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Tim, Check out www.acroname.com. They have motors there that are a little slow, but are geared DC and run with the HandyBoard 9.6 volts. Use larger wheels to get more speed, or...... If you want the motors to be faster, you can pull one of the L293D (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) It depends on what you're linking to. If you're linking to a site or sub-site's top-level homepage, for example (4 URLs) no, you usually don't ever need permission to do that. However, if you're linking to something like this from inside a (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Yah, did this in college long ago, before laser pens were common. We used the "big" lasers. :-) We also glued a small mirror onto a piece of aluminum foil wrapped around the end of an open tube, and placed it outside in the quad. Then we (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Sorry, I don't demand all this touch-feely crap from the businesses I deal with. I want to call them up, buy whatever they are selling at whatever price they're asking for it, and not be bothered with, "uh, let us check our list to make sure (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ha ha. Thanks for your support - though I don't think you're going to endear yourself to many Americans with comments like that. If what you say is true then I find that very sad. But what concerns me is that so many sets went to just two (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Boxes anyone???
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I shipped Technic Box #1 to Canada a coplue of weeks ago, adn I'm sending Junk Box #1 to Bryce McGlone on Monday. Paul Sinasohn (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Want US Exclusive sets, but not in the US? I'll get them for you for COST
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Yes it does, though the postage on them can get ridiculous. I tossed one in a box to Israel, and it increased the postage $3! (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Ohio get together??
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(...) Well, perhaps someone driving by could pick you up on the way, if your mom doesn't have a problem with you driving around the state with total strangers! (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) First, to be case-insensitive is to create a non-1-to-1 (and therefore non-invertible) mapping of characters which destroys the usefulness and expressiveness of 20% of the character set domain (about 1/3 of the typically usable characters). (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.publish)
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If there's one thing I'm complete in, it's Mania Magazine. I just happened to have a couple hours free this morning so I scanned them in and put them up on a web page. URL: (URL) are 300-400K each as to get the highest quality/detail. ---Jon P.S. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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In lugnet.robotics, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Chris Osborn) writes: <...snip> (...) This is the best use I've heard of yet for an AOL CD! (...) And if you use one of those nifty, high-powered, rock-vaporizing lasers, you won't even need to bring (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Tower Building
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On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Ian Bishop (<x9TlRKA7I0$3EwZm@g...on.co.uk>) wrote at 13:25:15 (...) I was thinking about stability and simplicity. The current (evolving) proposal is for everyone to bring their sections, and we'll build the necessary transition (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Simon Robinson wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) you suggest with both Halloween Buckets and Star Wars LEGO sets. The limit was two per person. I don't know how they enforced it but there was a sign in the Star Wars aisle stating that (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Naboo Fighter
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If you haven't seen it yet, please take a look at my Naboo Fighter, complete with landing gear, firing torpedo launcher, and bottom-loading R2 socket: (URL) LMKWYT! (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Modified 8880
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If you haven't seen it yet, please take a look at my modified 8880 Supercar, complete with full body, V12, and scissor doors: (URL) LMKWYT! (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Gray Base Plate Question
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6399 has a 16x16 grey baseplate, which is why I've always found it hard to build this set from spares. Late 80's to early '90's basic sets had both sizes if I recall. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Kya Morden wrote in message <37ff09d8.4239914@lu...et.com>... (...) That'd be the 7824: (URL) got this set used recently and can verify that it definitely contains two 16x32 baseplates. Paul (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Larry Pieniazek writes: OK - I'm not the same Simon :) but I'll bite on this one. I've been watching the way things have gone with the blue hopper cars with some growing concern - and I don't think everyone here has (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The problem is, I don't have a driver's license, so if my mom doesn't feel like driving me somewhere, it might be difficult to get there. I don't think she would have a problem with me going to a get-together, though (I'm 17, so I guess I can (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) I'd like to think that you'd regard doing business as a bit more than that. There's two sides of it: A. Making a profit, and B. Providing a good service to your customers. Both are important. Selling all your stock no matter who to may be the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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