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(...) I'll beleive that when I see it ;-) Tim (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Problems with Brickshelf?
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Just been to Brickshelf and it reports Brickshelf has discontinued operation. We apologize for any inconvenience. Maj still seems to be up Tim (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: James Jessiman's Unofficial LEGO® Pages - The Original???
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(...) Wow, I had no idea these were still online! I was thinking about this the other day, wondering if someone had kept an archive. Yep, they're the originals. IIRC, in the early days of LDraw.org, there was an archive on the web site. I the site (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Brian-- Yeah, I've seen them. They're nice. Nifty. And made from wood (or a wood-like substance), which is not a LEGO usual feature. I wouldn't buy them for my kids (if I had them), but I might consider them if I were single and LEGO was my (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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| | Official LEGO storage boxes? For more than a hundred bucks each?!
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Anyone see the new "LEGO Furniture" items being sold now in the online catalog? A storage box in red, yellow, blue, or green, slightly larger than two feet deep by 1.5 feet wide by one foot high... for a hundred twenty dollars!! And a stacking bin (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: The Mercurials - Lego Comic
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Very Interesting! I like the cinematic feel you have achieved (I must try that sometime) and despite some dialogue difficulties the presentation is very tight, though maybe a giant 'next' button would be in order. I look forward to seeing more. God (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Irish LUG (hopefully)
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Hey all, just sent these out to a few people and thought I'd post here just in case... I'm crossposting to .UK/.NI in case anyone reads there more frequently. We're trying to be island wide (I'm from Portadown so the North is represented)... The (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.loc.ie, lugnet.loc.uk.ni, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
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| | peeron inventory
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July 14 1499-1: Twin Starfire inventory is correct 315-3: European Taxie inventory is correct (instructions submitted for Samsonite version) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.inv)
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(...) As advised elsewhere, the answer is "no", UNLESS.... you do as I am going to do. My next Big Thing® is going to be creating 12 wide LEGO trains that utilize G scale track, trucks, couplers, and motors. I will run them outdoors (but won't leave (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) And that is despite the fact that all models in miniland have been given a healthy coat of UV protection. One of the model builders told me that the structures in miniland must be replaced every 5-7 years. Bill V. could comment more (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Is it possible to run lego trains outdoors?
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(...) This is absolutely correct (I actually work for one of the major companies that has supplied LEGO their ABS). ABS is not good outdoors. In most outdoor weatherable applications where ABS is present, it is extruded in sheet form and used as a (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Paul Sinasohn, Where is the Minifig Parts Jambalaya
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(...) I figured it was something like that, just want to make sure. Tracking is always a good idea on these kind of things. Thanks for getting this out to me. Aaron (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, FTX)
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| | Re: Domanda per quelli di ABStechnology...
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Il tutto dipende dal peso che avrà la cabina, se il modello si deve muovere oppure fare solo mostra. Secondo me realizzare un modello 1/20 con i sistemi che avete descritto e metterci su 400 e rotti grammi di peso avrà un brutto impatto sulla (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: BALLABIO - resoconto -
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Ultimo come sempre.... Ringrazio anche io tutti e soprattutto un plausa all'organizzazione e a tutta la PRO LOCO di Ballabio, che senza il suo intervento nn sarebbe stato possibile un simile evento..... GRAZIE 3 giorni passati veramente bene .... (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Back after 5 years - trying to catch up
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In lugnet.general, Doug Dropeskey wrote: Snip (...) I think it was a bit of both. The community wanted websites with more specialized content. Needs were not being met (articles, chat, easy to join) so other sites were started. (...) Yes. Major (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: The Mercurials - Lego Comic
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(...) Very cool. I am hooked to the story already. :-) The only thing I would improve is a method of seeing who is talking. The icons idea mentioned above would work well, but even just the speaking character's name before each line would work. In (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Legp club NZ
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(...) That's wonderful! I always wished there was a LUG when I lived down there. God Bless, Nathan (URL) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Re: BALLABIO - resoconto -
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(...) No, era quell'altro. Ho finito ieri sera di smontare, pulire e rimontare quella ruspa, e devo dire che una simile quantità di problemi me la sarei aspettata da eBay, non da un brickshop :-( In totale sono sotto di ben 28 pezzi... Ciao Gabriele (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Program doesn't work
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Does someone know why motors on RCX are not working with this code: #include<unistd.h> #include<conio.h> #include<dsensor.h> #include<dmotor.h> int main(int argc, char **argv){ ds_active(&SENSOR_1); while(1){ if(TOUCH_1){ dlcd_show(LCD_ARMS); (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The Mercurials - Lego Comic
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Tom Wilson wrote: I had a good laugh and really wonder how the story is going to develop! would it be possible to tell the number of slides when announcing an episode. don't need a countdown inside the show just some info if (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Legp club NZ
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(...) You may want to start here: (URL) If your LUG wants to be added to the LUGNET Map, you should post something on the (URL) admin newsgroup> or email the admins directly. Leg Godt! (and congratulations on your startup LUG!) "Big Daddy" Nelson (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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| | Legp club NZ
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CreatioNZ lego users club had it's first meeting!!!! it was great with more people to come for next time. Unfortunately I forgot to take any photos. :( Is there anything I need to know about making it a Lug group or where I can advertise a bit more. (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Workarounds for two crash bugs in Mac LDView 3.2 Beta 1
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So far, two bugs have been found in the Mac LDView 3.2 Beta 1 release that cause it to crash, and then subsequently crash every time it is launched. I'm posting a workaround for each of these problems here in the hopes that it will reduce people's (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: 10178 Power Functions Walking AT-AT
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(...) I found some more pics (URL) that are apparently from the Star Wars Celebration Europe. This set looks really nice, definitely gonna pick this one up come Christmas. (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Re: Is it possible to run lego trains outdoors?
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(...) With 9v track, no way. 9v track does indeed rust if exposed to water over time. If you go with RC track I don't see why you couldn't run it outside but keep in mind that dirt acts as an abrasive so keep the track off the ground or take steps (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Thinking Outside The Box
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(...) Build it in yellow, turn it on it's side, and you have Pac Man. You could even hide a ghost inside! -Doug (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Building equality one female minifig at a time.
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I have to laugh because this was my hobby-horse 10 years ago. There has been some progress, but things are still pretty bad. I notice that Lego Designer/Pick-A-Brick includes one female head, 3 male heads, and 2 neutral heads. It also includes 2 (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Is it possible to run lego trains outdoors?
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(...) Absolutely. It's called "building an addition on your house". Seriously, though, it is entirely possible to run LEGO trains outside (our club has been involved in three separate outdoor displays that I know of, two of which I've participated (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | peeron inventory
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671-1: Shell tanker inventory is correct picture of sticker sheet submitted 1610-1: Police Car inventory is correct 1898-1: Dragster inventory is correct (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Re: The Mercurials - Lego Comic
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Thanks for the positive feedback. We'd hoped other folks would enjoy our strange experiment! Nicole and I really like the avatar idea, too. I'm going to play around with that and see if we can pull it together. I think that combined with some of the (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Is it possible to run lego trains outdoors?
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After moving 4 times in 4 years, I find myself with a house. Unfortunately, there is not enough room in the house or garage for a lego train setup. But I do have a large, fenced in back yard with lots of trees. So then, is it possible to weatherize (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Back after 5 years - trying to catch up
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(...) Impressive as ever. Which reminds me, can lego trains be weatherized (run outdoors)? I have to take that up in .trains (...) From my reading it appears that lugnet went through some management turmoil--unprocessed memberships, infrequent (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jul-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Comic-Con in Two Weeks
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(URL) Just a reminder that there are two weeks to go and since the meeting date is Saturday 28th, it will be a sold out day for sure (was last year). Here's where to go to buy tickets online- (URL) It's $30 to attend on Saturday. And yes, LEGO will (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug, FTX)
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| | Re: Back after 5 years - trying to catch up
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(...) Oh, baby, (URL) does it ever!>:-) I use my LUGNET NG as our web site. No jumping ship, here! (...) One might say that LUGNET is a victim of its own success. It brought us all together, and all of the little sects got together and formed boards (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: James Jessiman's Unofficial LEGO® Pages - The Original???
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(...) Yes they are authentic. If you browse the RTL archives, you'll find many links to them. ROSCO (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Optional Lines Calculator utility [DAT]
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(...) hi philo, please add that empty lines are not supported as well. a code like this: 4 4 -4.266 10.961 0 -8.96 10.961 0 -8.96 9.086 0 -4.266 9.086 0 4 4 -10.693 10.44 0 -8.96 10.961 0 -8.96 9.086 0 -10.693 9.607 0 0 // white 4 15 16 18 0 15.239 (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Back after 5 years - trying to catch up
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(...) Hi, John. A name I remember. Thanks for the welcome. I trust your train collection continues to thrive and grow? (...) I suspected as much after looking through the archives, checking the traffic report, and visiting classic-space.com. I (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: WWE Superstars in LEGO
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(...) "The Oldest Player in the Game" as we like to call him. My girlfriend and I always sort of cringe when he takes the cape off these days. Of course I used to cringe when any of the steroid-pumped musclebound wrestlers came into the ring in the (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | Re: WWE Superstars in LEGO
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(...) Thanks, Adrian. Glad you enjoyed these. Maybe I should also build Mick a collapsible folding table that is on fire. -Brendan (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| | James Jessiman's Unofficial LEGO® Pages - The Original???
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hi folks, tell me that I'm not dreaming: (URL) some of the oldtimers please confirm that they authentic? w. (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Paul Sinasohn, Where is the Minifig Parts Jambalaya
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(...) My wife called and let me know it was returned today - I didn't put enough postage on it. I'll ship it Priority tomorrow with whatever tracking I can get from USPS. Paul (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, FTX)
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| | LafLRC meeting
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Coming up is the third Sunday of July. So, this Sunday is the regular LafLRC meeting at 3:00, at the regular place. See you there. Steve (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: The Mercurials - Lego Comic
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(...) I really like the avatar idea, it would definately help, as the cast expands. But this is a really great start. There's so much detail, I feel like you know where you are going with it (something lacking from so many web comics). The mystery (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Help me contact Paul Sinasohn
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I need help contacting and resloving a Jambalaya issue with Paul Sinasohn. Any help Baylug members could provide would be most appreciated. He received the box over a month ago, and has not been responsive to my requests that he send it and/or send (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, FTX)
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| | peeron inventory corrections
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July 13 390-1: Helicopter 3006 yellow brick 2x10 should be 1 not 2 2352 yellow windscreen 2x4x3 should be 1 not 2 4751 should be 4751b 6610-1: Gas Pumps inventory is correct 125-1: Tipping waggon instructions show that x797 red wheel with spoked (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Re: 3D Transformations Architecture Question
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(...) Roland, Actually the errors wouldn't be a problem. I wasn't thinking of performing transformations on already-transformed data. I was thinking of performing transformations on the original vertex data, then storing that (as a separate set of (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | New NXC/NBC release is available
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I have released today beta 31 of NBC/NXC. Lots and lots of fixes and enhancements. Some of your code may not compile due to fixes that I have made to the parser. It used to let things get past which it should not have been allowing such as extra (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: 3D Transformations Architecture Question
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(...) Thanks Travis, that's *exactly* the info I was looking for. I think I'm going to go ahead and store each object's matrix, as well as the camera and projection matrices, updating any of them only when adjustments are made to the appropriate (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Thinking Outside The Box
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Several months ago I built some LEGO SOMA puzzle cubes with six smooth sides. Now it was time to build something to store the cubes in. I saw that a few years ago Eric Harshbarger built a SOMA cube and nice storage box. Not wanting to just copy (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Re: The Mercurials - Lego Comic
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(...) Perhaps if you gave each character a unique prefix? If you include colors with your greater than symbols, you'd probably not run out. But I think the most clear thing would be to take a small picture of each minifig's face, and put that beside (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: The Mercurials - Lego Comic
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Thanks, Ted! Glad you enjoyed it. We're looking to do a new episode every 2 weeks. The issue of showing who's talking without speech bubbles was challenging, especially since our actors refuse to open their mouths! We're trying to get better at (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Fwd: Robotics - Stolen Life (fwd)
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Hello I'm wondering if you can help me. I am an independent filmmaker. I have just released the DVD of a new film "Stolen Life". Stolen Life is an unusual science fiction story populated entirely by industrial (non-humanoid) robots. Do you know of (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Search path question
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(...) Hi Roland, Thanks for the input. Has anyone else implemented the mechanism the way Roland has? Kevin (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: The Mercurials - Lego Comic
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That is really compelling. Very movie-like and something I will be following. I noticed that as it went along it got easier to tell who was speaking as it was a little hard to follow in some of the episode 1 panels. Is there a way to watch it as a (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: 3D Transformations Architecture Question
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(...) Well thanks for spoiling my day :) I tried orions file and discovered a design flow in my new LD4DStudio renderer. It looks like this: (URL) seems Orion uses the rotation matrix to mirror some parts, this totally F-ups my normals :( And there (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Back after 5 years - trying to catch up
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(...) Ahh, well that's a good question to which I haven't the answer. My guess would be that a few of the ringleaders wanted more control over the direction and tone of the NG and the rest just followed the leaders like the mindless lemmings that (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | The Mercurials - Lego Comic
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Greetings all. As an AFOL, I've enjoyed lurking around Lugnet, taking a look at all the amazing creations everyone has come up with, and reading Brick Journal. My wife and I recently started a project that I thought you'd be interested in: (URL) (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Back after 5 years - trying to catch up
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(...) My question was about the reasons for the alluded exodus from .space, of course, not about the content of your post. Jim (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: It's time for a DixieLUG meeting - July 14th
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(...) Cool. I'll be over there on Tuesday about lunch time with the kiddo. Promised to take him there next week. :-) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug)
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| | Re: Back after 5 years - trying to catch up
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(...) Au contraire! It is purely puerile! (and all in good fun:-) TRAINSTRAINSTRAINS! ===...=== JOHN (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Back after 5 years - trying to catch up
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(...) Just out of curiosity, is there a particular reason for this? Nothing puerile, I hope. Jim (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | RunBot
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I saw this on Slashdot: (URL) find it interesting that parts of this robot are TECHNIC-esque. That and the fact that the robot walks and runs like a real person. (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: By any other name...
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(...) From a fellow rosebuilder, I say well done, Joe! I especially like the way you've incorporated many useless (to me, anyway) wedge plates. You've created a nice, tight pack of petals. Now, back to the Journal! :-) JOHN (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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| | Re: it's a continuing sequence...
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xkcd is the best comic of all times.... (URL) that might apply to swinging too..... And guess what? I'll actually see whoever is there tonight! -Rob A> (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Back after 5 years - trying to catch up
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(...) Always good to see an "old schooler" reappear on the board! Welcome back, Doug! A couple of things have changed since you left. The first is the implimentation of FTX. It's fun; You should try (URL) try it>. Hey, sorry about that last (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(URL) 'cause i liked the block stacking competitions the best... :) Dave K (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Back after 5 years - trying to catch up
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After a 5 year vacation from lego I am trying to catch up. I've already skimmed the LDraw site, BayLug, Brickshelf, BrickLink, Shipyard, and Moonbase. I looked at the .space roll call, but it has not been updated since 2003. The .space timeline was (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.space)
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| | Theme for NWBrickCon 2007 and Sail-In
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Ahoy mateys! The convention theme for NWBrickCon 2007 this year is . . . Pirates! We'll be having a special emphasis on the brick's buccaneers and encourage everone to bring Pirate-related models. As part of this, and inspired by the Space Fly-In at (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Re: Nuovo Bricx CC
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(...) Ciao. E' da poco che ho iniziato a usare brixcc, ma confermo che puo' essere usato per programmare l'NXT. In particolare, si puo' usare il linguaggio NXC. Non e' ancora ben sviuppato, ma e' gia' utilizzabile per i programmi ragionevolmente (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Legofest di Ballabio: raccolta materiale multimediale
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(...) Le mie poche foto sono online: (URL) di particolare in verità. Ciao! Gabriele -- gb@@biffuz..it (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Building Robopussy
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(...) A, I would remark that the stiffening of hinges issue could become critical, and ultimately the downfall of your endeavor. I urge you to soldier on, and seek inspiration where you find it, to stiffen that hinge. Perhaps you should seek a state (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | By any other name...
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I finally built something. Not a spaceship, nor a building. Not micro, or minifig scale. (URL) Been wanting to build a rose (that sounds SO odd) for at least two years because the design challenge is really interesting: how go you get a medium that (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !
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| | Re: Legofest di Ballabio: raccolta materiale multimediale
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Io ho circa 200 foto, ma penso che non ci sia niente di particolare, magari possono servire quelle del torneo robotico che, anche se limitato nei concorrenti, è stato divertente! Giuliano Marco Chiappa ha scritto: (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Nuovo Bricx CC
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ciao ieri sera volevo scaricare il software BricxCC su PC di casa, mio figlio Luca (un nome una garanzia), vuoile cimentarsi nella programmazione!! Ho visto che esiste una versione nuova!!!!! Quindi è possibile usarlo con l'NXT???!!! Ci sono (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Building Robopussy
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(...) (URL) Indeed> (...) If i was making a doggy-styled mecha, I'd be mainly concerned with how it looks from behind. (...) It will have a metallic robot body, which may or may not have stripes. (...) I would like whiskers, but couldn't come up (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Building Robopussy
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(...) Or grok the fullness even. Robopussy, strictly speaking, is neither mech nor mecha, but it uses a lot of the same build techinques, so this seemed like the best place to post it. I call it a 'big-fig'. (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: 3D Transformations Architecture Question
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(...) Sorry. I guess I didn't fully understand why you wanted to do the pre-multiplies. Hopefully this reply will be closer to what you are looking for. LDView 1.0 did exactly what you suggest. It calculated the final coordinates for every single (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Building Robopussy
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(...) It turns out there was a (URL) thread> about the terms! Live and learn. Cheers Richie Dulin (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: 3D Transformations Architecture Question
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(...) Travis, Thanks, but that answer is exactly what I was trying to avoid in this discussion. I understand about creating a transformation matrix, a camera matrix and a projection/perspective matrix. I understand about compositing them all for a (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Nice work. Now let's see the classics.... Iron Sheik, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Jimmy "Superfly" Snooka, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Danny Davis (the corrupt referee), and my favorite, George "The Animal" Steele. (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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(...) I've always thought it was: Mech = big robot with a human pilot, no gun. Mecha = big robot with a human pilot, big gun. I don't really grok mechs/mechas that much though, so I am probably wide of the mark there. Cheers Richie Dulin (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) It's great to finally see cartoony stuff in mecha again. It reminds me of the stuff Felix makes. There was another guy that made something similar with action figure inspired commandos. Your moc doesn't look very feline though. It kinda looks (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) Actually, based on what you write after the above, this is a "How do you draw in 3D?" question, which is fairly close to "How do you do 3D?". The implementation details of how 3D gets drawn to the screen tend to answer all your questions. When (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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Basically you keep 1 copy of the object with its vertices in their original position (local or model space). You take the local to world, world to view, view to projection and projection to viewport matrices and multiply them to get a single (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) The way I understand the file handeling system, this should not load. Because every file's references must be handled relative from the file being loaded (not to the main file). So calling sub/sub2.ldr from sub/sub1.ldr will look at (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Ah. Okay. I was going to suggest that having a look at a real cat might be helpful to get the look right, but if that's not what you're aiming for, then you are probably on the right track. (...) Ah. Right. Yes, I guess if something has (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Call for Presentations at NWBrickCon 2007
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(...) I am working on a couple of possible presentations for NWBrickCon. One of them, I could use some help on. It will be an Art Exhibit called: "Minifigs Behaving Badly" There are many examples of minifigs in official sets, catalogs, and idea (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jul-07, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, FTX)
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| | Re: Paul Sinasohn, Where is the Minifig Parts Jambalaya
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(...) Paul, It has been well over 7 business days since you stated on LUGNET that you would send it. I fully expect you to ensure this package arrives soon. Email me if you need my address again, but there was a completed mailing label included. (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, FTX)
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(...) I would also lean towards always requiring the subdirectory, but am open to argument the other way. ROSCO (19 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The official release is August, but as we know, they sometimes arrive earlier or later. ROSCO (URL) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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Feedback from the guys who built the viewers (LDGlite, LDView, etc) would be really great on this. I have a project, not Lego, but similar and I'm writing some software for 3D viewing and manipulation of items. The LDraw architecture is a good match (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Vool looking so far! Since there may not be enough female minifigs, maybe your MOC will now shed light on the lack of female mechs (or is that mechas? I never remember). (...) Maybe some big eyelashes? Or some red blush on the cheeks? (...) (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) There's always the possibility that that's exactly the look I'm going for. If there's one thing I've learned about building cat mecha, is that they don't necessarily have to resemble an actual cat.Sometimes a more subtle suggestion of catness (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I know that LPub would only know where to find sub2 if it was specified as sub/sub2.ldr. I think if there only being only one current working directory which is the directory where you've placed your top level model file. (...) This seems the (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I just noticed some unexpected behavior in LDView, and I wanted to ask here whether or not the behavior was right. Suppose you have the following files: TestModel.ldr Sub/Sub1.ldr Sub/Sub2.ldr TestModel.ldr contains a reference to Sub/Sub1.ldr. When (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BALLABIO - resoconto -
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(...) Ouch! Si e' notato? ;) [...] > Meno male che l'Ambassador belga aveva con sé una montagna di (...) Ecco, stavo dimenticando: tanti ringraziamenti a Jean-Marc Nimal (si chiamava cosi', vero?) e gentile signora per la pazienza mostrata nei (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Ballabio 2007: impressione emozionale
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Giusto! Mettiamoli davanti ai monitor a programmare ! ...Non ho mai demonizzato la televisione, nè tantomeno i videogiochi (ho comperato la wii :-) ma contemporaneamente in famiglia siamo rimasti diversi mesi con la TV rotta, prima di acquistarne (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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(...) Sounds like a great way to test. We could probably try the experiment tomorrow. At the moment, the 10 boys in this week's class are more inclined to play "grab the flag" using automonous robots than BT Remote Control. We experienced the 5 pair (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Sign of center pin on power adaptor
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(...) You must be dealing with a different release of the battery pack than I am, since the only portion of the US instructions that mentions numbers states the output of the battery pack (10VAC, 7VA) and the approximate charge time (4 hours). There (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Forse sbaglio, me se bambini e ragazzini giocassero un pò di più con i Lego e rimanessero di meno davanti alla TV o ai videogiochi, probabilmente non ci sarebbero tutti questi problemi nelle scuole GIuliano samurai74 ha scritto: (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jul-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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