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In lugnet.underground, James Howse writes: <clip> (...) Page 2 of the Sept/Oct Mania Magazine confirms the character info you gave above. Also mentioned is Bandit (blue legs/red torso/black hat) "an expert at sneaking crystals away" and Jet (female (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.underground)
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| | Re: AI
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Tony- AI is a huge field, encompassing a variety of algorithms and techniques. Some of them will work OK on the RCX, others take just too much computation, especially when floating point is required. Also, when you talk about functions and all that, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What happened to Larrys' eBay Hopper Auctions?
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(...) That's fine especially since we don't know who exactly has affected your listings that way. But I disagree. If one person is going to use a system (that they have the right to) in order to punish you for trying to make things right, why not (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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(...) Thanks for your patience. Just received 4 of the lil' compressor pumps and have built and tested John Morgan's new double-acting (*correct terminology*) compressor. Unfortunately, the design does not seem to work out in practice. After just a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What happened to Larrys' eBay Hopper Auctions?
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(...) I don't know about you, but I have the right to educate anyone I want to as long as it doesn't bother them. I tought Larry's goal was to educate buyers that are getting ripped off. (...) This suggests that you think something else has (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | update: items moving to 'sold'
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Christopher's LEGO parts auction V: I have taken bits and pieces from my previous auctions and the ones that I participate in as a buyer for this format. 19 Sept 99: I was asked about precedence when bids are for the same amount and whether the top (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Anybody hear of Promotional Set 1250?
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Hi. There's a promotional set 1250 up on ebay.de, I guess a dragster (no picture, unfortunately). The number doesn't register on Pause or Huw's site; anybody hear of this one? It apparently was available in Luxembourg and Belgium. I've written the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Clarification
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I need to know where the download site is for LDLite, not where it is on my computer! (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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(...) really (...) the (...) they (...) I bought 2 for $10 at Osco 2 years ago and they are still working on their 2nd set of batts. (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Busy Bee - in the flesh
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(...) Wow, almost seems like Busy Bee caters to AFOLs instead of just mindlessly marketing to what they think children want... (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: "cat whisker" trip switch
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Steve, I have also used Mindstorms to run a train, like this. But I used it in a railroad yard, not for a trolley. But it’s basically the same concept. I put the touch sensor at a 90 degree angel with the track and about one brick away from track at (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Minifigure Torso Generator
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Chris: Thanks for the info. During this week if i have time i should be working with the Xwing mechanic torso and a few others from older sets. I would soon post all the models on a web page so ppl can d/l them. What do i have to do to submit parts (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: legOS 0.2.0 released
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Well, this is a bad week to say the least, but I hope to have rudimentary HOWTO stuff for 0.2.0 within two weeks. Thanks for everything, Markus! Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Busy Bee - in the flesh
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Well having been intrigued by all the talk of Busy Bee I decided I was curious enough to see what the shop was really like. So on the way back from shopping in Manchester on Saturday I and a couple of friends took a detour and called in. You'd never (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | legOS 0.2.0 released
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Hello, legOS 0.2.0 is out. If you like to program your Mindstorms in C, or if you would like to try, it has become better than ever. Dynamic linking and program loading are fully supported now, as well as unreliable LNP datagram networking. Lots of (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: McArthur Glen Designer Outlet
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On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Liam Parnell (<Pine.LNX.4.04.9910...0.18392-10 0000@ukonline.co.uk>) wrote at 23:41:55 (...) The one in Cheshire (Ellesmere Port) has Toy World, which didn't have 5561s about 2 weeks ago. I'll have to look and see if there's a (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: NOVALTC meeting tonight
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(...) ...The meeting went great, tho there were only three of us there! The meeting room is perfect. A huge floor to spread out on and a nice central location for anyone who works in or near DC! We laid out some track to match roughly our table (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.va)
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| | Re: So explain to me why Lego UK dont do trains!
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Hi Lawrence While I sympathise with your sentiments, it's not true that Lego are somehow pulling out of trains in the UK, as you imply. For a very long time, the train selection in the UK has been more modest than across the Channel - I'd guess (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Lego sale at Kmart, coupon at TRU
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I'll second that motion. This is very true. Always ask for a price check. K-Mart and the sale: Time to move on all those purple buckets I've seen here and there. $4.50 (from original $5.99) is pretty decent for 400 pcs. Although some K-Marts have (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: !!! Laser attachments for Mindstorms !!!
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*Real* lasers don't even look impressive. It is pracitaclly impossible to get a laser in the visable wavelengths to cut stuff. Usually UV lasers are used for this purpose. But anyway... in Oz, proper laser pointers are about $60. You can get really (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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