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(...) This surprises me. *Exactly* 25.4 mm / inch? I thought that the conversion rate was kind of one of those irrational numbers (1) that had digits trailing off into infinity or, failing that, Imelda Marcos' shoe closet. :-, (...) *This* is cool. (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq)
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(...) Conversion constants are much more relevant to the stud pitch than the brick height or width, because brick heights and widths are subject to the error caused by the fact that LEGO always designs elements so there will be tiny gaps when (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Q:Best approach to line tracking
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(...) just program your robot to turn the opposite way as the sensor that goes off the line. i made a line tracker with one light sensor that had treads instead of wheels. when it got off the line, it started roving back and forth (more and more (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cookie from banner GIF
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(...) Another ramification of my switchover is that the link in the Cool Lego Site page (#83) is also obsolete. It should point to the link above. Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Sounds good to me. I would love to buy dozens of doors and windows, but I only need a few to complete some projects. And besides, I don't have the money. Russell (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) even (...) stuff (...) You have a point there! I really don't want to sour people especially here on Lugnet! Maybe I should just give up on it. How do I cancel my account? Thanks for all the help! Blake (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Has anyone purchased the Suprise Bag from S@H?
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Scott Smallbeck wrote in message ... . I am curious to hear what other have received in their Suprise (...) I ordered one several months ago, and received: 1 fire chief 6407 1 clips and trans pieces (this was an older pack. Now the clips and trans (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hello Seattleites, take 2
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"ectal" <ectal@speakeasy.org> wrote in message news:37C241B3.41AFDE...asy.org... (...) These would work well for me too. Downtown would work well too. Good bus access from just about anywhere. I probably won't go if its out in the 'burbs somewhere. (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea)
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| | Re: Lego Birthday party supplies
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I live in the Seattle area and there is a store called Party Universe that carries LEGO party supplies. (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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I am putting an order together for S@H and am thinking about buying a Suprise Bag. I am curious to hear what other have received in their Suprise Bags. Thanks, Scott (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Eliminate high-speed derailments forever! (and possibly void your warranty)
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(...) Wow. Good for them! (and us :-) I would have opened mine too, but am glad that someone put it into good terms. Maybe this is something for the FAQ for those that aren't electronics' newbies? (...) <snip> (...) Very good. (...) <snip> (...) (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi all, I hope you can help me. I am looking for the lego birthday party stuff and i know they make it cuz i have seen it at the lego place in the mall of america. but since i live no were near it i was hoping someone on here might know where i can (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Transitional piece construction
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(...) I'm not 100% pure. So I would use sticker edges between rail joints to insulate. Or just mount the track one stud apart, that makes a fine gap. (...) Why? You just need two switches back to back, like so (bad ascii art) A2---\ (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Train doors and windows
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(...) I'll agree that it sounds to good to be true, but I want to have my hopes dashed along with the rest of you. Which leads to the question: Is this hypothetical offer open to everyone, or just trainheads? James (URL) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New web site!
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(...) Right. Homestead may be great for making certain kinds of canned things but it's not much for general purpose creation. Yahoo/Geo or Xoom may give you more control. Depends on how much effort you want to put in. Right now, you've got less than (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Legofest? Call for more info
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Jason, Please sort out your e-mail -it always bounces! See below This is a MIME-encapsulated message --UAA21753.935437918....cix.co.uk The original message was received at Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:51:58 +0100 (BST) from root@localhost ----- The following (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Train doors and windows
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If something comes of this, probably makes sense to consolidate all the orders/requests/wishes into one. Either we do it independently or Christer does. Since I communicated with him offline about a much larger (3 orders of magnitude) request, I (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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How would you connect 2 different LTC layouts together when the way the transformers and therefore power distribution is different? If you did a straight connection then one group would control the others trains. The solution I thought of was to (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Sorry, I ment that at homestead every thing is drag and drop, I could not even figure out how to import the button in the first place. I'm new to this stuff and I don't know much about it. (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | My apologies (was Re: Lego Pager)
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(...) My apologies. This thread veered way off topic, and I forgot to set the f-up away from this group. [f-up set to lugnet.admin.general] -Tom McD. when replying, more insidious mobsters used spamcake instead of cement. (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | KAPAs Auction - Update
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24 hours to go for going 1 and some more bids came in. Also got some better information on shipments. A 2kg (somewhat around 4 pounds) pack to the US is supposed to be 5.00 - 10.00 USD. Here are all sets sorted by theme (all sets are in sealed boxes (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Lego Pager
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(...) profundities... (...) you (...) You said you wouldn't tell!!! >:-( ;-) Dang! I could have been the world's fastest Lego sorter! :-) -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake is photosensitive. (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Thanks! I'm looking forward to hearing about yours when you've got it built, what you changed and how it works. One of the best things about this (doing LEGO work on the Internet) is seeing different people do the same thing in different ways! (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I am interested in the following. Sorry, but I don't know the part numbers. 1 pair of red train doors 2 pairs of black train doors 2 pairs of yellow train windows 2 pairs of black train windows Russell (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) back... (...) at (...) I checked it out this morning and the rear wheels are pretty much centered with the rear hosebed / equipment box area. The engine looks "off" because the tires are just too small. It's a pity there isn't either a (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New web site!
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Hmmm... there seems to have been a slight mistake... That should probably have read: (URL) for buttons, just check out (URL) will give you the exact line of html code that you need to insert into your html file, and also will show you a horde of (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | [Parts Request] Minifig Pirate Sword
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Hey all, Has anyone started work on the Minifig Pirate Sword? Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New web site!
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(...) Perhaps because you didn't point followups to another group. That's usually why. But announce is only for (from the header of the group) CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.announce (group): General-interest announcements to the community (breaking news (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | RE: ideas for a RIS 2.0
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(...) Yes, it's one of those rubber things. Cybermaster's touch sensors come with a translucent housing, so you can see the inards quite nicely. There's a resistor across the two contacts, too. Tilman -- Did you check the web site first?: (URL) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Train doors and windows
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(...) Try using the resource at this URL (URL) by looking in the TRAINS subcategory, most of the parts are there....) There is a resource that lets you look up parts by number but I can't recall what the URL for that is. Hope that is of some help (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad)
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Hi all I'd like to announce first web page @ www.homestead.com/ge...ocars/home . There's not much to see because it's still under construction since I have only had it for a day or so. I have tried to add a lugnet button to my site but I'm having (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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Is it possible to move this discussion solely to the debate area? Thanks, Steve -----Original Message----- From: Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org> To: lugnet.general@lugnet.com <lugnet.general@lugnet.com> Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 2:38 (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: [LDAO] New beta version available
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(...) (Apologies in advance for the jw-esque question...) I've been out of touch for the past three weeks, but a quick review of the ng's don't show anything new for LDAO. Has this version (2.10 beta announced 1999-06-29) been released yet? Whoops, (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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(...) I agree as well and that is probably one of the reasons many people dislike Americans. We rarely take a Global view and are for the most part more concerned about ourselves and rarely think outside of the bounds of the USA. That being said (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Macintosh IR cable
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Hello, I just talked to Pitsco LEGO DACTA. I was curious about the IR tower they sell, because it comes with a Macintosh cable. It turns out that the cable is available separately, item 4119830, for $15. This item is not listed in the catalog (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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Steve Bliss skrev i meddelandet <37c15dc5.5818575@lu...et.com>... (...) Boy, are you being robbed, we only have to pay ca: 1.05 USD/liter ;-( (And how much does a new Volvo cost for you?) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: POV-RAY question
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Scott R Dennett skrev i meddelandet <199908231819070990....te.net>... (...) Not exactly headlights and such, but I made some experiments around Christmas last year. You're welcome to take a look, and if you want I'll try to find the POV-source for (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: The fabulous - Building Idea Book #1
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Gary Istok skrev i meddelandet <37C2C299.C1D9616A@u...ch.edu>... (...) Swedish! Unfortunately not mint at all, and missing some pages :-( -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: ideas for a RIS 2.0
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(...) But it IS true, and that's why the 6 input mux at: (URL) has some problems. Find out for yourself by putting a meter across a touch sensor. The resistance changes from about 1K to 470R when pressed depending on how hard it is pressed. Michael (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Train doors and windows
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(...) I'm interested too, but is it possible to get a short discription of the parts noted here above. I can only track the numbers 4182,4033 back !! Most of my doors have *NO* number on it, and when they does,its marked on the RIGHT HAND door,not (...) (27 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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