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(...) opposite. Since most customers are looking for a particular item it is very useful for the floor workers to be able to access what is in stock or when it is expected in. Then again the toy store industry is a far cry from the retail field I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: NELUG Turns 50!!
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As an advisor of a church senior high youth group, I am definitely aware of the issues... Ryan raises a very good point though. One of the things that we AFOLs should bend over backwards is to create a support structure for teens so they do not have (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Serial Comm with RCX
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Well, it's hard to say what the problem might be. Since you've got the green LED going, you've probably got the cable wired correctly. And yes, it's 2400 baud, 1 start, 1 stop, 8 data, odd parity. Perhaps the packet isn't correct. Here's a sample (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Did the brown 13-rung ladder come in any sets other than 6061 Siege Tower? The gray just doesn't seem to look as good as brown in my Castle. SO, I need a couple more of these - and I'll pay handsomely for them ;-) -Mike Ulring (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: More Pic's of... Re: 2 person Heavy Assault Walker
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(...) From what I can tell, these are the new Click Hinge pieces coming out: 1x6 brick, hinges at either end (blue,yellow,gray) 1x4 brick, hinges at either end (yellow,white,red) 1x2 brick, hinges at either end (yellow,white,red) 1x2 brick, Center (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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(...) "wrong (...) I keep a personal spreadsheet which takes the retail price of a set and the number of pieces to extrapolate an average price per piece. I use this to get a ballpark figure on the original price of the older sets. I've only (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: TRU venting (was Re: Prices of New Star Wars LEGO)
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(...) Yes. The system MUST have that capability, and it must be accessable. TRU would not have become the monolithic chain it has without inventory controls and excellent tracking capabilities. However, it is also possible, (even likely) that the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: TRU venting (was Re: Prices of New Star Wars LEGO)
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(...) I've seen blue-vested TRU employees pull Lego pallets out and stock them before with my own eyes. Chris (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: TRU venting (was Re: Prices of New Star Wars LEGO)
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<A SNIPPING WE WILL GO> (...) Don't Lego employees, or at least contracted employees of Lego, stock the Lego aisle at TRU? Wouldn't this mean that the regular TRU worker really doesn't have any idea of when the Lego sets will be stocked. They may be (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Line Following by Humans versus Bots
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(...) Actually, it is pretty cheap on amazon (14 + shipping)- check it out here: (URL) Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous ###...### (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: TRU venting (was Re: Prices of New Star Wars LEGO)
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(...) get about 5 trucks a week. For all practicial purposes the people on the salesfloor have NO idea whats on the truck thats unloaded everynight. Sure thers a way to find out, IF I have the numbers for it, *AND* have 15-30 minutes to dig around (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: TRU venting (was Re: Prices of New Star Wars LEGO)
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(...) and they told me the same thing. Do you think it's possible that someone at TRU, if they wanted to, could tell us when the new sets will be on shelves? My reasoning is thus- 1. A TRU buyer went to ToyFare and ordered x number of sets. 2. Lego (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Cool. Guess I will be making some regularly scheduled stops on the way home from work the next couple weeks. Travis (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) You forgot that there's a DOS emulator for Unix and you don't need to run the .EXE files, they are ARJ self extracting archives so running "arj x file.exe" will extract the files as well (and arj can be easily found for Linux systems, it's (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't know about, and certainly can't speak for, Todd, but I know that some people wouldn't give out this info just to keep it from falling into the "wrong hands" and becoming part of a Lego Price Guide. Though, insurance purposes would be a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Your part looks good! Welcome aboard! FYI, if no visible part number can be found on the part, and if the numbers group can't find a correct TLC number, then the part gets assigned a number <1000. And for future reference, if you have any questions (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: I love my mailbox
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(...) I have to comment here that the O'Reilly "The Unofficial Guide to LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ Robots" (By Jonathan B. Knudsen, 1st Edition October 1999, 1-56592- 692-7, Order Number: 6927, 266 pages, $24.95) is one of the best "tech" books I've read in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | TRU venting (was Re: Prices of New Star Wars LEGO)
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(...) Third possibility: They are clueless. ;) Just because a computer is capable of something doesn't mean the minimum wage slaves in front of it know. A manager on the other hand, pretty much HAS to know. I happen to know (via a TRU 'friend' of my (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Kalyan, Both Marvin Green and Dennis Clark have IRPD kits (fairly cheap) that IMO are much better than the Lynxmotion unit (I have all three). (2 URLs) you get either Marvin's or Dennis' IRPD kit, I can send you PIC source code for either board that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Line Followers
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(...) re: Mechanical mess - agreed. :) Hopefully, and elegant solution will present itself there too. (...) True, but I sort of like the idea behind having a sort of blip at four compass points. It makes maze navigation a simple problem and then I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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