. I'm so open minded that I have a Canadian friend that lives here in the lower 48. It is clear from him that this horrible (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Unit LNE of the dinochrome brigade (Was: Rock Crawling)
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(...) The more I thought about this, the more I liked this idea: I wanted to make a really high-mobility vehicle, but the problem with wheels is they are really stopped by steps greater than their own radius (well, partially, ignoring pushing from (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Not inspired by any posting in o.t.fun
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(...) Umm... because *every* NXT can be equiped with a rechargable battery pack that works like a power port on the 1.0 RCX? So you run a power cable up Spike's... um... abdomen. And if the kid tears Spike apart, just make sure there's a camera (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: got Cheese?
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(...) I love it! :) Nice to see some fun work like this! Spotlighted, and Wallace (and Gromit) would be pleased, but you need some Wensleydale ;-) -Anne (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) All I can say is CLASSIC .SPACE! :) Spotlighted, awesome job :) -Anne (19 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Fabuland Housewives Episode IX
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(...) Thanks Teddy! (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.fabuland, FTX)
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(...) lol - due to legnut's word wrapping, I read your post as: As soon as I saw this pic I was thinking Wallace and Gromit! Great work! God I guess Tim's call for more replies to MOCs is working great!! ;-) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) lol - due to legnut's word wrapping, I read your post as: As soon as I saw this pic I was thinking Wallace and Gromit! Great work! God I guess Tim's call for more replies to MOCs is working great!! ;-) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) As soon as I saw this pic I was thinking Wallace and Gromit! Great work! God Bless, Nathan (URL) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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I wrote this up a few days, but apparently it failed to post. Right now UA offers a $219 fare roundtrip from LAX to PDX. This is considerably less than a month ago, despite their "winter sale" that started earlier than that. Also, there's a very (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Jindrich- SCLTC has lots of experience running 10 week shows that are frequently unattended by club members. For these shows, we run 4x5+2*5= 30 hours per week. We have also done a month long event where we ran 84 hours a week. Our experience (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I have a lot of stuff on my desk which will eventually get tranfered over to my condo. smart fortwo coupé and crossblade, Briareos fig. from Appleseed, 1:200 scale Airbus A380, ABB IRB 7600, and a 1:87 Vestas V80 turbine. People here know not (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) ya, tel me again how the NXT is beter than a RCX with built in power port? Chris (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) This would not have the desired effect, even if Dave did borrow Chris' NXT. Dave would still know when a kid had been present, because the batteries in the NXT would be dead. Steve (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Step 1 - warn co-worker that it would be nice if said kid keeps paws off. Step 2 - set up a NXT with US sensor to watch for an inturder, turning on a small concealed camera to get the evidence if needed. And if that doesn't work... Step 3 - (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I missed seeing all but the last bit. (...) That's kinda odd - "The LEGO Group" was listed in the credits. (...) Sweet stuff! Steve (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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If anyone is still listening to suggestions, I would like to have the ability to spawn a thread. I don't know how threads are handled in NXT-G, but in NBC, there is no way to create a thread to kick off a task while moving on to other tasks in the (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) That's even more harsh. (...) Either way, I look forward to getting snubbed by you again. If only in my mind. :) Brendan (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Great sites! I have asked Danny Benedettelli to put together an NXC Tutorial based on the existing NQC Tutorial and NBC Tutorial. He's making great progress on that so it should be available soon. And I'm feverishly working on finishing the (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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Hi all, there was an episode of Extreme Makeover on ABC this week that fetaured a family in Raleigh, NC. I was pretty happy to see that since I live there - they were unfortunately filming while I was out of country. But what was a really neat (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) That's the cutest little wedding bonboniere I've ever seen. (...) Unfortunately desks aren't really considered private spaces...and for that matter Lego is considered by people as a toy, not as a something important. Like, if you had a picture (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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So I was at a wedding a while back. The wedding favour to the people assembled to join in the celebration of the couple was a LEGO set. It was a specific set designed by the bride and groom, consisting of 2 2x8 bricks with the names of the couple (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Matthias, you forgot the other german Workshops and FAQ's ;-) FAQ, Workshop und Tutorial zu NXC gibt es hier: (URL) FAQ, Workshop zu pbLua (URL) Regards Christian (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Diorama non ufficiale per Ballabio
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(...) I nomi devono essere evocativi, secondo me. Se dico diorama "strada ItLUG" (o "viale ItLUG") e diorama "Legoland città", penso sia evidente a cosa mi riferisco. Sarei d'accordo nel creare apposite aree sul sito ItLUG dove riepilogare i (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: NXT software -- my view
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(...) Hey - I'm not saying no-one uses basic. I even use visual basic for building front ends, and GWBasic for my parallel port control projects...(so simple a 10 year old can do it :) I'm just saying that if you bite the bullet and actually TRY to (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You can configure the RCX sleep time using the standard MindStorms software. I don't have an installation of this handy to tell you exactly how to do it, but I remember setting this after doing firmware downloads. The sleep time setting is (...) (19 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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