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(...) Direi di tentare anche di fare il circuito con scambi e passaggi a livello automatici comandati da sensori mindstorm..sarebbe l'ideale riuscire a portarlo (lo avevamo già fatto in passato). ciao! Matteo (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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(...) Io direi di mandarli a stendere... (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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(...) E' proprio quello che vorrei fare. Abbiamo a disposizione 5x5 metri di spazio e tavoli in base alle nostre necessità. Io creerei un circuito perimetrale e lascerei al centro un paio di metri di spazio per manovrare i treni. Se mettessimo (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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"Ross Crawford" <ross.{mylastname}@gmail.com> wrote in message news:JxqrzF.13E@lugnet.com... (...) I apologize for the delayed response on this subject, I have been on vacation for the last couple of weeks and ended waaaaaaay behind on e-mail and (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Actually it turned out that despite the warning message my settings did work from a remote ssh login as a different user. The old AGL code, while it worked locally (that was a surprise), did not work remotely and produced the same warning (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi, some weeks, since I visited "Het Rijksmuseum" in Amsterdam, I am really impressed by the painting "The Kitchen Maid" by Johannes Vermeer. The weather today was more or less a weather made especialy for building, so I did, her's the result: (URL) (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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(...) ciao! Se ho ben capito il circuito sarà esclusivamente 9v, dato lo spazio "esiguo" a disposizione, per il quale vale la pena a questo punto portare un tracciato di un solo tipo di treni e fatto bene. Io dovrei esserci, però un giorno solo, ti (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Empty Lego Boxes
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Hi All Might be the wrong forum but it will get to the people I think may read it. Does anyone buy MT Lego boxes from anyone? I have hundreds of all sizes and condition I may have ones you want?? At the moment they are just taking up room in a (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Vedi bene :-) I topini sono molto tipici nella metropolitana di Monaco (soprattutto in alcune stazioni), tanto che pure il magazine dell'azienda di trasporto locale (MVG) ne ha dedicato un articolo qui a pagina 10: (URL) altri numeri: (URL) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Perth Adult Lego Society
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Hi everyone, Just letting you know that Perth adult Lego enthusiasts are able to join the all new "PALS" - Perth Adult Lego Society. So far our group consists of several members and we are working with the Tidman Brothers, building a large Lego (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Railfest Torino-Moncalieri 2008
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Luca Giannitti ha scritto: (...) Io, come già detto, sono interessato. Il pezzo di diorama che porterei è quello che avevo già preventivato di 2x2m. Se non riuscissi a finire in tempo le basi, comunque proverei a montare il circuito direttamente sul (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: OT: More Bacon
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(...) Snipped... (...) Especially when the bacon "scent" looks this (URL) (Please note - This link may not be considered safe for work or children in SOME people views.) Janey "Dared, Red Brick" (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: New primitives?
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(...) I wasn't aware of the tang primitive, and I had forgotten about the chrd primitive. Going from the chrd primitive to the proposed truncated disc requires the addition of one triangle, and the total number of triangles after adding that one is (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricking Bavaria 2008
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Congratulazioni Luca, la tua stazione è molto bella! Bello in generale tutto Bricking Bavaria, impazzisco per questo: (URL) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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(...) There are already circle chord and tangent primitives on the parts tracker. You would just need to add a couple of triangles to get the ones you're proposing. See: (2 URLs) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | RE: Two dimensional arrays in NXC
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As an alternative, you might want to look at the ROBOTC solution. It fully supports two dimensional arrays. You can download a 30-day evaluation version from www.robotc.net. It's best to use the pre-release version (1.22 or higher) if you'll be (...) (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Is anyone working on 32745?
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(...) I have send my first efforts already by email. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Bricking Bavaria 2008
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(...) Molto bella direi... anche i particolari, che se non sono allucinato io ci sono anche i topini tra i binari :-O ------- Fulvio (17 years ago, 30-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Bricking Bavaria 2008
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(...) Si, è veramente molto bella. Diverse stazioni di Monaco sono particolarmente curate ed interessanti. Ho appena pubblicato un po' di foto della stazione: (URL) Ballabio la porterò completa. Ciao Luca PS: su YouBrick ho appena pubblicato un po' (...) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | new city is at k-mart
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If anyone is interested, I saw the postal van, air mail plane and the cargo truck at k-mart Belmont on Wednesday (and promptly bought both postal sets :) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Bricking Bavaria 2008
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"Luca Giannitti" <legoitalia@yahoo.dk> ha scritto (...) svolgendo) il (...) mi riprometto di andare a vederla dal vero se dovessi visitare Monaco! Con quell'arcobaleno di colori è uno spettacolo... RoscoPC (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: release of the next City sets
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(...) Hi Jonathan, I have ordered the new LEGO City sets (URL) for my online store, we are waiting for them to arrive. Toys Etc is Brisbane based and posts Australia-wide. Regards Colin www.toysetc.com.au (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) OK, now that's just plain weird. Glad to hear it's fixed, though. --Travis (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) If you used my code as an example for Core GL setup, then the error was due to a bug in my code. If not, put the following in your CGLPixelFormatAttribute array, and it should work even via ssh: CGLPixelFormatAttribute attrs = (...) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) problem fixed. extern void qt_mac_set_native_me...bar(bool); qt_mac_set_native_me...bar(true); Kevin (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | The BuzzHawk: a raptor/insect hybrid
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(URL) Enjoy! Dave S. (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Railfest Torino-Moncalieri 2008
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Finalmente si è mosso qualcosa. Lo spazio a disposizione è di 5x5 metri (devo chiarire se è lo spazio complessivo o è il tavolo a nostra disposizione), decisamente molto meno di quanto pensavo. I giorni sono sabato 31 maggio e domenica 1° giugno, (...) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | LEGO on Science Channel's How do they do it
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LEGO manufacturing is featured on a 2008 episode of "How do they do it?" on the Science Channel. It's on now, Saturday Mar 29, repeat Sat evening. Check your local schedule. It's the episode that starts with Wool production. (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Legoland's Land of Adventure Behind the Scenes Preview
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(...) The new Land of Adventure area really turned out great! Two of the rides are certainly geared towards younger park guests. All ages will enjoy the Lost Kingdom Adventure (laser target) ride. I haven't been inside the area with people shooting (...) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) Dear LEGO: Please don't screw up this new train system like you screwed up the color change. We need something that can run multiple trains (GMLTC has 7 operating loops on our layout.), something that can pull long / heavy trains, something (...) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Enfield ModelShop Train Models
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I'm sure many of you will have seen these pics in the ILTCO gallery, but they were new to me. I found them through a post on Bricklink, does anyone know the story behind them? (3 URLs) Tim (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | LEGOfest di Ballabio: on-line le nuove mappe
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Al seguente indirizzo sono on-line le nuove mappe del LEGOfest di Ballabio: (URL) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Two dimensional arrays in NXC
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Hello, I'm trying to use two dimensional arrays in NXC, like this: int onedarray[4]; int twodarray[4][4]; task main() { onedarray[2] = 1; twodarray[2][2] = 1; } I read that the stock firmware doesn't support them, so I got John Hansen's enhanced (...) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Brickworld Returning Attendee Gift
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(URL) Brickworld is pleased to announce that 2007 registered attendees that register and attend in 2008 will receive a $10 LEGO gift card as a thank you for continued support of the event. The gift cards will be provided at the event. (to be (...) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX) !
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| | RichLug Display at VA Aviation Museum 2008
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Great to see some activity on the Trains newsgroup today! We will post new photos of Tim's Virginia State Capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson, and soon (hopefully) to be displayed at our State Capitol. This year we have a much smaller display at (...) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.us.richlug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.town, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| | Re: Good News, Everyone!
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(...) Nixon would need a giant killer warbot body to be delicately perched atop. For my Moonbase pool module, I put Groening's head in a jar, with several owls looking directly at him. BTW, your MOC needs more owls. (...) That's actually the great (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Railfest Torino-Moncalieri 2008
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(...) Il polistirolo espanso, così come i listelli in legno (1x2x100 cm) li puoi trovare in negozi come il Brico o il Self. La carta da parati colorata (che avevo soprannominato di "Almodòvar") dubito tu la riesca a trovare identica alla mia, ma se (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Is anyone working on 32745?
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(...) Cool. We might actually get this very difficult part done. It may take a while but I'll try to get the inside bit mostly complete (easier than the outside). Then we can split the work into the harder bits... Tim PS. We should probaly shift to (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) I'm intrigued by this. I did a similar experiment using a 8.4v NiCad Battery and a monorail train. Whenever the train was stopped at the station, some metal brushes would contact between the the battery and track side connections. Thus (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) Seems to me that train style PF RX/TX pair will be a perfect technology to reintroduce the monorail system with! Even if LEGO doesn't do this. I see it adding new value to my monorail system. MOnorail was always a bit limited by the lack of (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New Mindstorms Events at Brickworld
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Cross posting - sorry for the repeat message. (URL) While the complete Mindstorms event list is still being finalized and the rules are being polished, we wanted to take this opportunity to let you all know about a few new Mindstorms competitions we (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) I just want to say that there are some REALLY innovative ideas being thrown around here. All this talk of automated recharging on sidings and automated points is just making me giddy. Keep the ideas coming!!! -Dave (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh yeah - scale is WAY off, here. If you ever watch the cartoon closely, you'll see that the building is actually quite big. If I were to build this 'minifig' size, it would probably be around 3 feet tall (I haven't worked out the details). (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Good News, Everyone!
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(...) Well, up until now I haven't really been much of a building builder (I never know quite how to put that...). Ships and vehicles are more my thing. Also, there's not much else in New New York that's as recognizable as the P.E. Building. I might (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Good News, Everyone!
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(...) I think I might eventually do a 'Nixon' head for the jar, but in the meantime I just wanted a recognizable face there. He's representing himself. :) One bad part about that jar is that if you put a standard minifig male hair piece on a head, (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.space)
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(...) I've heard they've gotten quite a few questions that already! Unfortunately they took away Bender's liquor bottles to make it a 'family friendly' display. ;) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) Sure - but then it's not automated. You have to get the first train onto the siding, or (if it was running around the track through the siding in the first place) you have to throw the switch so any other train bypasses the siding on the main (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Is anyone working on 32745?
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(...) I have never done in this way, but it sounds good. I think first step should be a mokup for the overall dimensions and the connection (axle hole etc) points. The fine tuning (ribs in frontside etc) should then be divided into areas for you and (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | I, Robot?
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Attempting to escape from Detective Spooner, Sonny, unfortunately, chose to hide in the wrong warehouse. (URL) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Kill the Wabbit!
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My homage to the Bugs Bunny-Elmer Fudd 1957 cartoon, What's Opera, Doc. (URL) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) I'm guessing it's related, but there's presumably something you did that QT Designer doesn't do, or vice versa. Obviously QT is designed so that apps can be written completely without using QT Designer. One thing you might do is create a (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: New Mindstorms Events
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Cross posting to lugnet.robotics... (URL) Philo> (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) Please do that, it seems like a VERY interesting idea! When I read it it was one of those "but of course, I should have thought of that myself!"-moments :) It should, though, be possible to have the possibility to manually control the train's (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Lego Club Magazine and S@H Catalog collection FS! (10+ years)
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I am selling my S@H catalog and Innovations, Brickkicks, Mania and Lego Magazine collections on eBay. I have 10+ years of complete runs. Take a look: (URL) great way to complete or start your colelction of Lego printed material. -- Thomas Main (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) Hmmm..... one major difference is that I didn't use the designer for any of my GUI. I wonder if that is why things are different. Kevin (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Railfest Torino-Moncalieri 2008
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Giuliano ha scritto: (...) Lo stesso vale per me, sempre che riesca a terminare qualcosa del plastico, visto che ho problemi a trovare il materiale per le basi... Luca, tu dove avevi reperito il materiale per farti quelle basi a pannello che avevi (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Railfest Torino-Moncalieri 2008
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(...) Peccato! Tienimi aggiornato comunque, non mi spiacerebbe venire e magari esporre qualche cosa ciao GIuliano (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) Well, I may be missing something, but why not? PF connectors will stack, so you could connect a bunch of PF battery boxes in parallel, and stack a bunch of PF motors off each output (again, in parallel). While this should be possible, I'm not (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Bleeping MOC stealers!!!
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(...) His account has been deleted. A lot of kids on MOCpages do this, sadly. - Sean, "MOCpolice" (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Bricking Bavaria 2008
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Ciao a tutti, sono tornato ieri sera da Monaco, dove si è (anzi, si sta ancora svolgendo) il Bricking Bavaria 2008. Quest'anno la manifestazione è stata ospitata dal centro commerciale Riem Arkaden e si è sviluppata all'interno dei 3 piani della (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Railfest Torino-Moncalieri 2008
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(...) In realtà proprio nessuna notizia... a questo punto salta tutta l'organizzazione che avevo preventivato. L'ultima possibilità è che la manifestazione si svolta lo stesso e io (e chi vuole) vi partecipi come espositore in maniera "privata", (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: QR Class 2800 redux
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(...) I'm in two minds about the new version. Its better, but because its better the proportions should be more , errr, proportionate. The first version was on the (highly detailed) borderline of in the style of an official Lego train and so the (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) From a train point of view, not an issue, simply have a loop (in the UK railway sense of the term. i.e. a double ended siding) and have another train bypass the charging train. tim (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Bleeping MOC stealers!!!
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I want to know who Patrick is... (URL) that is my MOC. You can find it in this gallery and many other NELUG galleries from 6-8 years ago! (Check the bottom row of the first page for example) (URL) it is old and this person problably thought I had (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) That sounds interesting, although thinking about it from the standpoint of robotics & robotic trains even more ideas are presenting themselves to me. I'm not sure how this would work with trains... if a discharging train hits a power section (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) You need to get some proper locos, with two cabs and some nice smooth bodywork between ;-) Tim (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Is anyone working on 32745?
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(...) Do you fancy a divide and conquer approach? If we each did different sections it might make it more possible. At the least it is a fairly easy part to subdivide. Tim (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: advice on what Mindstorms book(s) I should consider buying
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(...) This is my preferred RCX book too! Philo (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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--snip-- (...) --snip-- I would hope the box would be black too but I suspect the first PFS trainset will determine its colour (or colours if we're really lucky). Remember, though, that a lot can be concealed in the cab of a train leaving no more (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) Excellent idea, even if it means extending the battery by another two+ studs lengthwise. Another permutation to consider would be instead of recessing a half plate on each side, to make it a full plate thinner on both sides so that any surface (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) Here are my 2c on the entire thread thus far, I'm still concerned that the 4 wide battery is too wide to conceal in the hood of a 6 wide mode of a typical American road switcher (i.e., just about every American locomotive built since 1968). I (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) past, would it be possible to have a 4 stud wide footprint on the bottom and the have the rest of the side recessed similar to the headlight brick configuration.This will give the ability to build 6 wide hood units by providing a 4 x 8 plate (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | New Mindstorms Events
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(URL) While the complete Mindstorms event list is still being finalized and the rules are being polished, we wanted to take this opportunity to let you all know about a few new Mindstorms competitions we are introducing this year. First - there is (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX) !!
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) I figured that Development would be use by parts authors. I was offering it as an alternative to D:work_in_progress. LSynth it is. Kev (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: new moc: motorized ice skating castle
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(...) thanks, sean. kudos must be shared with jason who got my idea to work and used all his parts to do it! now that you've shown me the link, i recall seeing your moc! i agree that it's tricky to work with that thickness and get just the right (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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Broken Record... I'm reading this great thread and can't help but think that if everyone reads the article for a level set, then we can talk about the next level of details. I am NOT trying to brag but I have been over to Denmark 2 times (with some (...) (17 years ago, 28-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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For trains the Pf system does NOT require constant communication between the IR receiver and remote. And really how often do you control your trains at a train show. Currently most of us have only one train on a loop at a time at train shows, so you (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: QR Class 2800 redux
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(...) Less than three, Tim! Spotlighted! Thanks for sharing. Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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(...) read and understood. i'll refrain from complaining as over all i'm pretty excited about converting over to rc track and trains. i only wish i knew whether i should keep modifing rc track or wait. ondrew (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: New Press Release about Power Function Trains
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Metal rails and metal wheels is a good solution. :) Those burned out motors turn out to be a great way to pickup power from rails (when properly modified) that can be rerouted to the battery box charging port. BTW there is some talk about the Pf (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Perfect - many thx! Don't think there is any need for "development" but "<LDRAWDIR>LSynth" wouldn't hurt. You could then store all constraints and synthesis parts in that folder without the need to mix them with the official parts or rebuild (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Deborah: Kudos to you for getting this to work! I had a terrible time trying to do this a few years ago ((URL) ) the thickness of the "ice" (or "road" in my case) coupled with the friction of the tiles and the strength of the magnets, agh! I really (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | SW UCS 7191 or 7181 for your 4504 or 7190
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We'll try a new offer of trade, Star Wats for Star Wars! I plan on putting these on ebay on a few days but thought that I would try swapping them here first. We have a built, 99.9% complete Lego Star Wars X-Wing 7191 Ultimate Collector Series. Also (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) LDView has its main menu inside the .ui file for the main window. It was created and is maintained in QT Designer. Take a look at LDView.ui to see if there's anything obviously different there. --Travis (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | TRU sale March 28 to April 4
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TRU sale flyer good from Saturday March 28th to Friday April 4th. City Recycle Truck $14.97 (save $5, reg $19.99) (picture of 7991 Garbage Truck). Star Wars 7668 Rebel Scout Speeder or 7667 Imperial Drop Ship [sic] Assortment $9.87 (after even (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Is anyone working on 32745?
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(...) I wanted to start that part some month ago, but at a closer look I decided to not doing it because it is a real challenge. But I want that part very, very much. So please go ahead and make my dream come true. cu mikeheide (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - David's Psalm of Victory
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Yay! I know, I'm way behind in commenting; I'll get there. I just wanted to celebrate that you've finally taken on a Psalm. I really like how you illustrate some of the more abstract scenes (like the line about the snares of Sheol) as opposed to (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| | Re: Railfest Torino-Moncalieri 2008
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(...) temo nessuna buona notizia?.... ciao! Matteo (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) All I get is a single menu item in the menu bar above the desktop. It says LPub. The contents of the menu are not from LPub though. I've built LPub using QMainWindow. It has a function that returns a pointer to the menuBar(). I build all my (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I'm not too familiar with Qt or Trolltech's recommendations, so maybe someone else can help work out what you need to do. The Mac version of LDView 3.2 is a Qt app, so maybe Travis can get you started. The application bundle structure applies (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Just out of curiosity, what IS in the menu bar when the LPub window is the current active window? --Travis (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) OK, that's very very strange. LDView's main menu "just worked" (mostly). I had to do some fixups to make it fit the Mac style, but it was perfectly usable without those. It "just works" when compiled with QT 4 also. (...) Menu" on a Mac isn't (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Shop @Home Phone Specials for Wednesday, March 26, 2008 to Tuesday, April 1, 2008
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Sorry for the delay, I am on leave for the week. There is not much on the phone special list this week. Remember to check the 50% off specials on-line as well. For those of us near a LEGO retail store, this is double loyalty stamp week. You may also (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | What to use? brickOS? leJOS? pbForth?
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Im a programmer so language isn't an issue. What's the status of these firmware replacements? I've looked around them some and I like BrickOs but I don't see any functions in there for the IO IR Port on the RCX! Is it just a better bet to stay with (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: new moc: motorized ice skating castle
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(...) i have been on a posting frenzy, i admit and i'm almost totally caught up. there are so many great mocs out there, i wish more people would take the time here on lugnet to tell us about them. glad you enjoyed the moc. more mesmerizing i think (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | The Brick Testament - David's Psalm of Victory
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WARNING: This post contains links to MOCs illustrating subject matter that may be considered inappropriate for children. (URL) The Brick Testament> is celebrating its 350th illustrated Bible story with the addition of an illustrated psalm that (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.ancient, FTX) !
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| | Re: Good News, Everyone!
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Whee! What a great MOC! So fully realized, so fun to look at from afar and right down to every last detail. Your dedication to getting each nuance just right really pays off. The duplication of the architecture of the Planet Express Headquarters is (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: advice on what Mindstorms book(s) I should consider buying
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My son really liked the book "Building Robots with Lego Mindstorms" by Ferrari, Ferrari, and Hempel, because it teaches design principles, rather than just giving step-by-step instructions. (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: new moc: motorized ice skating castle
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Wow, Deborah. You've posted so much great stuff just now, but this one in particular really caught me eye. It's a brilliant idea and very nicely executed. I really like the design of your minifig ice skaters, the rink itself is classy, and it's (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub 4 Status
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(...) I believe a MAC version mklist utility used to generate the PARTS.LST file comes bundled with the OS-X version of ldglite. Source code is available, so anyone can build it on whatever platform they like. There may be better ways to build the (...) (17 years ago, 27-Mar-08, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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