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(...) Ok, let's try this: I guess he's using a new (to us) manner of speaking. It's like if I say "I'm Russian" and I mean "I was born in Russia". By saying "I'm 28", he's saying that he was born in 1928. :) (ok that was a bit of a stretch) Ben (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) I went by the KB toyworks tonight to see if they had gotten any other shipments in and found the 6441 for $29.99(same as the kbkids website) There are 8 of those sets still there and the "buy 1 get 2nd half off" was still in effect but I had (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Simon Robinson wrote in message ... (...) ... (...) kjmrr (...) No, the Purple in the Belville set I was refering to is the same as the McDonalds Set Purple. You called it Indigo above. (...) .... You can add a Trans-Pink to your Transparent colors (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) How'd you work THAT trick? Gerald Ford was a child in the 1920s, I think. (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) Thanks for the enlightenment. I remembered it went something like that. But don't you have to allow for the forward voltage drop across the LED, typically 1.6 volt (still from memory)? That is, the voltage should be 9 - 1.6 = 7.4 volts. So the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) They've gone down again then! They were 19.99 at the Lougheed Mall Wal-Mart (Burnaby, near Vancouver) last week - but only there, haven't seen them at any others. I have been sending my Technic class kids down there to get themselves some <g>. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) I have no idea. I'd happily split hairs with you on this but we've gone below the power of my scope to resolve, hairsizewise... :-) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Just nitpicking here but the amount the retailer nets as profit may be slightly more, or slightly less. It depends on a number of factors such as what the cost to take an order is, the cost to fulfill an order, how much less one box costs than (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Thanks y'all for them kind (and humourous) words. I've got some more pictures, including one with yours truly for size comparison. But I'll include it when I feel more extroverted. Craig, your Queen Amidala and other creations are marvels to (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build)
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grrr.. I flubbed.. instead of r = .01/9 make it r = 9/.01 ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith Miller <kmiller@talon.net> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 10:23 PM Subject: Re: Homemade LED Bricks (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi! I got a RIS 1.0 in October. I called up Lego Consumer affairs to ask for an update kit for $3.95. They said it is only possible if I had bought from S@H. They also say that it is available to only those lego RIS which have a sticker on the box. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, Tim Courtney wrote about: <Hopeful Chicago Legofest-Wheaton Academy for free on December 3rd> WOW! I live in New York, but, I will be in Wisconsin that weekend. COUNT ME IN (assuming it comes together.) I'll hop a bus or (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
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(...) The Bat Lord's helmet keeps reminding me of "The Mouth of Sauron"'s helmet seen in the animated version of "The Return of the King". :-) Elliot (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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basicly.. it's i*r=v where i = current in amps and r = resistance in ohms and v = voltage in volts.. so.. If we want to find out the resistor's value.. we re arrange it like so.. r = v/i so 10 millamps (typical led current) = .01 Amps.. And at 9 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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A Train Conference sounds good to me, but I can't speak for the rest of the newly formed Greater Florida LTC members. So you can count me in and maybe the club (1 to 4 people). (...) I vote for Carlsbad, I have not been to the Legoland park yet. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Er, 330 ohm may be ok for the usual transistor type circuit where the nominal supply voltage is 5 volt, if my memory has not failed me. It may be a bit low, I think, for the RCX where the nominal voltage is 9 volts which is almost double of 5 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Set ideas? Here's a few: Mordor Swamps--small set in a deeply forested area with a river running through it. Trees are black. Brick-heighth baseplates are put on either side of a row of 2 green plates stacked on one another, then trans-green peices (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) is, (...) Not only that, but set 7115, Gungan Patrol seems to have 2 of these in tan! (URL) Schilling (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I would to go but I can't:( (Maybe I should get a heliopters license and I could fly there:) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Chicago Legofest
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Well, I haven't received any responses to my post a few days ago, but I thought I'd let people know about newer developments in this possible event. I secured use of the atrium at Wheaton Academy for free on December 3rd from 5pm-9pm. We can have a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us)
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