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(...) At this point, I'd probably have to participate in a pretty informal capacity. I probably wouldn't participate in parts exchange, because my Lego budget is pretty limited right now, which means that I only buy sets that I really like and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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(...) Thanks. I too am a bit supprised they are doing a B-Wing but although the B-Wing did not get much screen time it has played a big role in many of the Star Wars Vidio Games that were release so therefore it is probably more recognizable to many (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | FS: F1 Racer (set 8808)
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I have one Technic F1 Racer for sale, lego set number 8808. 92 pcs. (c) date on box 1994-95. Price: $10 Condition: New in sealed box. Box is in good to mint condition. Terms: Buyer pays shipping. US sales only. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Forth vs Assembler
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Since observing these Lego email broadcasts, I've been wondering what Forth was. Engineering background, not CS! Now I know, after reading Ralph Hempel's "RE: Mindstorms/reinforcement learning". Very cryptic by the looks! Why not use honest to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Zany Brainy Sale
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I just received a flyer about a sale ZB is having. The 6195 Aquanauts Base, (URL) and 6975 Alien Avenger, (URL) are 50% off. The Aquanauts Base is $44.99 and the Avenger is $29.99. A discount of 20% on Rock Raiders and Space Port begins on OCT 14 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Set 1974 Black feather
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I am looking for the smallest of the black feathers to complete set # 1974. I am willing to buy or trade, but have very little trading stock. I only collect castle sets. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 1998 Suspension - Fredrik?
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(...) Yes, that is possible. I first saw this idea in a car that Ben Williamson made at: (URL) I tried out the same idea in two chassises at: (2 URLs) suspension made this way is a bit flimsy, but still quite adequate for a medium sized car. Fredrik (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | RE: Mindstorms/reinforcement learning
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(...) Declaring variables (almost any number of them) in pbFORTH is like this: VARIABLE FOO Fetching and storing is like this: 23 FOO ! ( this stores the value ) FOO @ ( this fetches the value ) Values are 16 bit integers - 32 bit doubles use a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: 1998 Suspension - Fredrik?
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(...) Ahhh. We don't even have that GoKart kit here in Canada (at least I haven't) seen it yet... So if you mount the 3x1 cross block on the arm to, say, a beam that moves up and down, you can get suspension fairly easily, right? I'll need to get (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: In town the rest of the week
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(...) Definitely had a great time. As allways it is nice to put a name to a face. I also love just talking shop with other LEGO fans so that was great too. Glad everything worked out with your car. Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail The (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | Re: 3D geometry question
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(...) Sure. But to picture the vector as starting in the origin makes it easier to understand what I want in the paragraph below: (...) In fact, for my application, any of these solutions would suffice. (...) I think we also need some constraints on (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Track parts naming scheme survey
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Adviesbureau Noord/Zuidlijn wrote: <snipped it again!> Except I think you forgot the sleeper, or else I missed it. it's neither 12v or 4.5v so it ought to be Train Track Sleeper or Train Track Slotted Sleeper but I'm not sure which. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Track parts naming scheme survey
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Yes! Excellent compromise! It's got the key stuff up front and the fact that not all parts are 4.5v specific or 9v specific comes out clearly. Adviesbureau Noord/Zuidlijn wrote: <very nice work, all of which I snipped> (...) I'll say! :-) Now say (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: General Box #3 ("minneapolis box")
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(...) These are "armless faceless" minifig bodies, missing their heads. Quite old (mid 70s??). Gary I. has a bunch which he has (1) used for architectural accents. Here's a set that has them: "texas rangers" (URL) (1) Now before you think I'm (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
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My guess is that there´ll be a Slave I because: - it´s got a good size to be build as a modell (well a smaller scaled version) - we need more of the bad guys. One TIE is not enough for playing Star Wars - it looks cool, so it´ll sell good - we´ve (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: 3D geometry question
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Fredrik Glöckner: (...) Vectors don't start anywhere. A vector is just a direction and a length. (...) Lets call the vector along the edge e. (...) There are infinitely many solutions to the problem. When you have one solution, any rotation around v (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Adventurers set 5901?
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The 5901 is the same as the 5902 polybag in the US, $1.99 + tax. (URL) the 5902 boxed? -Rob. Jason Briscoe <jason_briscoe@londo...lec.co.uk> wrote in message news:FJJ5nz.K3B@lugnet.com... (...) $4 (...) interested? I (...) too (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Rare Lego Train Platform/Dock Parts (8)
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(...) hehe... (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: no minifig in my Island game
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(...) Yes -- It was included in the box I bought. There was a sticker on the box which said "Minifig inside!", or something to that effect. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.games.lego.island, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Best selection of parts to mess around with
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Seconded. If you can write the exam before you start the class and get an A, you should just place out of the class and take a different one. If you can't do that, pay attention to each and every class. Physics is important. (not as important as (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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