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(...) And both of which contain basically the same parts. :( (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Wow! Awesome! It´s so big and has lots of rooms and computers and hi-tech stuff!!! This is what I like with lego -all your hi-tech fantasies come true! --Tobias (...) would (...) detailed (...) house (...) around it (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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I have an itellimouse explorer and I'm impressed enough to recomend it. I havent been able to get teh pointer to "freak-out" yet. b ---...--- (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) scene (...) Lesley (...) of (...) (and (...) Once again, if you give Bruce a topic he will run like an informational juggernaught with it. Cheers to you Bruce you have given me a whole new list of films for the coming week. I spent all weekend (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, Neil Ford (<38145631.9051608F@...on.co.uk>) wrote at 13:08:01 (...) I think at least three will be required - one of each variation :-) I really like the way it folds up. And the way it grabs its gun is just *brilliant* :-) I (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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I've been offered a pirated set described as : "6278 Indigo Island". a) Is this set the same as 6278 "Enchanted Island"? b) If it is, is it really a pirate set? c) If it is complete (Not MISB), is it worth ~$50? See the set on LUGNet (URL) via HUW (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) but (...) Great ideas Peter! I somehow forgot about King Kong and The Lost World (1925). Glad you set me straight. As for the others, I think the sheer number of marginally adventure genre films (those that almost fit but not quite -either too (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Sounds like we just need to rig up a ps/2 mouseport for RCX KL (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Well, since most people would admit that a jester should have a checked top, why not use the Royal King's torso? Then use an alternation of red and white arms, hands, and legs, with a black belt, and whatever hat you like (your idea is good, (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: is their a searchable archive
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(...) Check out <URL:(URL) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Huh, interesting. That would be cool. I'm realllly skeptical though -- I've seen older optical mice, and it's not just the required special mouse pad that is annoying -- they just plain don't work very well. And according to the CNN article, (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I have it on fairly good authority that the arctic area at Legoland California is there more for a punchline to a joke than as a viable subtheme. Email me for specifics, so as not to ruin it for everyone. Still, though many on this posting (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Seven years ago a colonization expedition of scientists and a military escort disappeared on their way to the Antocles islands. The truth is that the islands themselves are located in a belt of unexplained magnetic fields that caused the (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.aquazone)
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An update of sorts: The shop's name is Ottakar's. The model is of the McIntosh Rose (no idea what this is, any suggestions?). A meet may be a bad idea, as that day is when England beat... sorry, play Scotland at Hampden in the Euro qualifiers, and (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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This morning on Channel 4 (sometime between 7.15am and 7.30am), there was an advert for the Droid Development Kit. I only caught the end of it, but it basically had quite a few robots running about. Ben. P.S. I got my Battle Droid at the weekend, 22 (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Forces of the Black Dragon army flow and flood down the hillside toward the Mertis Castle. A relentless mass of more than six hundred men followed by dragon-faced catapults and the rolling cages of giant serpentine beasts waiting to be freed to (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle)
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Hey, Just wondered if anyone had seen Microsoft's newest IntelliMouse and, if so, if they had the same thought I did about it: this thing cries out to be hacked. It uses a 'tiny CMOS digital camera' to see whatever surface is beneath it and measure (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) I *think* what's being proposed is a consolidation of the various efforts into a more professional setup. Approach TLG with a list assembled of parts people want, and that we have the money (or the backing) for, right now. I think (correct me (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest, A quick summary and more photo's.
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Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org> wrote in message news:FK5sLo.Mu8@lugnet.com... (...) feel (...) I was there too. Michael Gasperi It was a great time that went by in a flash. The sensor building workshops I held were packed with over 30 (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.trains)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 5978 Sphinx Secret Surprise
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The day has been a great success. After months of toiling at the digging site, the scholars have finally found the object of their efforts with the excavation of the tomb of Khul Tef. Outside, workers and fellow professors are jubilant with the (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Greatest Adventurer Movies
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(...) I think you are off by a factor of ten. I think it was more like 4,000 Zulus at Roarke's Drift. Red Imperial soldiers with Pith helmets on them isn't so hard. But 400, 4,000, 40,000, whatever Zulus, good luck! (...) That's what they said to (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | MISB 8880 Supercar + Pre-Auction Anouncment
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Ends today! (URL) got 31 auctions lined up to start on ebay this week. These include: Castle: (URL) A (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Reminder to self: Have no pity on Pawel when bidding against him in auctions - he already has everything and is just being greedy! :-) Or broke! Very nice, Pawel. A little plain on the actual architecture, but I love the scope and desire to (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Excellent site! I like the shops and so forth! I really like the way you did the 'walking' with the minifig dress. I have every intention of shamelessly stealing that idea. :) James (URL) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering Allowed in USA!
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(...) I would say pretty trivial. All one would have to do is carry a high end digital caliper with them next time they go to Legoland Carlsbad. There is an old mold on display. From the readings on that mold, you should be able to arrive at a mold (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Adam, Here are three books for your MCU: M68HC11RM/AD is the M68HC11 Reference Manual M68HC11A8/D is the M68HC11A8 Technical Data book M68HC11A8RG/AD is the M68HC11A8 Programming Reference Guide They are available at: (URL) this helps, - Nick - (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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I thought (URL) had an option to let you view just auctions where the seller was in the UK, didn't it? (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Do the quarter saucer hulls come in grey?
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The biggest UFO set, the 6979, has two of the smaller saucer sections in plain grey - no printing. Lots of the UFO sets have got them with printing. (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi, For a project I'm working on, I need to track the output of one hundred (100) photocells. I don't need great accuracy on any of them, but maybe a ten-step resolution at the most. Is there a relatively standard or well-known method to gather (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) Nick, I agree with part of what you're saying, but if that were totally true, then why would TLG have Service Packs at all? I wouldn't care at all about bulk orders if TLG improved and expanded their Service Pack selection. As I've stated (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: G'Day!
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Well im no economist (thanky you oh great one who decides careers), but I was told that the Sales tax/import tax etc..on lego came to about 22%, but with a flat GST of about 10% then that would be a 12% saving. But even then its not cheap. I mean (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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FYI: Wired News has their MindFest article up: (URL) Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if people are going to start telling the truth around here... I'm going to bed." - Jackie-O (Parker Posey, THE HOUSE (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: G'day and Star wars
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James Howse wrote (...) less). No complaints there from me. Some of the models are brilliant (snowspeeder, Y wing). The second release (Phantom Menace) didn't seem anywhere near as good, and the pictures I'm seeing for the third and fourth releases (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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Santosh Bhat wrote in message <38135ECC.F3C04196@s...edu.au>... (...) Excellent place. Seems to have gotten a bit bogged down in buy and sell, still, ther's a proverb about beggars and choosers. (...) may improve things. Buy from the US, new or (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: Do the quarter saucer hulls come in grey?
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They do, with printing on them atleast. From some of the UFO sets. I'm not sure about without printing. Troy Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> wrote in message news:3813E89A.2CBE4B...ail.com... (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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"The man who would be King" - I haven't thought about that for many a year. Now I've got to go trolling the video store again :-) In a similar vein, what about a contingent of Welsh Guards and a Rourke's rift (?) scene, a la Zulu? 40,000 Zulu (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Lego 236 Garage
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Lego Garage set was sort of a parts pack. Back in the 50's and early 60's many of those early sets/parts packs did not come with instructions. Sometimes, however, they were on the box itself. Gary Istok (...) (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2000 A-Wing comments
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(...) ship (...) wing? (...) It stands for Blade Wing. Jason F. (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Controlling two robots simultaneously
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(...) Make signals 0-127 be for RCX A, and 128-255 be for RCX B. (27 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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