 | | minifig world tour
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After their departure from Australia, Colin and Wanda took a well deserved 8 day rest on their way to Sweden. They have safely arrived and are planning on a 2 week stay over to see all the sights. Alicia (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Modern Police Department [DAT]
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Heya ! Please add my PD to Datsville. Thanks. Rene Virsik's Modern Police Department 0 Name: POLICE.DAT 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3811.DAT 1 0 80 -24 -230 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3004.DAT 1 0 -80 -24 -230 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3004.DAT 1 0 0 -8 -230 1 0 0 (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | POV --> JPG,GIF
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Heya ! How can I convert a POV file to JPG or GIF file ? Thanx ! Rene e-mail: virsik@sco.svf.stuba.sk (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New Group Idea
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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 (...) (27 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) (27 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. (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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. (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 -- (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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) -- ---...--- (27 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 (27 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 (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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. (27 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 (...) (27 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 (...) (27 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 (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Hi and hello!
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Looks like no one is interested in aquazone..... But I love it, at least the old yellow things. Those new awful sets just look awful..... The "good" guys look just as bad as the bad guys do! --Tobias (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: Yellow School Bus...
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Suz Rich has a draft for one which looks very promising: (URL) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New angled beam
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(...) You're quite right about that part. I belive it has number 32139. (You can see the number molded into it if you study it carefully. (...) Perhaps you can do without the gear boxes if you use the new style geared motors? Anyway, gear boxes come (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | 6285 currently at only 75$ ! ! !
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(...) Starting bid 48$ by Andrew (...) Bid now 75$ by Troy (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Space Station/Base Names (was Re: Space stations?)
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(...) of (...) That sounds fast enough to me! I mean, on a bad morning, some people get a headache *walking* from the bedroom to the bathroom! It all comes down to distance and time (doh!). The further apart the installations, the faster we need to (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Space Station/Base Names (was Re: Space stations?)
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(...) wants (...) I'll (...) Very funny! 8-) (...) I think the centre of the galaxy would be a good idea, if only as it will simplify the Maths! If we said that Earth was (0,0,0) then the x,y and z axes would be moving all the time. For one season (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Is Classic Space really that fantastic?
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Tobias Möller wrote in message ... (...) I think one of the main things about Classic Space is that new models were brought out in the same range each year, and you could buy this year's new models and put them easily alongside last year's. (...) (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Idea for building activity at NorthWestFest
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(...) Elaborate, s'il vous plait. Ian Bishop, Ayrshire, UK (27 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New Group Idea
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(...) Alright then, I'll submit my planned .DAT files of Byggis door and windows and my Tyco phone to lugnet.dat.cad.parts. B-) /Tore (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: NQC 2.0 and some math questions
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(...) This only works if |= is atomic, though. Is it? Cheers, Ben. -- (URL) grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: IC on Irix
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(...) There's no reason there should be a problem with this. The HB interface uses fully standard serial comms protocols. All you have to do is get the right cable to connect the HB interface to your SGI. The HB interface acts like a modem with a (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: 8448 Street Sensation Racing - Are you game?
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(...) Our rules do not preclude the building of your own car. They will insist that all cars have a minimum weight (near that of the 8880 or 8448) or greater. Otherwise smaller bare bones vehicles would have a major advantage. I also think all (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!
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(...) Thank you very much Peter. I hope we see some results. I would dearly love to see The LEGO Groups' CEO or U.S. Operations Chief Officer address all or many of the issues that have been raised by dozens of Lugnet & RTL members. It would be very (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Tom's Wanted/Trade page - new sets added for Trade
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(URL) that I have added some smaller sets to those I have available for Trade for other sets or parts, mainly because I've seen some ridiculously high prices on those little sets lately, and want to give a lower priced resource for them. (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Take the LEGO Set Challenge
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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 and why they are vastly superior to much of what is produced (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 8448 & 8880 Road Racing Update
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(...) I have been a passionate Tehnic builder for about a year now... Mindstorms caused it of course... :-) I am finishing the complete rebuild of my 8448 Street Sensation Gull Wing for the show next weekend. It will have the following when stage (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: This is a Throwbot?
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Alex wrote in message ... (...) I have Jet, but no Scuba (...) I had no problem standing Jet. The joints are versatile enough to balance the center of gravity (...) At first I had trouble with this, but I have it down now. The way to properly throw (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Hidden surface removal, and vertex order in part/primitive DAT files
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What if say a complient file contains anything starting with "0 CW". Any program dealing with this information could just scan for "0 CW*". We also could use a tag "0 AW*" if why ever the orientation is not clock-wice but anti-clockwice .... I think (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Mindstorms: da dove comincio?
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Il mio consiglio, e penso condiviso da altri, è quello di procurarti un RIS, Robotic Invention System, che comprende l' RCX (il microcomputer programmabile dal PC) due motori, due sensori di tocco, uno di luce, e un sacco di pezzi. Ovviamente (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Datsville Constructions Grader [DAT]
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Here is a grader. It is used for making sand smooth before asphalt is layed down on it. 0 Datsville Constructions Grader 0 Author: Jonathan Wilson 1 14 0 0 70 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4600.DAT 1 14 32 5 70 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6014.DAT 1 0 38 5 70 0 0 1 0 1 (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Does anyone else think outback was modeled on the australian bush?
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Does anyone else think outback was modeled on the australian bush? The sets are just what you would find out in the bush. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: A RIS question
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(...) Yes. -Kekoa (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | A RIS question
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Can you control the speed of the motors on the RCX? --Tobias (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Yellow School Bus...
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(...) Set number 6437 probably. It's a collection of signs. I believe it is a service pack. I've always loved road plates and road signs... :) Ciao! (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: The LD environment (or, Datsville in Space)
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Why not vote on a page about which technologies should be allowed and which should not? --Tobias <SNIP> (...) independant (...) governments (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: The LD environment (or, Datsville in Space)
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WARNING! LONG POST! Why not both big science ships *and* small fighters? We all know from Star Trek, Star Wars etc that those big science ships are very helpless without 500 fighters protecting them. This just gave me an idea. On the Datsville in (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: NQC 2.0 and some math questions
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Your proposed solution is susceptible to the "lockstep starvation" problem. Lockstep starvation happens when two tasks try to get the lock at the same time and execute the same code in lock step, like so: task 1: lock |= 2; task 2: lock |= 4; task (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Download problem
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(...) I forgot to say I cleared the memory before my attempts, and checked it was actually cleared using the Tools -> Memory Map option. The problem is still there. In lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc, Dave Baum writes: (...) No problem with the source. Just (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Yellow School Bus...
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(...) That model is cool! Can someone please enlighten me about the stop sign (Where is it from?) -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Got my own "How Dare You" message from eBay ripoff artist
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(...) I am getting fairly disgusted by this attitude, and I'm making enough on the blue hoppers (1) that I have no qualms about listing a few other items. That technique seems to be TOS proof as it does not interfere with any specific auction. (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Tim Berners-Lee speaking Oct. 5 in Boston
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This coming Tuesday, Tim Berners-Lee will be speaking about his book Weaving the Web at MIT, 7 p.m. MIT 34-101, Edgerton Center, 50 Vassar St. between Main St. and Mass Ave., Cambridge. --Todd (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Yellow School Bus...
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(...) web page with instructions? It is a neat model. Ciao! (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Yellow School Bus...
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LOL Doc- You beat me by 5 minutes! ;John (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Yellow School Bus...
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(...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Yellow School Bus...
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On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 04:45:29AM +0000, Steven Broughton asked about a yellow school bus: Here is a nifty minifig scale one: (URL) marked as by "Bill T.", I'm not sure exactly who he is (yet), but I'm relatively new here. Ciao! (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Somebody help.
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(...) Interesting question! Y'know what? This would actually be perfectly appropriate in the new lugnet.people newsgroup (created 18 Sep 1999)... :-) CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.people (group): All about LEGO® people (enthusiasts, fans, maniacs, (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people)
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| | Yellow School Bus...
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Hi everyone, I'm trying to build a yellow school bus for my dad (who's Transportation Director for a public school system) and need some building pointers. There's a great school bus on page 108 of the new Ultimate Lego Book that I'd love to try to (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Todd, how many names do you recognize?
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(...) Probably about 1000. --Todd (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Anyone built a curved bridge?
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Check out Paul's thumbnails of the recent GMLTC show. It is the eye around (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Rotary electrical coupling
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I have been working (when I should have been Working) on two things which may be of general interest. The first is a rotary electrical coupling, which allows you to pass 4 wires through a rotary joint. I built the prototype tonight, and I think it (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: [FS] - eBay - McDonald's Promo set, box only - 25 cents
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(...) I just did a few tests; for most cases, both ™ and ™ display the same thing: Navigator 4.5 on Win95: TM character (superscript) Navigator 4.6 on Linux: [tm] sequence of characters Navigator 4.08 on IRIX: [tm] sequence of characters (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: What would you think of a crusader torso being available?
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(...) I apologize for not providing the URL-- have been rather busy lately:-( Actually, it's: (URL) And specifically to our discussion, go to: (...) -John (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Todd, how many names do you recognize?
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Todd, Just curious; when I read messages I recognize the names of a small bunch of posters, maybe a dozen or so. I just wondered how many posters do you recognize? Chris (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 8448 Street Sensation Racing - Are you game?
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(...) I'm definitely game for that, though part of the fun (for me) would be the direct competition (read: crashes) with other bots. -Luis ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Spielwaren Reimann?
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Has anyone purchased LEGO from a German company by the name of Spielwaren Reimann ((URL) I traded some e-mail with them and learned that they wouldn't ship to the US but they will ship to Sweden (where I go periodically) or anywhere else in Europe. (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | FA(eBay): Large grey plates, grey 1x16, Technic motor, crowns, etc
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Adventurer accessories (URL) crowns, swords, beards, etc (URL) motor, battery box & cable (URL) LARGE grey plates, 4 6x16's and 16 6x12's (URL) 1x16 grey bricks (URL) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?
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(...) Further discussion of this topic belongs in .off-topic.geek, I think. Let's take it there if you want to continue. :) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?
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(...) Actually, that's exactly what I said. The first year was (retroactively of course) numbered "1", meaning "In the first year after our reference point". The year before that is "-1", meaning "In the first year before our reference point." We (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Anyone that knows Excel.. (Or a Math Wizard)
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(...) Please don't post things like this to lugnet.general. There's a group lugnet.off-topic.geek for things like this. --Todd (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Group Idea
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(...) Ditto. -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 How to rob a bank in ancient Rome: "Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam." (I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 8448 Street Sensation Racing - Are you game?
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(...) If we design a standard race track, and standard rules, and of course if we all trust each other :) we can compete virtually... (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: [FS] - eBay - McDonald's Promo set, box only - 25 cents
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(...) Whoops, I meant that I've always written ™ not ™ directly. (I posted that using the web interface. I still have to go fix that problem DavidE discovered the other day: (URL) I know what the bugaboo is now.) (...) Whoops, brain-refresh (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Download problem
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(...) you don't want to send source, you can always compile it and send the binary... nqc -Ofoo.rcx foo.nqc Another alternative would be to download it in verbose mode and send me the log... nqc -v -d foo.nqc >log My email is dbaum@enteract.com Dave (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Anyone built a curved bridge?
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WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. Sorry, I feel left out of the loop. Chris (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: NQC 2.0 and some math questions
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(...) I'm going from memory here, so I may miss a detail... int lock; #define TASK_BIT(task_num) (1 << task_num) void acquire_lock(int task_num) { while(1) { // wait for lock to be clear while(lock); // try to own it lock |= TASK_BIT(task_num); // (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: [FS] - eBay - McDonald's Promo set, box only - 25 cents
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(...) It works on the Mac too. (...) What OS? (...) No, I've always written ™ (...) That's odd! -- My experience is just the opposite: I haven't yet found a single version of Netscape where ™ -doesn't- show a TM character, and I haven't yet found a (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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(...) Well, people, I think we'd better get down to some serious business... (...) Agreed. Building instructions on the way soon as I can see whether improvements are required as as been variously suggested:a. use an angle sensor b. use a pressure (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: New Group Idea
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(...) Evil. --Todd (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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(...) Just kidding! Well, you my weakness. How could I possibly pass off the opportuntiy to build and test what might turn out to be the ultimate Lego air compressor? Fact is I've already started on it but there may be some delay coz I'm truly out (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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All high bids made on or before 9/28/99 have advanced to GOING 1; those that were GOING 1/2 in the last update all have advanced to the next level. Welcome to my third RTL auction. It has been about 18 months since my last auction, time for another (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: another thought on "Bid Siphoning"
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <37F54A22.3508D5EE@v...er.net>... (...) Yep, I looked at the bid history for your experiment, and there is an explanation comment for the bid retraction. Frank (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Well, didn't really expect you would let me off so easily. (...) Oh dear, my site's a mess. Just hope you know what you're doing. (...) A better idea - if I could contort myself to fit into the DHL box .... Cheers -- C S Soh (URL) where air is (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?
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(...) That's not the point. The first century didn't start on year 0, it started on year 1 and ended on year 100, not 99. 101 was the first year (hence the 1) of the next century. Sorry to be so nitpicky. {:^) Bill (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Sad State of Minifig Box #1
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(...) I forgot to sign that... Paul Sinasohn, in Oakland. (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: The Sad State of Minifig Box #1
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(...) Chris is not necessarily to blame for that situation with his original box - the one Tammy is not tracking. I probably am, as I more than doubled the weight of the box, and some of that doubling was in basic bricks. But I put a lot of other (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Animated Space Station
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I have not heard from anyone if this works or not on their machine. Any comments appreciated. (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | New Items on The Vault: 10/1/99
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There are lots new items on The Vault including the Velux Town House set, old and new Forestmen sets and several small sets. All Shell sets are now being clearanced with big savings! Other sets are also on sale. Comming soon will be train items, (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Bring back the Wolfpack
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One of my favorite castle themes, and one of the most under-developed, was the Wolfpack. The minifigs are cool and the two (count 'em ... one, two) sets that they produced were awesome, IMHO. I thought the tower model was well designed and comprised (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Got my own "How Dare You" message from eBay ripoff artist
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Heh, I just got this in the mail from someone I left neutral feedback on for trying to rip people off on the McDonalds set. ***** Just "who are you" to leave feedback about our auction on ebay since we have never been in contact with or from you. It (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Proposed: A New Kind of Timeline (was Re: The LD environment)
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(...) I think that will only serve to divide the group. (...) Yes, and that should be the primary aim of DATabase or whatever we call it. (...) I've been having second thoughts to limiting technology, given the wide variety of magic, super-heroes, (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | RE: R2-D2 Obsession (was Re: What about the Micro Scout?)
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Hmmm...I feel a bit left out, maybe I'm only half geek....I thought the movie was about the princess. Certainly at thirteen I thought R2 was cool, but the princess, now THERE was something! Rock, paper, scissors...Cool hair beats droid dome. My wife (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?
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(...) ALL of the above. :-) I am convinced that the new millenium starts in 2001 but I could care less (not much less, mind you) and will party like it's 1999 this year AND next. (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Position Finding/Mapping
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(...) I assume you're talking about the type of robot platform shown here: (URL) four wheels travel the same amount regardless what direction the robot is moving. So, you won't get much from using multiple rotation sensors except to help average out (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 8448 Street Sensation Racing - Are you game?
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(...) Well, as part of a course here at school, I have six RCXs, each with three light sensors and three rotation sensors. So that will be the rules when I run the race :) (...) Yeah- I had always wondered if the touch sensors could handle sensing (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | (old) UNICEF van scans
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I posted scans of my UNICEF van to (URL) # 107, from 1985. James Powell (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: The Sad State of Minifig Box #1
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My thoughts on MFB1 and the general state of things. When this box left me (after Todd gave me the stuff to partition as I see fit) it had a lot of very beat up minifigs. The debate swirled around what to do with it. I had already put some minifigs (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?
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Gary Williams (graywolf@pcpros.net) wrote: : Sanjay D'Souza wrote in message ... : >Ummm.....I wonder who will have the distinction of being the first to : >uncover the first LEGO catalogue of the new millennium.....no doubt : >something to tell (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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