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Hi, sorry for interferring with this mailing list. I am a journalist from Germany, working for "Konr@d", a multimedia offspring of "Stern" magazine. Since the Mindstorms product has just been released in Germany, we thought it would be a nice idea (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Open NELUG Meeting Saturday 10/23 @ 7:00 PM.
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Hmm. not sure if I should count as being there for this or not, as I will need to fly out at 5ish on Saturday... where was the original notice posted? (...) Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com (URL) - - Web Application Integration! (URL) Lugnet(tm): (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Several replies to CLIPPING / WINDING
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(...) I understand that you would be allowed to have as many "0 CCW"/"0 CW" lines as you want. This will hurt performance and of course, it would be better if you could use only 1 call per part. (...) You don't need to do that with LDraw files, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: i need wild west sets
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Try the Construction Site (URL) they may still have them in stock. Check all the TRUs in your area for the wheelgun polybag, they're still around. -Rob. shawn tanner <ptanner@alink.com> wrote in message news:FJrHGB.87D@lugnet.com... (...) wheelgun (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.western)
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| | RE: AI and even more exiciting stuff
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(...) Yes, and no. It is an interpreter, that you can type (or upload) ASCII text to. It then compiles it into an efficient bytecode (really 16 bits) that lets you execute later. It allows for LOTS of variables and best of all, you don't need to be (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | RE: AI and even more exiciting stuff
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(...) ACK! Don't they teach fixed point any more? I encourage anyone to post an application where the dynamic range of signed 32 bit values is outside the range of numbers which would be useful to an RCX application! I'm not flaming, I'm just trying (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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| | Re: Yellow Castle: Reasonable price?
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Hi John, and welcome to Lugnet(tm)... you've come to the right place! If you have those yellow slopes in quantity, put them up for auction in market.auction... you'd be amazed at the feeding frenzy that will cause. I know I'd bid 4 or 5 each and (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Yellow Castle: Reasonable price?
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Thanks for the thought but that position is already filled by Josette, and my kids Taya and Nik... they do a pretty good job of keeping me separated from my money. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Star Wars Technic Sets--Correction and More Info
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Just passing this along. This includes a scan of the cover from the Destroyer Droid (Droideka) set. :) (From www.theouterrim.com) US NEWS - Lego update BY: Greg Edwards Pictures have popped up on the Net At this site ((URL) of Technic Battle Droid, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Unofficial mock-up train tracks
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Since people asked for them, here's the url: (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Object Orientation & DAT files & CLIPPING/WINDING
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There has been a great discussion, about the optimizing with clipping topic, but it seems IMHO that people are forgetting simplicity is the best. Now if you read the subject of this message, maybe you know what I am talking/writting about. we must (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Several replies to CLIPPING / WINDING
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R> If you keep changing states (turning backface culling on/off or R> changing front faces from CW to CCW) very often, you'll get a *slower* R> rendering in OpenGL (don't know about D3D). And remember that in a R> couple of months nVidia's GeForce (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Busy-Bee has 6347 Monorail Accessory Track!
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Carbon 60 wrote in message ... (...) I hate to sound like a complete novice, but where is he getting these kind of numbers of sets? I can only assume that he has managed to get them directly from Lego? -Andy Lynch (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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| | Robot navigation
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I have noticed a lot of effort being put into the most ingenius robot platforms designed to increase the accuracy and repeatability of navigation. While many of these designs are a credit to the designer concerned, I can't help but wonder if they (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: McArthur Glen Designer Outlet
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(...) I've never been) in Clacton, Essex. Chris (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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(...) Well, that's the 2nd Target I've heard of with the $15.74 price on Sphynx's Secret Surprise. I think that someone made a data base error. Our Target had them on clearance (with a red tag) several months ago during the big Target LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | I was in asda at the weekend...
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Thay had a lot of half price Lego.... fright nights, technic etc. Also Scala(!) and duplo/toolo. (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: More name ideas
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(...) Congrats on a great meeting and what appears to be another strong LEGO group. If I may throw in my 2 cents worth here as far as a name goes. There are currently 3 general LEGO User Groups or "LUG's" in existance (BayLUG, NELUG, and GMLUG) and (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Launch of new site yellowcastle.com
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This is to announce the launch of my updated web site at my new URL (URL) have several new models and castle building ideas, my new gray turret and yellow wall battlements under the My Original Creations section. In The Library I have an updated (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.books, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: 8001 Technic SW droid found in Leicester Toymaster!
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Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:FJnp95.L1A@lugnet.com... (...) me (...) Any other suckers in the UK who can't wait for this to turn up locally can order it from the shop in Leicester. I just did :-) They charged 3GBP (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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