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I just wanna know... (...) is it official, are we calling any fig in a parka a Kenny? (1) Works for me.(2) 1 - Or only dead ones?? 2 - Sorry to non USians that don't get the joke. (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: How old are you?
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(...) That prompts me to ask something that had been on my mind for some time: Is the name 'Mindstorms' an honorariam to Seymour Papert ? It certainly should be... (Papert wrote a great book called 'Mindstorms'.) * -Simon (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: What are the *REAL* Y2K sets?
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Well, here's my try: 6445 - Y2K Media Frenzy. Comes with 3 copies of the contents of Crisis News Crew, one done in red, one in yellow and one in blue, and a 1x1 transparent round plate. Box cover features all three news choppers hovering, vans (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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The other day I was speaking with a friend who was recently job hunting (he's a C++ programmer and a Macintosh fanatic, like me) and he told me about a job he heard about back in August with The Lego Group in San Rafael, California: they were (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: speed control bytes
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Fram my reading of the pcode interpreter source, you only get the option of doing all motors or none by default. It doesn't look like it would be too difficult to modify the pcode to only do the first two motors. You can get the source at: (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: ldraw.org General Update, Added Press & Awards
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(...) Possibly. You could always ask. If not, just put up a page for it on your website when you make it. (...) Soon...probably in the next few days. There's a Parts Reference ready to go up, but we gotta get final approval on re-publication of it (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: First Lego League Software
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(...) Sure, but why should those teachers/students able to use NQC be banned? I can (perhaps) understand banning it for being too powerful, but if that were the case, Robolab should be banned too. (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: ldraw.org General Update, Added Press & Awards
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(...) about (...) cool (...) on (...) slot (...) it. I agree. The only way it fits into the ldraw.org page is that the image is pov-rayed. I think that Lugnet would be a much more appropriate place for it but I doubt Todd would go for it. Ryan PS I (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: How old are you?
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(...) At 08:37 22-12-1999 -0700, you wrote: (...) I'm 31. Had LEGO Basic System sets since I was 5 years old until I was 12-14. Only recently (3 years) had contact with the LEGO Technic through my son. He's 9 years old, now. Then, this year, I (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How old are you?
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I'm 42, going on 17 (according to my wife). I've had an on and off affair with robots for years, and the same with Lego Technic for years. RIS finally got me to connect the two. Dave Johnson (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How old are you?
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Hi. I'm 49 have over 15 years of industrial experience in embedded systems and am currently an assistant professor of computer science. I have been trying to talk a school into funding a LEGO based robotics course since at least 1995 when I wrote (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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An interferometer! Wow, that is really neat. I would love to build an interferometer using Lego parts. Does your client have a parts list, pictures, or anything else about their interferometer he/she could share? BTW, I'm 32. Although we had bought (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Panaka is yellow?
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(...) I think you're right- that is a reasonable assumption to make. I don't think that's what Lego intended, however. All the Naboo Guards wear the same uniform, and Panaka is the most clearly photographed of the guards in the movie. The stills of (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Happy LEGO Holiday and New Year Wish!
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(...) Thanks, Gary! You do the same, as well as all the other fine folks, and our own local deity, Larry P.! Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn CAD Operator Affiliated Engineers, Inc. "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and a bug free Y2K!" :) (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: First Lego League Software
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Sorry about the initials mixup. (...) Here's a link. Check out the section on RoboLab at the bottom and they indicate new software for the spring... (URL) agree that the playing field should be as level as possible, but on the other hand, here's a (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How old are you?
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Mark Geddes writes: > I was just wondering how old most of the members in this forum are? > > I suspect most people active in Robotics as a hobby aren't children. > > I'm just about to turn 36, but I was dreaming about Lego Robots since I was > 8. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Where is the Firmware?
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Hi. I have both mindstorms and robolab. Where is the firmware located? (i.e., what is the firmware file called?) I would especially like to know this for robolab as I have a robolab site license. Barbara Nostrand +---...---+ | Barbara Nostrand, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Panaka is yellow?
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(...) I really think that what you have written hear gets to the root of the problem. For one I agree with you that it would be nice to get some sort of offical stance from LEGO regarding the issue but beyond that I think there are some very (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | A Motor as a Sensor? An idea
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Hi, yesterday i played around with the View Button and with different Sensors. And than I pluged a Motor (in this case a generator) to the Sensor input. If the motor was not turned, the Sensor Reading was '4'. If turned (forward) the reading (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Panaka is yellow?
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(...) I just built it before coming to work this morning, and saw the pictures as well. it looks like they repeated the series of pictures twice. maybe they screwed up? If it is Panaka (We call him Captain Pancake at the office - Long story, along (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)
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