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| I have a used Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop that is old enough to have a serial port. I'm trying to use a serial port IR tower to program an RCX and am having problems. When I plug in the tower the green light turns on immediately, which AFAIK is not (...) (19 years ago, 9-Mar-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Peeron inventories
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| In lugnet.inv, David Eaton wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Hear! Hear!! Thanks Dan for your many efforts on our behalf!! Dave K (19 years ago, 9-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv) !
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| (...) At last a little humor here. John P (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
| | | | | Re: Peeron inventories
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| (...) I think there's only one possible explanation for these quality issues: Peeron must be outsourcing it's inventory updating to China. Cheers, Allister (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
| | | | | Re: Peeron inventories
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| (...) For corrections, please send them to inv@peeron.com (note, please do not send it directly to me or the other admins). By doing that we can make sure all the admins get a copy of it - meaning it'll get done sooner. Thanks for your cooperation (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
| | | | | Princess Leia's Plans
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| While on a secret mission to summon the aid of the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, Princess Leia is trapped on board her diplomatic starship. Knowing she will be captured, she nonetheless fights to the end, and (URL) does what she can to ensure that her (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: My first(ish) program
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| (...) I wrote the program but never bothered to get a proper score-- Just tried-- -3 :) Dave K (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
| | | | | Re: My first(ish) program
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| (...) I'll post the first hi score... -6 !!! Wo-hoo! oh, wait a minute... rats. Good programming, nice idea. Now, if you have something to fix my reflexes... (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
| | | | | Re: Peeron inventories
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| (...) think that is much more important. I had an agreement with the person that was doing these that I would just send emails. I do not know how to do the data bases and such, so if I could just do emails it would make what I am doing a lot easier. (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
| | | | | My first(ish) program
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| Read the blog (yes Chris, I know it's slow...)-- (URL) made a little video game. I know that others have made on-screen games, so I just went with it. As soon as I saw the 'aim' pic and the 'rabbit' pic, I knew I just had to do this. So with much (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
| | | | | Re: Peeron inventories
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| (...) Flak isn't so bad, might get them to listen. I offered to volunteer since I am retired. I have a lot of gratitude as their data base for parts is great. It took a lot of work to set up and I am amazed at the effort to get it going. They just (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
| | | | | Re: Peeron inventories
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| John, I do appreciate your submissions - as Dave mentioned, that's the only way data can get to Peeron in the first place, by users taking pictures, making inventories, and submitting corrections. Note that some of these updates are more difficult (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv) !
| | | | | Re: Peeron inventories
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| (...) See, now, again, this has nothing to do with anything. Yeah, you're older than I am. You're older than most AFOLs. Ok. But I don't think being older gives you a free pass to be condescending. That's the sort of thing I mean. You can say what (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
| | | | | Re: Track cleaners
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| (...) Neat cleaners! I've found that a single motor run around the track on full power for 10 mins or so is generally enough to get smooth running. But with worries about greenhouse gas emissions, I've been thinking about doing something that uses (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Peeron inventories
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| --snip-- (...) You don't have to put it online, John. You can keep it at home. In fact I'm sure that your statistics must be coming from some sort of database you have at home so your job is already done. When someone has an eBay auction which (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
| | | | | Re: Peeron inventories
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| (...) One thing is that I don't have the knowledge to do a data base on the web or the time. I am not too sure what whinging is. I am sure that there is income from the Amazon banner and I use it whenever I buy from Amazon and that is quite often. I (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
| | | | | Track cleaners
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| (URL) Track cleaners (URL) Full Gallery> Out of a hatred of cleaning track, I've recently revised my track cleaner (the red one), then built second version (the yellow one). As I'll touch on in a moment, both are good, but neither is perfect. First, (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
| | | | | Re: Peeron inventories
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| --snip-- (...) I've got a good idea for you John. Since you are retired, OCD and have already re-inventoried 1000 sets why don't you start a new database. Since you have done the checking that will be a new 1000 set inventory database up to the 100% (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv) !
| | | | | Re: Peeron inventories
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| (...) Well Jude, the 90% refered to the minor mistakes, 5% are way off, re-read the part about the this happening in 90%, perhaps you will get it then. 90% small mistakes with another 5% major mistakes, see? Hope that this clears up your confusion. (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
| | | | | Re: Peeron inventories
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| (...) Dave: It is not my purpose to be insulting; I call things like I see them. I am almost 60 and I was a little less blunt when I was 30. Now at this age, I call black black and white white. I have been 30 and was a bit less direct. I doubt that (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
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