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(...) The 10X thing sounds really whacked. I still say he did the right thing. I've seen numerous products that were obviously mispriced by mistake. Can't believe any sane person would expect the law to back them up and force a store to honor a (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: New Lego challenge !
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Hi, This sounds like a great challenge! One quick question, is the square containing the light beacon marked in any way? Perhaps a different color floor for that square. It would make goal determination much easier. Or is part of the challenge (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 6375 Exxon Gas Staion sticker sheet scans?
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Does anyone have a scan of the 6375 Gas Station ((URL) sticker sheets? It's the Exxon gas station. I'd like to rebuild my set, but my stickers are missing. :-( Hmm, has anyone thought about starting a sticker sheet scan site? (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: [meta] Disconnect Handy Board posts from lugnet.robotics?
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(...) I think Dennis is reading via the web. There are N ways to view groups via the web, the default of which is to coalesce the entire .robotics.* hierarchy into a single virtual group at this URL: (URL) when the 6745-message Handy Board archive (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Automatic sorting
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I've been buying boxes at Target which are the same size as the Plano 3700 boxes but the dividers fit much tighter, plus there are twice as many positions for the dividers. Now if only they carried the thick boxes also... I just did some serious (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Cool classic space pics
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Man, this is from one of the idea books, I can't remember which one off hand, but I stared for hours looking at the two pages here, wishing I could build something like this. Hey, since I have tons of parts, I might be able to now! :) I hate working (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Cool classic space pics
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Yes, those are the 1x6x5 large windows. These are pretty scarce, since they are available in so few sets. They can also be found in an old Dacta Hospital set (there they are black), and in the old Schoolroom Homemaker set (there they are yellow). A (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: WWII Fighter
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Joe, Wow. Wow Wow!!! Great job. You'll just have to convince TLG "LG" to make up some military planes like yours now, and blow Best Lock out of the water! Keep up the great work! Scott S. (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Disconnect RCX
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Can we get the RCX posts isolated on the lugnet.robotics.rcx group only? I can't find any Cybermaster posts in all of the RCX posts that have flooded the lugnet.robotics group. -Brian Alano ;-`) [who has never even seen a Cybermaster] (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Lego sets at Costco
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The following sets at available at Costco for $27.49 6160 Stingray Sea Scorpion 6919 Insectoids Planetary Prowler 4970 Rock Raider Chrome Crusher 6434 Town Roadside Repairs Not great prices and 6919 and 6434 were a recent closeout out at Target. (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: WWII Fighter
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(...) Cheers, - jsproat (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Fair Auction? (Was Re: Honest Capitalism)
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followups set to .debate Richard Franks wrote: <snipped interesting, (but IMHO unworkable) scheme> (...) I disagree. We are all unique, and therefore different, and therefore unequal, practically speaking. Now, it was the intent of our Founding (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Space scenes like in the old catalogs
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Allright, I´ll look for the sand texture. As for the cylinders, I will try it also. Thanks! --Tobias Jacob Sparre Andersen skrev i meddelandet ... (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Next NELUG meeting and potential Group project(s).
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Hello all, I have been quiet lately because my sister just gave birth to her first child (A boy) and things have been a bit busy. Also with my first wedding anniversary comming up this weekend I have not had alot of time to work on setting up our (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | Re: Disconnect Handy Board posts from lugnet.robotics?
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(...) eh? Am I missing something - I can't recall seeing more than a handful of posts mentioning the Handyboard. They're certainly not "flooding" through the gateway to lego-robotics@crynwr.com! (Unless they're being filtered out?) Stuart (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: White house with Green Trim and Roof
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Rob Farver wrote in message ... (...) I like this house. Specifically, I love what you did with the steps--the corner slopes look good, there, and you've finally solved my problem of attic ventilation. Sometimes it's the simple things..... Brian (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Disconnect Handy Board posts from lugnet.robotics?
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Hi all, Can we get the Handyboard posts isolated on the Handyboard group only? I can't find any Lego posts in all of the Handyboard posts that have flooded the lugnet.robotics group. please? DLC (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: General Box #2 Thread
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General Box #2 has passed through my hands. Naturally took way too long since it arrived at my post office the same day I left for a nice long Labor Day vacation. Mail delivery was supposed to resume Wednesday so it would be waiting for me when we (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | town accents [DAT]
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Some of the little things I use to stock my houses, and some ideas I haven't presented to the everybody, yet. Brian (bbq) Sauls 0 FILE townacc1.dat 0 MPD Author: Brian Sauls 0 0 This .MPD was compiled using M-Peedy 0 (URL) town accents and shortcuts (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas)
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| | commercial accents [DAT]
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Perhaps the proper title should be "restaraunt" accents, but since I plan on making more of these for different business, "commercial" should do. Brian (bbq) Sauls 0 FILE caccent1.dat 0 MPD Author: Brian Sauls 0 0 This .MPD was compiled using (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.ideas)
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| | Re: Automatic sorting
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I just got one of (...) Next time you go to KMart, look next to the PLANO boxes for a one-sided yellow box with adjustable storage compartments. I use these, and at only $4 each they really can't be beat. Troy (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Zach's third LEGO auction (update 3) - Blacktrons, Ice Planet, Metro Station, Dolphin Point...
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Here is the latest update. Many open items still remain. Bid status will start to advance in about 3 days. Welcome to my third RTL auction. It has been about 18 months since my last auction, time for another one to clear some of my closet space and (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | NQC chapter online
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Hello again, The Not Quite C chapter from my book is online: (URL) the "Sample Chapter" link. It covers NQC 2.0. Enjoy! Jonathan (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: WWII Fighter
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That torpedo is great. Eric (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Kego Constructopedia
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Brian, Thanks for putting that up. I can't get the "trial of Filemaker" link to work. Can you check it again? Thanks, -Phil (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | ldlite
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I hope this is in the right group... (sorry if it isn't) When rendering models in LDLite with rotation on and continuous display, I noted that that kind of setup would make an awesome screensaver, especially if the model is large, i.e. a home from (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: New Lego challenge !
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(...) To be more specific, the "right hand rule" is not a recursive algorithm at all in the classic sense. We like to think of it that way because the "traveler" will traverse parts of the maze repeatedly, in the worst case the whole maze. However, (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Datsville: crane2 (exponents?)
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(...) If not a bug, at least a nit. I think if you open the file in LDAO's editor, select the whole text and MoveExact by 1, then move it all back, LDAO will get rid of the exponents. -John Van (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Datsville: crane2 (exponents?) [DAT]
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For some reason, the lines with exponents don't render in ldlite when I use the dat hyperlink in web mode. ldlite,ldraw and l3p/povray render them fine locally. I made it in MLcad. Is this a bug? There is no need for e-15 exponents anyway so I (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Datsville--Town Hall
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(...) It conceivable. I haven't put it in the town yet, so it may actually be too big. I've got the space for it, but it may look out of place being so large. It's a government building, so it's supposed to look oversized, with 12-15 foot ceilings (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Datsville Updated
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(...) Nope, Win95. When he gets around to it, Todd's going to make a little routine to do that. Your info may be of help to him, though. -John Van (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Datsville: crane [DAT]
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I'm posting this as a mpd this time. Sooner or later Datsville is going to need an office building for it's residents to work in. This is a modular crane that can be adjusted in height for any project, and the arm can be rotated about the crane top. (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Kego Constructopedia
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(...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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It is law in Michigan. There is also a law about scanning items wrong, if the price is different, you get 10X the amount of difference between prices. I always changed the price if it was marked wrong when I was a cashier at Meijer. Scott S. (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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(...) I'm no lawyer, but I have heard that that store was legaly obliged to sell that game for the marked price. I was told that by a retail manager while being trained on how to be a cashier when I was a kid. It could as easily be an urban legend (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RE: Automatic sorting
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(...) Terry, consider using the PLAN0 37xx boxes. Two of them, (one with special mods) will hold an entire Mindstorms set. They are more transparent than the two sided box. Also, sometimes Walmart has the softsided PLANO tackle bag (black) with (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | RE: Is there a device that...?
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Yeah! You're right! I've seen it done in Basic so I would assume C++ has a function. But, I don't remeber wether they are at 12V or 5V. (?) (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Is there a device that...?
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Isn't your parallel port itself what you want? I always understood that it could be reached (coded) quite easily? That should give you 7 channels! ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter <eacmen@att.net> To: Handy Board Mailing List (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Four Wheel Base
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I disassembled quite some (lego) models, I also use differential steering. I position the wheels like most models on a square (so width and length of wheel base is equal). Funny thing about a square is that a circle can be drawn from the middle (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Automatic sorting
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I'm about to start teaching a robotics class for 7th and 8th graders and will have 6 Mindstorms kits. I just got one of the PLANO 1126 boxes at KMart for $9.90 These boxes have two sides: Good, but how about looking for stuff?? Can you who use these (...) (27 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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