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Lars: (...) [...] (...) This would demand a lot of work before people could start using programs that use this fact. (...) Right. (...) Just check the determinant of the rotation matrix (but you know that I suppose). (...) I would rather use some (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Classic space animations
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Thanks! If you like, I could link to your webpage or something like that from my animation page. --Tobias (...) of (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Want US Exclusive sets, but not in the US? I'll get them for you for COST
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I'm sure there are non-US people that may want the new 3438 US S@H Exclusive McDonald's set (or K2996 Adventurer's set (contains 2996, 2995, 5900), or 3442 Legoland California Truck, or 2148 if not available in your country). I'll throw out my (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What would you think of a crusader torso being available?
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(...) (URL) for anyone who hasn't tried it already. Can't find decals, though... (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: [FS] - eBay - McDonald's Promo set, box only - 25 cents
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Larry: (...) 153 works in old Win** browsers, but is formally invalid. (...) It doesn't work in Netscape 4.5 and 4.6. (...) I am pretty sure Todd uses 8482 on Lugnet. (...) I haven't found a single version of Netscape, where ™ shows a trademark (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex, (115kB) [DAT]
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Leonardo Zide wrote in message <37F383E1.CA6B8962@c...com.br>... (...) I agree with John Van in that we need three keywords: CCW, CW, UNKNOWN. As the rendering program is going to keep track of the number of mirrorings of the transformations (or (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: [FS] - eBay - McDonald's Promo set, box only - 25 cents
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Thread is unclear to me. Seems that both the 153 and the 8482 codes work on SOME combinations (of HW, browser, default font setting, etc.) and DON'T on others. see: (URL) ... the very append yours references. Seems to me that Matthew should get a (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: What would you think of a crusader torso being available?
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(...) Is Micro-Scale a retailer? (I'll look it up, no free goods and all) Do you know they make things that would work on minifig torsos? (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New angled beam
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"Fredrik Glöckner" wrote: <snipsnip> (...) 8446 has both of these parts. It also has various other parts that were new to me, at least, such as the big beveled gear which you mentioned before, a holder for a worm gear, a dampened spring and a, erm, (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: [FS] - eBay - McDonald's Promo set, box only - 25 cents
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Larry: (...) ^^^^^^^^ That is not a trademark symbol. See (URL) other articles in that thread for a discussion of the subject. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | LEGO based club in the Netherlands
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Hi All, Theres an LEGO based club in the Netherlands, called De Bouwsteen, more info at the site LEGO on my mind, maintained by Eric Brok. De Bouwsteen is 6 jaar geleden opgericht door 13 leden van de oude LEGO Collectors Club Nederland (LCCN). De (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.nl)
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| | Re: Why are SSIs bad?
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Matthew: (...) Hmm? This sounds more like it is related to content negotiation, which among other things is used to deliver documents in a language the reader understands. Does it mean that proxy servers don't know about content negotiation? (...) (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Review: 8446 '(Monster) Crane Truck'
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Set: 8446 'Monster Crane Truck' (EUR/ASN) 'Crane Truck' (AMR) Theme: Technic/Advanced # Pieces: 573 MSRP: US$63/SEK599 Instructions: 155 pages. Scale: Must have, very good, good, fair, poor Overall rating: good Decals: didn't count them (decals are (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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(...) Is the "Upper Michigan Linux Users Group" a major force in Linux, or was there some other reason you were surprised? Steve (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Cudo's to 4910 and an Ugh to 4950
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Does it have the sloped control stand in teal, or are my eyes deceiving me? (BTW I need one of those in white if someone has some, I can trade grey or black for it) Just think, a 6990 Futuron monoral with teal accents, wouldn't that look cool? (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: 8448 Street Sensation Racing - Are you game?
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(...) Absolutely. However much I'd love to have a complete set of Michael Gasperi's toys (I mean sensors) such a challenge would only work for me if I could do it the pure way :) (except, of course, for software...) -Luis ###...### Profanity is the (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: [FS] - eBay - McDonald's Promo set, box only - 25 cents
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Hmmm... I thought every single reference to Lugnet has a superscript "TM" after it. I used the ampersand encoded version (ampersand pound 1 5 3 semicolon or "™" in my original copy. Are you SURE? All of them look right to me but I may be (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Update and thanks to all of you (was: Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey)
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<FIx4x9.K7z@lugnet.com> <37F4AD4C.586@mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit What a horror story. Between shipping and bribes, we're getting maybe 20 cents on the dollar. I think kudos should go (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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(...) Works for me. I'll even pay for shipping. :-) Just kidding. I think we need to see instructions for the tester! That way we can all reproduce the results. But, maybe we need to compare several testers to see how much variability there is (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Download problem
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Hi Dave and everybody, I have a strange problem with an NQC program. It's something Marco Beri and I are preparing for the Mindfest. The program is rather large if compared to the average NQC programs: about 240 lines of code with large inline (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: McDonald's Promotional Set
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(...) A usefull datapoint: Canadians (and probably others) can call S@H US and place an order which is shipped to a buddy in the US. This reduces the money exchanged to shipping costs and allows the buyer to put most of the cost on a credit card. (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: Minifig Box #2
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Minifig Box #2 is on its way. It took me a while to get it together, but I can assure you that there are about 65 very mint minifigs, 4 "Stiffies", 1 Technic, and 6 Maxifigs. All torsos are in excellent shape, and most (85%) have legs to go with (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: [FS] - eBay - McDonald's Promo set, box only - 25 cents
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(...) Very nice. But why do you refer to LUGNET as "LUGNET?" [sic]? (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.publish)
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| | Cudo's to 4910 and an Ugh to 4950
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I just thought I would throw in by 2 cents worth on these 2 sets. First let me say that I do not personally own 4950 but my nephiew got it recently and I helped him put it together so I have first hand knowledge. Personally I think 4950 ( (URL) ) is (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.underground, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Update and thanks to all of you (was: Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey)
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Wow... We're going to have to figure out a better way to handle these situations. I'll talk to the Operation Toybox folks and see what ideas they have for the future. I think they only do aid to US and possesions, but they have managed to get free (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex, (115kB)
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(...) It wouldn't matter if they were closed-volume or not--they could still be turned inside out accidently. And an inside-out closed-volume primitive wouldn't do anybody any good. (...) Why? Steve (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Why are SSIs bad?
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(...) Check in your httpd.conf for this: # CacheNegotiatedDocs: By default, Apache sends Pragma: no-cache with each # document that was negotiated on the basis of content. This asks proxy # servers not to cache the document. Uncommenting the (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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(...) Yea, I bought two of the technic subs just for the tanks. Your fine data does show they help : ) Thanks again for sharing it!! (...) That is an excellent idea. Maybe a group buy thru him could be worked out if he doesnt want to have them as a (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Hidden surface removal, and vertex order in part/primitive DAT files
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(...) I'm willing to change my parts, if the standard changes. Assuming parts which are *not* C(C)W need to be flagged at all. (...) I agree completely. Steve (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Update and thanks to all of you (was: Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey)
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(...) that (...) My friend called again, and said that the legos are inside his cars trunk, so this is over..:-) I'll inform you about donation to the childes, most probably with some pictures, if I can barrow the digital camera that we used in our (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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(...) well, you did ask for a parts list : ). I was trying to be complete and not run you off. Please don't feel obligated to run any tests on this as I understand too well life's time constraints. After I finished up all the picts and description, (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Instructions for trade
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You can now download a small .doc file from my website which lists instructions I have for trade, and ones that I am after. Stocks are a little lower than normal though (post Southern Legofest!), but the situation changes all the time, and the page (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: More Southern Fest pics and new website
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(...) Any chance of an evaluation copy? :-) Huw (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: North-west Fest/ 8880 Supercars
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Jason Briscoe <jason-shirley@brisc...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:FIwxwA.DEw@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) Anyway (...) in (...) if (...) 11/12 would actually be better for me, too. I have just been lumbered with a family commitment on the (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 7740? Price
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Oh, I should add, I talked the last guy out of selling his just about as he was about to decide to sell it to me. (1) 1 - well sort of, but it makes a better story that way. I have fragments of two different copies of this but don't yet have one (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: [FS] - eBay - McDonald's Promo set, box only - 25 cents
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(...) The first bidder retracted after thanking me. He hadn't read all the way through (until I suggested that he do so and told him I would not hold him to his bid) and thought he was getting the whole set. The second bidder hasn't responded to my (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: [FS] - eBay - McDonald's Promo set, box only - 25 cents
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Someone mailed me to remind me that the set is also available free with a purchase. I think they actually were a disgruntled eBay seller, and were being sarcastic with me, but I could be wrong. Nevertheless they raised a good point, whether they (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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I announced a short running auction of Promo sets on rec.toys.lego. If you are interested take a look on the list. Many interesting items all unopened. Rob (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | New Group Idea
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We should have a lugnet.cad.dat.clones group, now that someone over on RTL is doing megablocks parts. bThe group would be expressly for posting clone lego parts, official sets and MOC's. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 7740? Price
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These seem to be worth more than 7745's are... I know I would give you 150 USD for it without blinking very hard and I suspect that's well below market at this time. If you really want to sell it, hold an auction. It's a sweet set. (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: no way to load an icb file !?!?!?
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You must strip the DOS carriage returns from the .icb file. Please see the FAQ for an automated way to do this: (URL) Fred (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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(...) DON'T go back into hiding! We're all glad you popped up. Excellent site, I know I nominated it for CLSotW and I bet other people did too. Very important work to the community as a whole. Thanks!!!! (...) You could probably oh, I dunno, DHL it (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Import/Export
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I will be in the Denver area for a few days next February, prior to going up to Steamboat. Where are the best places to buy LEGO over there. I could bring over sets 'unavailable' and look to buy some US only sets Cheers Alan Kershaw (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.co)
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| | Beauty or "The Beast"
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(...) I envisage that the collective mind of the UK 'festers would achieve the optimum balance of form and function. -- Liam. (URL) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Update and thanks to all of you (was: Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey)
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Things were not so easy and clear on my side, but finally it seems that it will be ended in a good fashion. On Tuesday 28.09.1999, I was informed by the customs that I have three packages waiting on the customs for delivery. Obviously they were the (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Why are SSIs bad?
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[ FUT lugnet.publish ] Matthew: [...] (...) Would you care to give a lazy web site manager a hint for doing this with Apache? Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Problem with this code
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Bram: The source code for HTML Tidy is available. I think you get the URL if you run it with the "-help" option. You might want to fix the problem with "&" -> "&amp;" too, if you start editing the code. It is really annoying, when it inserts (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: NQC 2.0 and some math questions
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(...) There is a way to do it even if you have no test and set, though I can't remember it off the top of my head, and it is slow. Don't see how using bitflags helps? Cheers, Ben. -- (URL) grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Hidden surface removal, and vertex order in part/primitive DAT files
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Michael Lachmann: (...) I think we agreed to use 0 CW and 0 CCW lines in the beginning of the files to indicate (C)CW compliancy, but you should have a look at what Steve actually has written in his parts. (...) It would be very nice if you (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: The Sad State of Minifig Box #1
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Well, the box came to me (first person to get it), with many old, beat up, missing lots of parts type torsos (after all, Todd originally said these were parts he was considering throwing away), so some of those in the box are probably the originals. (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | 7740? Price
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What is the vaule of a 7740? It has a box manual and all parts are complete? -- Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Home of the UK Technic Club Magazine Web site: (URL) models and going up (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!
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The problem is that this isn't automated. Changes to your form take a long time. I'd love a Lugnet login that would let me change the info in a db at any time. Then Todd could set up logins for TLG personnel that would let them search on custom (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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(...) Yes, it's a real pain to get those little blue air tanks as spares. And I forsee there will be an increase in their demand since my article was posted. Perhaps, here's where Emmanuel of DYA-shopping (where else but in France itself) could come (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: McDonald's Promotional Set
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As I've stated here before, I'm happy to get them for people outside of the US for cost plus shipping. In your case, to Canada, it costs about $3 to ship, so if you email me at home for my address, and send me a Canadian Postal Money Order (ONLY (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: North-west Fest/ 8880 Supercars
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Hi all, Festers and UK AFOL's I would not want anyone to change their plans, but I would love to come and have got a licence to play! the only thing is that its only valid fro the 11/12 so unless I hear otherwise I won't se you on the 27th arrrr...! (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: What would you think of a crusader torso being available?
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(...) The job is completely custom, so it would be a hassle, but depending upon how many colors were printed I think even $4 is high for a single color. Less than $2. (...) Better yet-- decals. One can buy blank sheets from Micro-Scale and print (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Town Quiz - Answers
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Is a new newsgroup "lugnet.trivia" wouldn't be nice? Those type of quizzes are real fun. Selçuk (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!
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(...) I want to read the gonk group! Ciao! (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NQC 2.0 and some math questions
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On semaphores... There was a lot of discussion a long time ago on whether NQC should use semaphores to protect temp variables between tasks. There isn't an atomic test-and-set bytecode, so the only way I know of implementing sempaphore would be to (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: 4536 Blue Hopper Car Source?
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Well, I hope they had more than just the 12 you mentioned, because I ordered 20 of them. They told me to call back and they would let me know how many I got, so I am assuming they are out now and just have to find out how short they are on their (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: same fig in three vehicles
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(...) Perhaps it is also linked to the Computer game from Lego starring the rock raiders? Anyway Mr vehicle guy is not the only one to score. Ms hoverthingies has four appearances (4910,4930,4980 and 4990). The rarest figs are orangepants and the (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.underground)
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| | Re: apartments
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(...) couch (...) Argh! That's it. Next time I'm putting the furniture in first. (...) Hmm--Which stair? Nevermind. I'll check both and post a fix. (...) Right now I've got it set at 16, but a problem arises making multi-color buildings. For some (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | H & R Trains Show (Tampa/St. Petesburg area)
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Hi all, I'm back with a new PC and ISP and it's show time... The RobStorm Lego Trains Tour will be displaying and competing at the 37th H & R Trains Fall Show on October 1-2-3 (this weekend) in the Tampa/St. Petesburg area of Florida. The all new (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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(...) Gosh, that's a tall order. Y'know, you're going to send me back into hiding for quite a while. And I was just thinking of taking a break after coming out with my new creation. Maybe I should just loan you my testing machine.... -- C S Soh (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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(...) Ahhh I see now... DHL is the one with the flying trucks arent they ? As soon as I personally watch one of them land on my street, I will gladly send him the assembly( without tanks of course) Its hard to replace them since I dont live in (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Hidden surface removal, and vertex order in part/primitive DAT files
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You mentioned that some parts have a "0 CW-Compliant" tag. Could we do something to make this a standard? Because than I could read this tag in MLCad and make the drawing faster!!!!! Tell me what you think! Mike (...) John VanZwieten wrote in (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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(...) Greetings : ) Silly me, made it more complex than it was. Does DHL stand for "Delivers Holy LEGOs" ??... Thanks for the clarification. Anyway here is a link to several pictures of the assembly process. I will try to put together a parts list. (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: What would you think of a crusader torso being available?
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(...) Wow. Well, I wish you well in this. I can't really bring myself to spend that much for them, but I bet some could. Now stickers, I think I could go for those. Wonder what it would take to have custom sticker sheets produced? Having to cut (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Datsville Construcrtions Steam Roller)
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(...) Well, I checked and.....you used the 20x30 wheels, *not* the larger 24x36. You *must* go LARGER, grasshopper. -John (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Using separate motor power source with Expansion board
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Hi all, I have just modified my handy board to work with a 12V motor power source without doing much modification to the Expansion board. If anyone is interested in doing the same, just follow the directions listed below. 1. Follow the direction on (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: What would you think of a crusader torso being available?
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Basically the problem is it is plastic and they have to make a mold to hold the torso's then they have to transfer the image you want on the plastic using a special type of paint or ink that will stay on the plastic, much like MotherBoards. Its not (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Designers Area on www.lego.com
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In the Technic Advanced section of www.lego.com there are new pages which feature the 8448 Super Street Sensation. One of the pages is called a "Designers Area". It says that starting November 1, 1999 certificates will be given for alternate models (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 8448 Street Sensation Racing - Are you game?
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(...) i.e. 100% Pure Lego. (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Simple Angle Sensor
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Ok, I admit the last few sensors I've posted were probably a little more than most of you want to build. I was working on the materials for the Homebrew Sensors Workshop that I'll be giving at mindfest and I developed a very simple angle sensor (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | McDonald's Promotional Set
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Would anyone know if set #3438 is available in Canada? If not, could someone in the US order one, then send it up to me in Canada? I'd be willing to pay for the set, mailing costs and a little extra to compensate for all your troubles... Bryan (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex, (115kB)
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(...) MAX2DAT isn't really meant to be a comprehensive part authoring tool... it's easy to build simple objects (like a 2x2 tile or 1x1 round plate) directly in LEdit with primatives... but objects like complex technic pieces, wheels, etc often have (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New(?) part: rotation sensor 3/5 [DAT]
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(...) Dear John *Good* eye -- I don't know how I missed that (oh, well). Here is the revised version for further checking. Thanks for the feedback. Cheers JP 0 Electric rotation sensor bottom (unofficial) 0 Name: 2977b.dat 0 Author: JP Brown 0 (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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(...) Well, sort of. As you can imagine, all my pumps and air tanks are already taken up in my models of Mike's and Ralph's and other compressors in order to carry out the comparative tests. Seriously though, if anyone has pneumatic parts they no (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Steve Bliss' Tree
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(...) The hardest part was keeping it skinny, and yet getting it looking "filled in" enough. The way Lego does (Lego do?) trees in the official sets makes for some pretty stark landscapes. Steve (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | FA (eBay): Cannon, BURP's, log walls, thick green bases, nets & cages
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4 cannon each with wheels and towbar (URL) large thick green bases, 12x24x1 (URL) light grey rock pieces (BURPs) (URL) brown log walls plus brown log 1x2 and 1x4 bricks (URL) ladders and shark cages (URL) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: LEGO Town Quiz
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(...) Sanjay, I'll go grab the camera, and take a photo of them. It'll still be a while before I get the pics up (I have to finish the roll) but still... James P (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New(?) part: rotation sensor 1/5
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Thanks John -- got those sorted. (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Brick by Brick Auction Update--G2
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Please Note: Sometime after 8:00 PM my site went offline. Until I can fix it, auction updates will be via e-mail. New bidders e-mail me at: brickbybrick@aol.com for auction rules and bidding info. I will e-mail winning bidders their total plus (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: [DAT Explorer] Feature request
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(...) Yup, there is: (URL) <==> lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets --Todd (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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(...) Howabout: UGLY - Utah's Gallant Lego Yearners Sorry, couldn't resist! (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: Is Classic Space really that fantastic?
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To answer the subject: YES! (...) Classic Space, literally and figuratively, represents a launching point from Town. It attempted to bring in some building innovations that couldn't wholly be incorporated into Town (at least Town of that era), and (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Chess Minifig
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(...) And there's a newsgroup for the LEGO Chess game too: (URL) <==> lugnet.games.lego.chess --Todd (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Sad State of Minifig Box #1
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(...) I have no problem with canibalizing complete figs for legs, heads, torsos or headgear, I do it to my own minfigs all the time. But I found it incredibly rude to take hands and arms and not replace them. (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | This guy is looking to rent LEGO sculptures
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In a message dated 09/30/1999 8:08:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, information@mklpr.com (...) Can anyone help him out? (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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| | Re: The LD environment (or, Datsville in Space)
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In lugnet.space, Steve Bliss writes: <cut> (...) Is the background environment necessary to displaying peoples' artwork? <cut> (...) Why the limitations? <cut> (...) Sounds like an imaginative way to segregate themes of models. Maybe some would like (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: The LD environment (or, Datsville in Space)
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(...) That could work too. Maybe what should be in order is to start a timeline of the history of the Earth space travel, the UPO, and maybe what comes after it. Then maybe people's creations can fit into various locations in time and space. This (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 8448 Street Sensation Racing - Are you game?
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Anyone ever think about putting the RCX brain into a radio controlled car. Have the RCX control the speed control and servos instead of using the radio. It would be cool to try out a REALLY fast robot. If you could control the car once using the (...) (27 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Cookies ?
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$9.99 Canadian ? What would that be, about $8US ? If so, then that make it an even better deal. Ray (...) (27 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Town Quiz
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James Powell <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:FIwC0z.8vq@lugnet.com... (...) as (...) know (...) next to (...) green. <rubs chin> .....ummm......I'd love to have a look at this plate...I can't remember any previous occurrence of (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Cookies ?
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Thanks Oliver. I'll take that number down to WM tomorrow and see if I can stir up some interest. Ray (...) (27 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Star Wars LEGO promo sets
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The first set was the press kit send out earlier this year for the NY toy fair. Only press types got a copy and was as you described with the sound chip playing the familiar theme. This was for the launch of the line at the toy show. One such set (...) (27 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: 8448 Street Sensation Racing - Are you game?
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(...) I'm thinking a stock-only (or nearly stock- rotation and extra light-sensors are legit) version, so IR is out. What do you have in mind for smart programming? A simple back and forth algorithm, or something that has an idea of where it is in (...) (27 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO Town Quiz
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(...) Well...they came in a regular town labled package, and are -not- the same as the runway pieces. These have a sidewalk, unlike the runway ones... My wife picked them up for me at a TRU in Vic, last christmas. I didn't know that they were not (...) (27 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Hidden surface removal, and vertex order in part/primitive DAT files
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Gary Williams wrote in message ... (...) Okay, I made a bad assumption there, since a group of polygons may terminate flush against another polygon, without touching its edges. But still I think a performance improvement could be realized by using (...) (27 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | A Question,
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My brother just had a kid so now I have a nephew. Anyways how much Primo does it take to keep a "little one" occupied? I know its still a little early to be giving the kid Primo but I want to make sure that the kid gets started off right and would a (...) (27 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.primo)
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