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From Cnet.com By Matt Hickey Monster Chess pits LEGO bots in game of awesome I hate playing chess. I don't hate the game; in fact it's pure strategy, something I love. But despite years of practice, I still almost never win. And now, it would seem, (...) (14 years ago, 15-Jun-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | Re: BrickOS Patches and Development
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(...) I've recently mucked about with the Power Functions protocol, and got a proof of concept running on the RCX using brickOS. The main problem is that it's quite timing sensitive, so this code only worked reliably with interrupts disabled (...) (14 years ago, 15-Jun-10, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Bricksmith 2.4: Faster. Much Faster.
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(...) Hi Roland, Just to be clear, Allan recoded and achieved this fantastic performance improvement. Kevin (14 years ago, 15-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricksmith 2.4: Faster. Much Faster.
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In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, Kevin L. Clague wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Hi, Keving Just from a technical interest, how did you achieve that boost? I'm in the midst of writing a new LDraw renderer myself, so I'm very interested in any possible (...) (14 years ago, 14-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Perth Model Railway Show 2010 Pics
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I like this clever use of monorail tracks: (URL) (14 years ago, 14-Jun-10, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per)
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| | Re: Bricksmith 2.4: Faster. Much Faster.
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(...) ...snip.... (...) Allan, Congratulations on such a great improvement! Keep up the good work. Kevin (14 years ago, 14-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Bricksmith 2.4: Faster. Much Faster.
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 2.4> adds the following features: Drawing speed improvements of up to 1200% 64-bit native on Mac OS X 10.6 Viewports fill their entire frame Supports displaying the newly-standardized direct RGB color syntax Supports displaying (...) (14 years ago, 14-Jun-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés samedi 12 juin 2010
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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 jours. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Le train de passagers 7938 ** par Gilles (...) (14 years ago, 13-Jun-10, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | My latest MOC; Volvo NL12 with conveyor belt trailer
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Yes, I indead this one before. That was back in '97 but I wanted to build the remake for many years. October last year I started with this model to have it finished in May this year. It's much more realistic than its ancestor and works much better (...) (14 years ago, 13-Jun-10, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | From Dan Brown
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Hi all. I am back. It has been awhile since I have posted anything from just me. I am no longer on Bricklink. And I have taken back seat at the Toy and Plastic Brick Museum (daily operations). I am back to building again for the 1st time in well (...) (14 years ago, 13-Jun-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Fig-TEES(tm) Now you can have your company logo on a compatble part
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(...) Coming soon. (14 years ago, 12-Jun-10, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Kernel freeze when attempting to use rotation sensor
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Hi, I've tried using the latest BrickOS and the latest BIBO with patches (from here: (URL) both with the same result. I don't know if nobody's really used a rotation sensor in 4 years (unlikely), or if my code just fails (likely), but every time I (...) (14 years ago, 12-Jun-10, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Five Seconds in Datsville
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Here's my first animation from Datsville. Took one night to prepare, took an hour to render the 74 frames, takes 5 seconds to watch the result. (URL) (14 years ago, 12-Jun-10, to lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: I can stop building steam engines now...
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(...) Thanks for the kind words Ben. I was quite tickled with crater plates myself, though it all happened accidentally. After a few folks complained about my backgrounds for earlier MOC pictures I decided to reach back and get the 48x48 baseplates (...) (14 years ago, 12-Jun-10, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Perth Model Railway Show 2010 Pics
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Hi All, The Perth Model Railway Show was a huge success! 40,000 people through the doors and most of them crowding around our display! Take a look at my pics here... (URL) visit our site... (URL) Adult Lego Society. (14 years ago, 12-Jun-10, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce)
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| | WHaCKOLuG - June, Sunday the 20th
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Hi all, Here is your friendly reminder that Sunday the 20th is our monthly dinner at 6:30 pm at Angels Diner in Guelph, Ontario. Special note, many of our members will be off to Brick World so they will not be in attendance, as well, it is Fathers (...) (14 years ago, 11-Jun-10, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: June bugs, and dinner
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(...) Wow, and you dont rub this in to my socialism soapbox rants??? (...) LOL, did you type this with a straight face??? See you at 7. Wink. Janey Red Brick (14 years ago, 11-Jun-10, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Portable Lego Sundial
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(...) Merci, Philo. I have been working on another dial design I will be posting about soon. (14 years ago, 11-Jun-10, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: I can stop building steam engines now...
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(...) Hi Benn! Very cool engines and building techniques - thanks for sharing them with us! I especially liked your use of crate plates to create the illusion of smoke rising from the smoke stack. Brilliant idea! Ben (14 years ago, 10-Jun-10, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | TRU sale June 11-17
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Toys R Us flyer good from Friday June 11 to Thursday June 17th Buy 1 Get 1 1/2 off on all Toy Story toys (LEGO and other brands). Shows a picture of 7590 Woody and Buzz to the Rescue. 20% off on these (three) LEGO sets: 7747 Wind Turbine Transport (...) (14 years ago, 10-Jun-10, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Portable Lego Sundial
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(...) How cute, well designed and useful at the same time! Philo (14 years ago, 10-Jun-10, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: CONTEST - BricksNorth needs a logo.‏
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(...) Actually they chose Toronto a long while ago for a Lego fan convention. But they weren't sure if they could handle the crowds and security so they decided on hosting the G20 & G8 meetings to see if they are up to the task :)) (14 years ago, 10-Jun-10, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Theed Diversion
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(URL) Click the pic for more... AC (14 years ago, 10-Jun-10, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: CONTEST - BricksNorth needs a logo
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A Flickr image pool has bee created, so if you use Flickr, you can add your entry here: (URL) (14 years ago, 9-Jun-10, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: CONTEST - BricksNorth needs a logo.‏
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(...) ...snip... I misread this post and booked off the end of August of this year. Now I have to wait until January to book off the real dates. I am looking forward to this. Cheers, Jude (14 years ago, 9-Jun-10, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: Fig-TEES(tm) Now you can have your company logo on a compatble part
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(...) OooooOooo. Pictures? Steve (14 years ago, 9-Jun-10, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: CONTEST - BricksNorth needs a logo
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(...) or better Still.. Please Post you entry (or a link to your entry) Here. (14 years ago, 9-Jun-10, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Portable Lego Sundial
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This little sundial can be used anywhere on the globe to accurately tell time to within a few minutes. (URL) Building and set-up instructions are now up at 62 Bricks (URL) (14 years ago, 9-Jun-10, to lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | Re: My MOC: Clockwork Do-nothing-machine
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Bravo, sir. It is quite frustrating to see something amazing on the internet, have the idea to recreate it in LEGO, further have the idea that it could be entirely mechanical, only to have someone else execute the MOC first, and exceedingly well, at (...) (14 years ago, 9-Jun-10, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: CONTEST - BricksNorth needs a logo.‏
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(...) So you will just have to leave the east coast a day earlier... Or... Hop on a plain at your international airport and fly in... I think I recall hearing that Porter is flying between Moncton and The Toronto Island Airport now... (14 years ago, 9-Jun-10, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: CONTEST - BricksNorth needs a logo.‏
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(...) Hey Jeff! That IS great news! While Toronto might be the hub of Canada... Moncton is the hub of... the Maritimes We have an international airport, you know! And we had AC/DC in concert last year, sooo... Nope, I'm NOT jealous! Just that is 16 (...) (14 years ago, 9-Jun-10, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: CONTEST - BricksNorth needs a logo
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(...) Forgot one last thing... Entries can be sent to jenn AT thebrickchick DOT com With a topic of BricksNorth Logo Contest. (14 years ago, 9-Jun-10, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | CONTEST - BricksNorth needs a logo.‏
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Posted on Behalf of Jenn Wagner (jenn@thebrickchick.com) BricksNorth where: Downtown Toronto, Ontario Canada at the Delta Chelsea Hotel. when: August 25-28th, 2011 Hello everybody!! Some of you may have heard that Canada will be getting a LEGO fan (...) (14 years ago, 9-Jun-10, to lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on, FTX)
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| | Fig-TEES(tm) Now you can have your company logo on a compatble part
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Well after a good deal of thought and time,I am happy to announce that I received my first shipment of Fig-TEES(tm) last week and they look like they are going to work very, very well. Due to the legality (or rather illegality) of printing corporate (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jun-10, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés dimanche 6 juin 2010
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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 jours. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** FreeLUG à Noyant-d'Allier (03) ** par Jac le 7 (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jun-10, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | helicopter model - 10183 Hobby Train alternate model
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the compulsive urge to keep trying at a bell huey model continues...how else can you explain attempting a helicopter model from a train set?? witness my insanity with this helicopter model made with parts from the 10183 hobby train set: (URL) (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jun-10, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | New trains coming
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Hi all I noticed some new trains on Bricklink: (URL) are not on (URL) yet, nor here. However (URL) under the Danish version are 2 new sets 7936 and 7937. They are not under the US (default) version. I could not find any other information yet. The (...) (14 years ago, 8-Jun-10, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Classic Lego TV Commercials
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As part of a project to digitize and preserve classic television advertisements, Duke University has put two Lego television commercials from 1973 online. Links and details are here: (URL) (14 years ago, 7-Jun-10, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | June bugs, and dinner
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IT's JUNE, and you know what that means? Right, Tax Freedom day for Canadians. (April for Americans) (URL) and its rtlToronto Dinner time. YOU have 5 days to make plans and be prepared to attend the BEST(1) rtl dinner ever. Every month a post is (...) (14 years ago, 6-Jun-10, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | $150 PaB box discontinued.
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I went to the Bel-Square LEGO store last Wednesday with my PaB box that I got back in Feb. '09. (URL) without any reuse discount, (like there is for the cups) I didn't want to accumulate a pile of PaB boxes, so I used the same one at least 6 times, (...) (14 years ago, 5-Jun-10, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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