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(...) Ahem, I think the point of Todd calling a clones group 'Evil' was to say 'Keep LDraw pure, we don't need any of that imitation garbage.' :) -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 How to rob a bank in ancient Rome: "Catapultam habeo. Nisi (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: A RIS question
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(...) Actually, you control the force of the motors - not really the speed. For real speed control use gears. Play well! Marcus --- Marcus Fischer Mellbin E-mail: marcus no-spam-at fischer-mellbin.com (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Hidden surface removal, and vertex order in part/primitive DAT files
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Michael Lachmann wrote in message ... (...) I retract my earlier suggestion. I'd prefer to test for '0 CW-compliant' than '0 CW*' because checking for an exact string match is usually easier. Not supporting wildcards also promotes consistency. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches!
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Did I actually say that LEGO has no competition in my `It's Time AFOL Take Action' posting? It would seem that I am wrong... More about that in a second... First things first... The time has come to take our battle with The LEGO Group to the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Digital Tire Pressure Gauge
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I added a few photos showing how to use the Monkey Grip brand Digital Tire Pressure Gauge to measure LEGO pneumatic pressure to the bottom of my pressure sensor page. For $8 this is a pretty good deal considering it costs $17 just for the sensor (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Tim Berners-Lee speaking Oct. 5 in Boston
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Darn. Missed it by .... that ... much. I am in town Tuesday but fly out at just about that time. Monday is no doubt going to be a celebratory dinner. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Just testing character codes
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(...) Thanks for reporting this. When I said earlier that it "didn't" convert stuff like that to raw form, I meant that I believed that didn't, because it shouldn't (it wasn't supposed have been). Alas, I did something dumb in a regex: In an (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.publish, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Does anyone else think outback was modeled on the australian bush?
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Jonathan Wilson: (...) It does sound plausible. Do you have any suggestions for addtional models for the theme? I don't think I've seen much "outback" stuff, except for the official models. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Question About Lugnet UK NG's
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I was lurking in the various UK newsgroups, and take it that due to the current lack of Brits who know about the newsgroup everyone posts to the top-level nntp://lugnet.loc.uk? Many thanks, Nick Allan ======== Madness takes its toll. Please have (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | 8448 piece count?
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Anyone got an original box for a piece counton 8448 Super Street Sensation? (URL) have conflicting information... Someone who counted the pieces by hand and reports 1434 pieces. According to the official TLG website, it has 1408 pieces: (URL) TLG (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Rotary electrical coupling
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Jeffrey Hazen <jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net> wrote in message news:01BF0C69.13794F...thmill1... (...) wires (...) I'd be interested in seeing this one. When I created my version of Grey Walters robot turtle I had to use a windshield wiper motion in (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: MI/X (Was: LeoCAD for Linux (Was: Compiling MPD Builder/Splitter for DOS/Win?))
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[ FUT lugnet.off-topic.geek ] Doc: (...) I don't get as far as connecting to _any_ Linux machine. (...) Where can I pick that up? Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Cudo's to 4910 and an Ugh to 4950
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(...) The Technic figures approx 9 cm tall, which corresponds to a 1:20 scale, I believe. Fredrik (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Utah Legomaniacs Get Together
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(...) I guess it's because I'd never heard of the Univ. of Maryland before, but I've heard of Upper Michigan before. Anyway, the Univ. of Maryland seems like such a tiny area for such a short two-letter prefix. :) --Todd (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
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| | Weetabix castle
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It's been a while since I asked this question, and there are millions more of you out there now, so... Does anyone else remember seeing or having a Lego castle available around 1970 as a promo from Weetabix by the usual collect tokens etc method. I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Take the LEGO Set Challenge
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Ian Sinclair wrote in message <37f9c922.129566574@...on.com>... Hello Everyone; Bill asked why old sets are better than newer ones in most people's eyes... I could take a few hours and give you a few hundred examples of great sets, their features (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Steve Campbell - I need your address fro Minifig Box #1
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I've sent e:mails but have not gotten a response. PLease send me your snailmail address so I can send the box on to you. (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Current promo/Japan-only sets?
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Well, I found out that I'm being sent to Japan for a couple of weeks. Can anyone fill me in on the current LEGO status there, specifically: what sorts of stuff do they have available there that isn't available in the US? Also, what are the prices (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.jp, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: LEGO Stereogram (see it in 3D!)
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I can´t see it, the images are too big. --Tobias (...) 3D (...) meaning (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | I love 6420
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You get one minifig, one yellow bike, two letters, a mailbox and a basket! I think it is great! It is cheap, so you can buy one for each house in your town. Great! --Tobias (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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