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(...) Eric and all other travellers, I don't know if this has been officially announced yet, but the New England Lego User's Group (NELUG) is planning to hold an open meeting the evening of Saturday October 23rd at the MIT Media Lab after the end of (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Datsville tracked excavator/bulldozer
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(...) This is really cool! Good Job! Jeff, who wishes he had more chain link pieces... (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Modern Police Department
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(...) Well, actually, State police wouldn't have jurisdiction in Datsville. It could be in the suburbs or outside the city limits, though. :) Oh, and I'd suggest it be county police, not state police. Alternately, since all large cities have (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Pontoon Plane vs. Biwing Baron (Re: My favorite Adventurer sets)
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(...) Well, the P-38 Lightning from WWII was a twin engine single seat plane, so the concept isn't that far out there. Of course, that doesn't mean that the set isn't still undersized, but there is precedent. Adrian (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Rock Raiders IS a Space theme
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(...) *grin* See, we can solve that simply by calling all those things "space". (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.space, lugnet.underground)
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| | Re: Rock Raiders IS a Space theme
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(...) (URL) Raiders is a Theme within a System named Underground, just as Insectoids is a Theme within a System named Space, and Aquanauts is a Theme within a System named Aquazone. Underground, Space, and Aquazone are all Systems with a Product (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.space, lugnet.underground)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 6088 Robbers Retreat
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The robbers' retreat sits nestled in the heart of a lush valley at the base of a dormant volcano. Once a temple to the spirits of the sleeping mountain, the robber Yoshimoto has since turned the abandoned edifice into a hideout and storehouse of his (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: another thought on "Bid Siphoning"
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(...) Bid siphoning is when someone is running an auction, and someone else offers to sell the same item for less than the current high bid. By extension, bid siphoning can also include providing information on alternate sources for the item. Some (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Track names (was Re: To Tore Eriksson)
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(...) 4555? (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: any site of orange buckets?
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(...) I hope that Tarzhay sells these things again this year. I missed my opportunity to buy lots of these and stockpile the orange bricks. I want to get some of these, darnit. Adrian (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex
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John VanZwieten wrote in message ... (...) Actually, I count three ideas. (...) messy. (...) when (...) the (...) to (...) only (...) have (...) in (...) CW (...) slightly (...) for (...) The third option, which I believe would be best, is similar (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New DK books on their way
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(...) I didn't notice that thread... I still maintain its orange. I have posted a pic at: (URL) they were not in stock at the DK shop :-( Huw (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | RE: firmdl3 @ 41.13s
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(...) Bug, what bug? Have I missed something? My Tcl based uploader broke when Scriptics released 8.2, and now it works again. Seems I wasn't handling the rcx_recv parameter in my equivalent functions... Anyways, could you elaborate on the bug a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: Proxy bidding mechanics questions...
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In situations where a challenger's bid does not beat the current proxy, set the new bid to the challenger's max. That reveals the least amount of information. And is easily, fairly described: "if a challenger's bid fails to overcome the current (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Standardized Inventory File Format?
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(...) I am not sure I understand your question completely. There certainly are XML-writers available. One is included in the new Java extension Project X available from Sun at (URL) You probably have to register, but that is free and pretty simple. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex, (115kB)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37f8c86b.239282689@...et.com>... (...) But more often than not, when mirroring an element or subassembly, it's not the intent of the author to turn it inside out. Typical model builders shouldn't concern themselves (...) (25 years ago, 4-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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This really grates. I can understand people buying up a scarce resource, and offering it for resale at a higher price. That's supply and demand. But trying to scalp an easily-available item by hiding the source is information-hoarding. Blech. If the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Comprehensive meta-command list
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Paul Gyugyi wrote in message <37F8CE0C.13D582C9@g...yi.com>... (...) Cool! This could be very handy. I'll add it to the DAT format page I'm writing. -Gary (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Comprehensive meta-command list
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Lars C. Hassing wrote in message <939050465.592693@ns.cci.dk>... (...) True. But when manually examining a file, if you come across a 0 INVERT you wouldn't know whether this was the beginning or the end of the inverted references, without a bit of (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Maybe a way to hit inaccurate "hard to find" listers on eBay
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(...) well, if experience is any indication, he'll threaten to sue you for slander :) -dave (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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