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(...) I placed a dollar bill with one corner of it pinned under a chair leg. The challenge was to start from the spot and circle around the outside of the legs. Whichever team can do it in less than two tries claims the dollar. I think my dollar is (...) (19 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Fabuland Housewives Episode 10
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Episode 10 is here! We're officially in double digits! Check it out and let me know what you thought! (URL) BrickZone.net (URL) Fabuland Housewives Epsiode 10 (URL) "Crime & Disorder " The serial killer has struck again! Everyone in town is affected (...) (19 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Classroom experiments gone awry
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(...) Steering under NXT-G is... not exactly intuitive. I tried some experiments a whle back, but I never even tried to play with the steering slider because I had no patience for rough approximations (like trying to see if I had moved the slider (...) (19 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Penobscot Building NMRA 2007 preview
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(...) Dang Jim, you fooled me again. I thought that was a picture of the real building! Spencer (19 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: NBC/NXC beta news
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(...) I keep forgetting the not-quite part of your language is an attempt to map operations directly onto the underlying VM. I was hoping to avoid rewriting code but now realize that making all elements of this structure top-level elements will (...) (19 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | NBC arrays
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Is there some more detailed (and lower-level) description of how the arrays work in NBC, please? Something that would complement the description in the manual? This is how I see the arrays in NBC/standard firmware: * a compiled program works with (...) (19 years ago, 29-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Increasing a collection
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(...) That's really good advice. Everybody has a different style, of course, but having large multiples of parts changes what you can do with them. And you may find that your tastes change as you develop- when I started buying on BrickLink, I didn't (...) (19 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: NBC/NXC beta news
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(...) Sorry for not getting back with you sooner about this bug, Rosco. Life comes at you fast, as they say. :-) I investigated this problem today and it looks like I've got it fixed. There were several bugs going on in NBC which were causing the (...) (19 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Penobscot Building NMRA 2007 preview
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Here is a photo of my Penobscot Building which will make its debut at the NMRA National Train Show this July in Detroit, Michigan. (URL) The rest of the pictures (it is about 99% finished): (URL) Never heard of the Penobscot Building? Well it was (...) (19 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: More buildings for NMRA in Detroit
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(...) I can't wait to see you and everyone else at the NMRA. It could be the most spectactular Lego train show yet. Your buidings are the most amazing combination of color and detail that I have yet seen. While I was conscious of the importance of (...) (19 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.town)
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| | Robo Quad - Stage Six
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Robo Quad - Stage Six - Work in progress - Head and neck construction. Vision Command Sensor Cameras. Custom eye lights and Ultrasonic sensor by Hitechnic. Neck up/down and Head left/right motion use RC Racer style motors. Ready for Stage Seven. (...) (19 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
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| | Peeron Inventory corrections
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580-1: Brick Yard: 32 Red Door 1x2x3 Left should be right ( I have three of these and all were with the right door. This is a common error on the inventories, probably because the directions show the left door.) 3069a Black Tile 1x2 is with groove (...) (19 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Re: More buildings for NMRA in Detroit
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(...) Gary Istok.. as in Gistok? Funny, between lugnet, simtropolis (simcity forums) and DYES you see how many Detroiters have taken their love of the city to whole new levels. -mdoyle (19 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.town)
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| | NXTasy challenge no. 2
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I've postponed the deadline on NXTasy.org challenge no. 2 till June 1st. Also, detailed rules and prizes were published here: (URL) urge the (advanced) readers of Lugnet to contribute to this challenge. I think it's important that MDP/MCP members (...) (19 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | RE: Classroom experiments gone awry
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Your results are not at all what I intuitively expect. From your previous posts, I think the "turn ratio" settings you've used range from 0 to +100 in steps of 10. The following table is what I expected. Turn Inner Expected Observed Ratio Wheel (...) (19 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Control Lab - serial/USB
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The Lego Control Lab (peeron #9751) connects to a PC through a serial cable. Since most laptops don't have a serial port I was wondering if anyone knew how I might connect a Control Lab to a laptop. Would a USB converter work (will RoboLab recognise (...) (19 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LDD PRR T1 #6110
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(...) Very nice work. I had not seen that. Thanks for linking the pics. It definitely helps show the details of the PRR T1, and gives me more ideas for improvements to my Lego® version once I go to build it. (19 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Increasing a collection
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(...) First off: Welcome! As to the collection issue, building has always been my driving force.I look for the pieces I use most often (castle needs based). The only advice I can offer is if you're starting from a medium collection (=20k) make sure (...) (19 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Galactica Rag Tag Fleet: 3 new transport ships!
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Hello Phillip, thanks for your comment! I will publish more SW models soon, but I thought it would be good to be present in some other SciFi themes I like as well. So I concentrated in bringing up my new site (URL) and quickly get some more content (...) (19 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Galactica Rag Tag Fleet: 3 new transport ships!
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Hello Dave, thank you for the feedback which is highly appreciated. So, those 3x3 discs come from the SantaFe trainset? I already wondered where they were from. Thanks, – Christopher (19 years ago, 28-Apr-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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