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I like it! How about a back-hoe? -John Van Duane Hess <DNJHESS@ZDNETMAIL.COM> wrote in message news:FI29JH.691@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | DAT file cleanup tools? or: Zero by any other name
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Do any of the command-line DAT tools do cleanups on floating-point numbers? I've noticed lot of lines lately with very-near-zero floating-point numbers, like these lines, for example... (...) ...which certainly don't hurt anything, but they could (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Ferrari F50 Barchetta [DAT]
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"As much F1 technology as we can bring to the street" that was Enzo's philosophy for the F50... and here you have it... this one has nice details... from the yellow prancer logo just behind the front wheels, to the carbon fibre shift handle... i'm (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | DAT line parsing (was: Re: Datsville: crane2 (exponents?))
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(...) My bad. 'Twas a bug in the code in the ldraw.cgi script on the server which recognized DAT content. It wasn't expecting 'e' exponents in numbers. The old regex (just the non-type-0 portion): /^ \s* [1-5] (?: \s+ [0-9]+ ) (?: \s+ \-? [0-9]* \.? (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: How do I contribute to Datsville?
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Tobias Möller <tobias.moller@telia.com> wrote in message news:FI25rz.7A@lugnet.com... (...) In general, Datsville vehicles should have a "home," rather than just be decorations for the streets. If you submit a house, for example, you can submit a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | RE: Unique Gear Part - what is it 2.5 /5.0 in Motor Kit
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It's a clutch gear. You can use it instead of a pair of pulleys with a rubber band if you want to avoid stalling your motor if something jams. Compared to the pulleys, it gives you a very well defined stall torque - it's actually printed on the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: I Can't Spell
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(...) Well, it's on it's way. This is basically a progress report. (...) I've got Teemto Pagalies', Ody Mandrell's, and Dud Bolt's pods all built, with Clegg Holdfast's racer in the works (...) So far I have queen Amidala (who looks suitably (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Call for Box Status
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(...) I've been sitting on Chris Weeks' box for about a week now. We know what we're going to take out and put in, we're just inundated at work right now. I received the Junk Box #1 yesterday. I'll get both out tomorrow, I promise. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Update on the PNLTC display at the Western Washington Fair
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Congrats, Dan et al! Just reading about the event gets me excited to show again (hopefully in Oct). Glad to hear everything is working out and I'm sure I can speak for everyone when I say that we can't wait for photos and tales:-) -John (J2) GMLTC (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Earth Scraper [DAT]
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With all of the construction going on in Datville, I figured that someone should start making more construction machinery to help speed things along (you can only do so much with a shovel). It's a little unstable around the pivot point, but it (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Dark Ages story
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(...) I've had two distinct Dark Age periods; the first lasted from 1988 to 1992, which coincided with high school and my thoroughly time (and money)-consuming interest in the opposite sex. Although I did not buy any new sets during this period, I (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 6444
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(...) Wow! That's more than I have (depending on the definition of "close"... I have close to 20 copies too if we define close to mean "off by 12") I had no idea you were that obsessive! It IS a good set for parts. (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Update on the PNLTC display at the Western Washington Fair
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Posted as an aid for Dan Parker (He's spending nearly full time at the show!) Kim (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 6444
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(...) On sale at $9.99 at KB it was very popular with me (even at $12.99). I've got close to 20 copies. Lots of nice parts. (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Ideas book 260 at Busy Bee
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I've just been to Busy Bee, and they've got a pile of ideas book 260 for GBP 1.99. (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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If it were me, and I thought they were intentionally misleading the public, I would contact the consumer affairs office of your state's attorney general's office. One call from the AG's office to the owner of the franchise, and I can confidently say (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: RCX 'brick connectors' and how-they-work??
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(...) I think xylene or xylol (sold under the brand name Goof Off (tm) ) would dissolve the ABS plastic. It dissolves every other type of plastic I've tried. (...) There are much better reasons why you can't have universal solvents. See (URL) if you (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I was browsing through my local toystore yesterday, and of course I went to the Lego section. I looked around, nothing new. But then I noticed something behind a 6426, a bit of yellow and grey, I quickly took out the 6426, and to my astonishment, I (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Java VM - Beta2
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wow,i've just had a look at the site and I have to say it sounds very good. When I get some holidays I'll have a look at porting some ic code across and see what I can make happen :-) Adam ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Gasparik (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Java VM - Beta2
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For those who are interested, the Java VM Beta 2 has been released. Major improvements include: - garbage collection - floating point - demo applications for HB with and without expansion board (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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