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(...) Thanks. Even though much of it is common knowledge for us, it took a whole lot of collecting, building, and searching the Internet to acquire that knowledge. My goal here is to put a lot of that knowledge together in one place. I am certainly (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) By the way, I noticed that your site only looks at the 9V motors. Have you ever dissected or tested one of these 4.5V motors? Eric (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) Good point, Philo. I did not choose very good wording here. What I meant was that, as a DC motor, there is no "hot" terminal and no "neutral" terminal. Therefore, you cannot hook it up wrong and damage it. I'll go back and see if I can clean (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: New Indiana Jones Sets at Toys-R-Us
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(...) In addition, Temple Escape and Race for the stolen treasure are also in stores in Hayward, CA and Foster City/San mateo, CA (Bay Area) I bought the Motorcycle Chase and the Race For Stolen... this morning. Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Eric, this is a fantastic resource you are creating. I can't wait to see further updates - even if for some of us what you write is common knowledge, it still makes good reading and I always find something new to appreciate. As a side note, (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: renderer.dll
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(...) The best bet (and one option I've been eying for a while) is LDView. It's source is open and it's written generically enough that it could be completely cross platform. -Orion (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Technicopedia
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Hi Blakbird, Little note about 4.5V motor: when you say "The motor is DC, so polarity is not important."... precisely since it is a DC motor, polarity IS important, rotation direction depends on it... Philo (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: 5 button simplex locks
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(...) Chris, I've been working on variations on my pneumatic inchworm, so I've got pneumatics on the brain again. I've got to break the camera out soon. I've got a 3 piston 3 switch octopod that I got working. I've also got a 7 segment inchworm with (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés jeudi 20 décembre 2007
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jour. Nouvelles brèves ---...--- * Numéro 12 de (3D)2 consacré aux briques LEGO. * - 20 (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: More OT: Bacon
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(...) snip (...) And all along I thought it was VEAL, that converted people to the "Meaty" side. Chris (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 5 button simplex locks
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(...) Thank you Kevin, I alway seem to "forget" pneumatics, but in this case, the simple on/off state of the piston would work just fine here. hummmm..... :) Chris (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: mindscript (NBC NXC)
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(...) If you are running on a Windows platform then you can start with Bricx Command Center (BricxCC). It is an integrated development environment (IDE) that supports Not eXactly C (NXC) and NeXT Byte Codes (NBC) for the NXT brick running either the (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Bacon popcorn, - was something about my 24hr of my first day off
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(...) Mike, Thank you for your very kind words. I do this bacon stuph for people like you and me. Common every day "joe's" Last night, I was at my local grocery store, and saw bacon, on sale. Thats all I'm saying for now. Chris (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | New Indiana Jones Sets at Toys-R-Us
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Amazon.com has the new Indiana Jones sets on sale as Pre-order with a date of January 1, 2007. (URL) has two of the sets on sale Motor Cycle Chase 298223 and Lost Tomb 296824 on sale $10.99 – $20.99 in sales flyer for Today and Saturday. (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | valutazione 7864
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Ho un amico che ha trovato in cantina un 7864 MISB. (e nient'altro purtroppo) Secondo voi quanto può valere? ...bricklink valuta circa 45 dollari in su... Se servisse a qualcuno fatemi sapere al + presto (dovrei vederlo domani) Dino Baldi (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.it)
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| | Re: More OT: Bacon
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(...) Ba da dumm!!! Thank you!!! He'll be here all week! Don't forget to tip your hostess.... Dave K (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Grunts - Episode 3.
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(...) Thanks Dave, I'm virtually laughing my face off just now... Regards, Jerry (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: lego fest
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(...) Guarda qui: In lugnet.org.it.itlug.market, Emanuele Parodo wrote: C'è anche il tuo set. Ovviamente appari anche nelle didascalie della vetrina. Ciao Marco (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: NXT Program: How to avoid stop-and-go?
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(...) Yes. Move (unlimited) Starts the motors and *leaves them running* while progressing on to the next block in a sequence. The motor state will then remain unchanged until some other block (like a later Move or Motor block) changes it. Try it an (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | lego fest
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ciao marco come' tutto bene, come procede il lego fest, posso mica avere due foto se possibile, magari con il mio set ti ringrazio e AUGURO A TUTTI BUONE FESTE saluto !!!...!!! (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: Grunts - Episode 3.
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(...) Obviously written by someone with military service! Keep these coming--they're quite good! Play Well and Prosper, Matthew Crandall "The Brick Detective" PS--GO NAVY! (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Re: RIS 2.0 software
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(...) Hi Richard, The first step you should take is to run the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP. You can run this program by selecting the Start button, choose All Programs, Accessories, and then Program Compatibility Wizard. If you follow (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: NXT Program: How to avoid stop-and-go?
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But if the Move block is unlimited will the next block (Wait) be processed? and when it goes to Wait block isn't that mean Move block is done and it will stay in the Wait block for ever, because the vehicle is not moving? (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NXT Program: How to avoid stop-and-go?
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(...) Try a Move block set to "unlimited": that will turn the motors on and let them run. Then have a Wait block to wait for the US sensor to report an object, or something similar inside a Loop. When an object (like a wall) is detected, the next (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 7994 City Harbor Question - water
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(...) For those of you who have it, umm... has anyone measured the displacement of this large hull? In other words, how much does it weigh when empty, and when full of water (yes, that's close enough for my application). I've built an NXT-based (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.inv)
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| | NXT Program: How to avoid stop-and-go?
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I've just started with my very first vehicle according to the instruction. Then I added the distance sensor. So, my car will turn when it come too close to an obstacle. I use a loop with distance as exit condition, i.e. the loop repeats the forward (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: mindscript (NBC NXC)
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Does that mean NBC or NXC can be used on NXT? Do you use any of them? Where can I find more deatails? C-like is good because I like C :-) Phuoc (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 7994 City Harbor Question - water
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(...) It makes a royal mess, but it is workable...I am not going to try with the new hull, as it is rather wider than my canals are. (yes, I have made more than the aveage amount of work into floating water...no, I have not finished or filled it (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Re: 7994 City Harbor Question - water
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(...) It makes a royal mess, but it is workable...I am not going to try with the new hull, as it is rather wider than my canals are. (yes, I have made more than the aveage amount of work into floating water...no, I have not finished or filled it (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Re: More OT: Bacon
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Rob Antonishen wrote: "Bacon is how vegetarians change their minds." They have minds to change? Who knew! :-) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Rutland Gondola
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(...) I'm a sucker for plain, well-textured freight wagons and this one is a great example. With custom bogies I think it would be perfect. Tim (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 7994 City Harbor Question - water
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(...) I didn't notice the motor so much as the fact that the boat floats. The image on the box and the promotional TV spots feature the boat in real water. I wonder if anyone has attempted to incorporate real water in any of their layouts. Is it (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.inv)
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| | Re: off-color red bricks
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(...) These off color bricks are from the mid to late 70s and maybe into the very early 80s. The are neither kind of plastic that the Samsonite and early sets were made from, a totally different soft plastic and they grip the same as the newer (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: off-color red bricks
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(...) Well the lack of "grip" is a strong hint for CA anyway. Even if the bricks are not warped, there is some extent of shrinkage which causes the lack of grip - I think I heard from different sources that CA bricks never had too much grip to begin (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.color)
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| | Legofest di Ballabio 2008: aperte le iscrizioni
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Da oggi sono ufficialmente aperte le iscrizioni al Legofest di Ballabio. Il sito è già in linea da diverso tempo ma subirà diversi aggiornamenti e modifiche nelle prossime settimane. (URL) persone mi hanno già fatto avere le iscrizioni tempo fa e (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: off-color red bricks
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(...) Our off-color red bricks are from the 60s, and the plastic they are made from seems to be at least as hard as ABS, so they aren't made from this third, softer plastic. They are most likely CA, but the fact that none of them are warped is (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: My attempt at a railway bridge
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(...) Thanks Jonathan - I'm happy to get some feedback on it since I really was a bit unsure lately whether this behemoth was worth all the time and effort. But maybe I will finally get it finished (with all the fine-tuning that is) to show it on a (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My attempt at a railway bridge
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(...) Hi John, actually I remember having seen (and admired) your bridge - what kept me from simply being the old copycat was for one the sheer lack of appropriate bricks and on the other hand the fact that bridges like these are not exactly (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | More OT: Bacon
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Just wanted to point out that bacon IS considered a "gateway" food.... one of the items that finally temps vegetarians over to the omnivore side.... from (URL) Kelso was a 12-year veteran of vegetarianism when she went AWOL. She blames pork. "Bacon (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: My attempt at a railway bridge
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(...) technic bridge! I also know of the woes of building an awesome bridge, and then not even being able to use it on one's layout:-( But it is fantastic that the kids are coming into the age of being able to participate in your LEGO hobby! It is (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: mindscript - subroutines
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(...) MindScript is a programming language created by LEGO for use with the earlier generations of programmable bricks such as the RCX, and Spybot. It cannot be used with the NXT. The NXT does not have any text-based programming languages that are (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Q: How to handle commissions?
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(...) Charging for the parts is a pretty straight-forward thing. Charging for the time invested is pretty straight-forward as well. Like you said, it's the intangibles that are the hard part. What I have found is that the price of a LEGO work is (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Grunts - Episode 3.
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(...) (URL) read it daily :) Dave K (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Q: How to handle commissions?
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I've got to admit being slightly lost & stunned on this one, and would appreciate any advice from people who have done this before. Recently I've had someone ask to commission a copy of one of my models, and i'm trying to figure out how the heck (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My attempt at a railway bridge
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(...) Nice. It is nice and beefy - but not too beefy. I find a lot of technic built bridges to be a bit to big and clunky for my taste but this has a nice feel and size to it IMO. I wish TLG made sand blue/sand green/teal technic bricks. That would (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGOFE$T di Crema
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(...) Da buon ultimo, come abitudine (ahime!), mi aggiungo anche io. Grazie per i ringraziamenti, ma devono andare a chi ha partecipato. (...) Devo dire che e' stato impressionante (nonche' faticoso ed emozionante) avere la sala quasi piena di (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: LEGOFEST ROMA
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(...) Anche fare il Legofest nei locali del museo? Sarebbe perfetto, non trovate? Giuliano (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: recharging NXT battery block with DC adapter?
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(...) The reason asking is that sometimes we send teams of students to a country with different voltage in the outlet, i.e. 110V instead of 220V, and the LEGO adapter accepts 220V, but not 110V. However, we have a DC adapter that accepts both 110V (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: mindscript - subroutines
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I'm so new that I don't even know MindScript :confused: My questions... where to get it and its documentation? Is that the only script language for NXT? When I start using some variables and calculations the block structue is becoming hard to read. (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | How can I fix this bugged fractal landscape MLCAD generated?
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I generated a scene of a small amount of fractal landscape in MLCAD, however, there is a problem with some illegally generated bricks which have been placed to intersect other bricks, of course that's impossible to do with real LEGO. Is there a (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LEGOFEST ROMA
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A parte che avrete la mia più inciondizionata disponibilità, credo che il mese di aprile-maggio potrebbe essere ideale per un Legofest a Roma. Certo il tempo è alquanto ristretto ma sull'onda dell'emozione del Museo di Zagarolo tutto è possibile. A (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Rutland Gondola
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(...) Hi Elroy, I am really impressed by the realistic look of this creation - very nice detail. I wish LEGO would make train cars like these (or rather I wish they won't, budget is already more than tight ;) ) Great work. Jerry (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Skyscraper wip
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ok here is my skyscraper I am working on. I got the ground floor finished tonight and wanted to show it off a little. part of this project is the road and landscape around it. so anyway. (URL) after moderation: (URL) plmkwyt, Spencer (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Technicopedia
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Update ====== Universal sets from 1982 now added. Blakbird (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Rutland Gondola
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I'm slowly adding to my collection of vintage Rutland locos and cars. The latest is a Rutland gondola, based on an old photo found (URL), and an n-scale version pictured (URL) here>. (2 URLs) NELUG Gallery> The sides of the gondola are built from (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX) !!
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| | "reverse parking sensor" type sensor for Mindstorms
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Does anyone know of a sensor (preferably for the RCX) that works similarly to the "reverse parking sensors" for cars? (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Part II - the bacon continues -- OT - no lego
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(...) And here's another thing for Chris to try: (URL) bacon Martini! Just looks disgusting! LOL --Mike. (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Part II - the bacon continues -- OT - no lego
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(...) He should get this for you for the holidays: (URL) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LEGO 9V Train Communication II
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(...) I already did something very close. I reversed engineer the IR protocol of the Power Functions and created a small device that can both send and receive IR commands. The components in this device probably cost around $10-15 (but excluding the (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: renderer.dll
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(...) Wow. That would be very awesome. :) (...) I don't remember - does VB5 have native code compilation? This would probably be one situation where that would be a good option to use, for performance. I also seem to remember that VB5 came with a (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Grunts - Episode 3.
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(...) Is it my English that fails me or is the touch of evil intended in this new episode? I wonder when anyone else will pick up on the idea of creating a daily LEGO comic strip. Thanks, Jerry (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military)
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| | Grunts - Episode 3.
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The final format change? (URL) S. (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Wedding Card Vignettes
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(...) What a thoughtful friend, and maybe an AFOL in the making, they did an outstanding job. Janey "Red Brick" (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Part II - the bacon continues -- OT - no lego
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(...) NO Mike, no lard either... gosh, between you and Dave, Chris will be lucky if he survives into the New Year. Giggle. So Chris, what did Santa bring you for Christmas?? A triple heart bypass, stat! Janey "Red Brick" (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Part II - the bacon continues -- OT - no lego
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(...) How about lard??? --Mike. (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | My attempt at a railway bridge
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Hi all, I always meant to show this - but didn't manage to translate the describing page to English. Anyway, it's finally done (the page, that is - the bridge itself is still a work-in-progress). Enjoy: (URL) not architecturally thrilling, but it's (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Part II - the bacon continues -- OT - no lego
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(...) Im pleading to St Anthony that this is not a trilogy. Snipped all the greasy bits. (...) Not quite how I remembered it, I guess the rumours of your pending death were vastly overrated. Janey "Red Brick" Hey, here is a crazy idea, try having a (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Part II - the bacon continues -- OT - no lego
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(...) Uh, David, please... he really needs NO HELP in more disgusting bacon recipe ideas. Geesh, BOYS!!!! Janey "I prefer my poison Jack, Red Brick" (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | renderer.dll
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I had the idea to write a dll that contain all necessary stuff to render a model and show it in a window or a picture box in windows (W98 or higher). I have had some problems at the beginning but after some help it works (with still some problems), (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: parts from 7894 / 7893
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(...) have not to be perfect but good enough. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LEGO 9V Train Communication II
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(...) It's those smaller, sharp and pointy objects that I'm worried about actually... plus I've got a couple confessions yet to make about my other hobby (there are some more saxophones in this house than she is aware of... ;-) ) But I've got the (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | This is why I love LEGO builders...
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Part 234232326 of 23523632572423822863658.2 (URL) K (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| | Re: Space Corridors for the new Comand Center-Classic Space
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(...) These are a great start at a moonbase. It looks like the hallways aren't quite long enough, though. They should be the exact size of a large baseplate, with 48 studs from one end to the other. These look like they're around 44 studs. -- Tony (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.space)
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| | RIS 2.0 software
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I just gave my 12 year old daughter a RIS 1.0 (yep, an original one with the 1.0 RCX) set for her birthday. Unfortunately, it looks like the software supplied with the set doesn't seem to work with XP (it seems to install, but doesn't want to run). (...) (17 years ago, 16-Dec-07, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: LEGO 9V Train Communication II
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(...) If someone can get hold of Mark Riley and have him 'fix up' LDCC to be 'Power Functions/RC Train' IR compatible instead of DCC, that'd be a quick fix :) The rest is already built in--remote control, LACC, etc... Dave K (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO 9V Train Communication II
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(...) I've got to say if I muttered those words aloud, my wife would likely come at me with a large blunt object :). But I agree - I need to lay hands on an IR train and start working out more of this myself as well. (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Bacon popcorn, - was something about my 24hr of my first day off
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(...) I read this post a few days ago; it was like watching the unfolding of a beautiful, yet strangely intriguing culinary horror story. Something that I want to try, but feel dirty for admitting it. Then I remember somebody sending me this link: (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: general gaming Q: multiple dice vs. die+bonuses
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(...) Another difference is that there's a large variance in Ad6, and very little variance in 1d6+A. With A=4 (for instance) you get Ad6 resulting between 4 and 24, which is a huge range. With 1d6+A, you get between 5 and 10. For that reason, I'd (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | general gaming Q: multiple dice vs. die+bonuses
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I'm in the throes of designing a LEGO space battle game. I'm borrowing some ideas from Full Thrust, at Wayne's suggestion, but I'm probably going to monkey with the combat substantially. For example, I really like giving the defender a defense roll, (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO 9V Train Communication II
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(...) Brian, the more I read this, the more I am with you. I think I really need to re-think my LEGO budget for next year... Three trains sounds like fair enough to me, since our house is not supposed to grow and the trains need some space to be (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO 9V Train Communication II
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(...) I'm pretty sure the RCX could be programmed to throw PF control messages... and while this would be a lot cheaper from a HW standpoint at the moment, I'm not sure it would be long-term. Right now the RCX is cheap(er) on eBay, but as they (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) On second thought, that doesn't look all that bad actually. Provided there is a way to eventually control more than one train and set up several IR interfaces (for positions where the optical link would otherwise fail) with a single RCX, the (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If there are "dead zones" that could be a problem, but we also get to run doglegs this way. There are trade-offs, and I know where I'd like to be: LEGO-certified DDC built-in that is usable with anything from a regular train controller, to a (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Jerry, I certainly agree that this might not be a cost-effective solution or a very efficient way to implement DCC (although there are surely those out there who will pursue it anyway). I was just trying to emphasize that there isn't reall (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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According to the recording, there will be no phone specials for the week of Wednesday, December 19, 2007 to Tuesday, December 25, 2007. Please check the www.lego.com web site under sales and specials. Enjoy the Holidays!!! Clifton (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Hey Big Daddy! You made GeekDad!! (URL) Nicely done! Dave K (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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Se si organizza un evento a Roma verso quel periodo, settembre-ottobre, anche io potrei prendere in considerazione l'idea di venire, se non come parte attiva, quanto meno ad assistere per la prima volta ad un evento e avvicinarmi di più al gruppo. (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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(...) Hi Jordan, while this sounds like an interesting solution, it also sounds like a very expensive one as opposed to going for RF in the first place (yep, I know that RF remote controls have their own issues, power consumption being a significant (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) HiTechnic / LEGO now offer an "Infrared Link" for the NXT that seems to be exactly the sort of thing you're describing here - and it is advertised as being compatible with the Power Functions and train IR protocol. This would mean that no (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jour. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Les briques de JAC à la télé ** par Jac, Pierre (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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(...) That was a very special gift. You have nice friends. Thanks for sharing. (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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(...) I love your displays. I hope I can do something like that someday. I'm not so great at designing my own models, but I'm collecting a lot of sets. Thanks for sharing your displays. (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.events, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX)
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K, I hit hte 'post' button once.... Sorry 'bout the triple posting thing... (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(URL) Destroyer of MOCs!!!! Yep. Officially I've become a pin-head collector :) When I saw the 493 come up on eBay for around 60 bones, I couldn't resist. (URL) Yeah, is the one with the 'built' craters :) Anywho, now I'm space complete '78 thru (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(URL) Destroyer of MOCs!!!! Yep. Officially I've become a pin-head collector :) When I saw the 493 come up on eBay for around 60 bones, I couldn't resist. (URL) Yeah, is the one with the 'built' craters :) Anywho, now I'm space complete '78 thru (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(URL) Destroyer of MOCs!!!! Yep. Officially I've become a pin-head collector :) When I saw the 493 come up on eBay for around 60 bones, I couldn't resist. (URL) Yeah, is the one with the 'built' craters :) Anywho, now I'm space complete '78 thru (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(...) Ummm.... except that you lose control when the train goes into a tunnel, or you have areas of unreliable control on your layout. Losing control in a tunnel would be a big deal for "serious" model railroaders that like off-stage "staging" (...) (17 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You could always try pneumatics..... Kevin (17 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Now that you mention it... ...good to know all the paint is securely locked away ;-) Jerry (17 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) You are right, some of the minifig air tanks of that period appear to be of a very weird material. As opposed to later versions, they are unusually worn out and the color actually seems to fade over the years. Can't say what material they are, (...) (17 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.color)
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