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From the appearance of things, my recent [idiotic] posts have placed lugnet.space in the position of being on the brink of argumental war. I think I should try another space topic, before all **** breaks loose. Does anyone else think that this place (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) IMO, aside from a sour-cream substitute, stands for "In My Opinion" A permutation of IMO is IMHO, where all is as above, and H=Humble. Some people view IMHO as an oxymoron, because if you are truly humble, you don't go around giving your own (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Lego a hit with Fresno Model Railroaders!
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This is so cool. I love to hear stories like this. If TLG is really reading these posts this must prove that LEGO trains are a viable alternative to more traditional "TOY TRAINS" SteveB PNLTC (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Want to share some sets?
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Thanks all for the responces. Between you both I get a lot closer to build the train I have been wanting to build for about 8mo! Any others interested? SteveB (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) This is lugnet.space, not lugnet.splitting-hairs. Need you point out small, insignificant errors? Z (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) Say Tom? Is your space station powered by those new spamcake fusion fuel cells that NASA Is developing ? <g> John (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) you hear what they stand for. Z (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Rack-and-pinion steering line tracker
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(...) If you have the Space Shuttle kit, it includes a gear-box that changes gears and some switches that change between forward, reverse and off polarity. Either could be used with a bumper to control the steering motor of a rack and pinion system. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Technic Box #2
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(...) Awesome, thanks! Joel (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: ldraw reference
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(...) First off, I am not at mad at Tom, I have nothing against Tom, I'm not trying to put him down. It is just that I(as well as Tim C) wish that things such as this, which are obviously meant to be a personal message, not be posted publicly and (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!
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(...) Sorry, Ian, but the situation is beyond our control. TLG probably just thinks of AFOLs as just another small, insignificant group of customers. Chances are, they don't see us as people so much as they see us as numbers. We'll just have to wait (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Accessory Color Question
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Hello. I am wondering what all colors magic wands and jewels come in. For magic wands I have white and trans-red. I know that other colors are available in the medieval-themed Belville sets, but I don't know what they are. As for jewels, I have (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: ldraw reference
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(...) In lugnet.cad.dev, Ryan Dennett replys to Tom by venting the following: (...) I thought that LUGNET was "...primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and exchanging, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: FREEBIE: "The Ultimate LEGO book" from DK
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 04:15:36 GMT, "Richard Franks" <spontificus@__nospa...yahoo.com> wrote: <nitpick> (...) Technically, Sinterklaas and Father Christmas are different traditions. Though I do believe the name "Santa Claus" originates with the Dutch (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) Butt-ugly eh? :) I hope I provide more inspiration for newsgroup fodder for years to come! (And he's only seen 4 out of dozens of configurations.) And BTW, when referring to ugliness, some folks might not be able to take it, so using "IMO" in (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Voice Recognition
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Hello all, I have a project upcoming that would benefit from speech recognition. I have seen the voice direct by Interactive Speech and was thinking of integrating it into my robot. If anyone has had any success (or failure) with this product or any (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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(...) Now that it is year 2000, perhaps you could ask what that big "secret line" really was. Probably just more SW. Z (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Part 30358: SW Landspeeder Engine
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(...) Is this part complete enough to just wack a needs work tag on it and submit it? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) Perhaps you are. I'm talking about LEGO brand building bricks, and the constructions we can make from them, not about whatever it is you are talking about. If you want me to take you seriously, take The LEGO Company and their rights seriously, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | WTT: Clearance sets
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I'm interested in trading some extra clearance sets for other clearance sets that I didn't find in my area. Trade value would be based on original MSRP, e.g. a $30 5958 Mummy's Tomb would trade 1-to-1 for a $30 7151 Sith Interceptor (although I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: RCX-IR Tower Communication
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I downloaded that already. I confess I didn't explore all possibilities yet but sending messages to the RCX seens to be one of the limitations. I'm aware of the commands you mentioned but I'm not sure if they will work if the RCX moves out of range (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Remember: We're talking about LEGOS here, and therefore coolness is more important than realism. Z (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | The Weeks box round two - who wants in?
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Hi all, The Weeks box is getting ready to go out after sitting on it and thinking for two months. If you want to see it (even if you've already sent me email - because I've lost them) reply to this note with the general area in which you live. I'm (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: The Gate of the Present Circular Loan? (Not EXACTLY a Jambalaya)
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I'd jump on that idea in a sec! Christopher Weeks wrote: (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: subassemblies
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Ever since I read Fred's article, I've had thoughts in the back of my head about this sort of thing. I would love to see this done and/or be involved in doing it. If only there were time.... <sigh> - Greg (...) G. Crisp - gcrisp@mindspring.com (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) Form follows function, baby, and something that does the thing it is intended to do, and does it well and efficiently, is a thing of beauty, as beauty follows form. At least that's MY aesthetic opinion. (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: What's a fair price for 4532/4537/4539s?
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If you can scrape up a few grey windows you can build decent cars from the engine parts of a second set. I built one using blue framed town windows and while it wasn't GREAT, it looks OK. (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Gate of the Present Circular Loan? (Not EXACTLY a Jambalaya)
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(...) What would it take to get the English one in circular loan? I'll transfer $40 from my x.com account into Jeremy's as a deposit. When I send the book on, the person I send it to could transfer $40 from theirs into mine. Etcetera. When the book (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: NFPA article
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(...) Everything I say is hearsay that I am repeating and I will not attribute the source. As I understand it, the LIC has a storage area which is, essentially, under the store. This storage area is connected to the loading docks at the south side (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Outlet in Georgia
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Glad you scored! I too noticed the Pirates and Islanders stuff, but I'm not really in to those series, so I passed. My big score yesterday was mainly technic, plus I picked up the last 5561 they had for $60. I had been coveting this set for a while, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Rack-and-pinion steering line tracker
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(...) One of my first bots was a R&P steered car that drove around randomly and used a front bumper to escape trouble (what I really wanted was a rotation sensor to detect stalls, but they haven't arrived yet!). The obstacle avoidance algorithm was (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) As a reasonable starting point, check out Fred Martin's "Art of LEGO Design" ftp://cherupakha.med...oflego.pdf (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Non-LEGO firing cannons in Beatties for £2
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A little bit off-topic, but if you enjoy LEGO Pirates, then you'll probably enjoy these too. They're about twice the size of LEGO cannons, come with 3 figure targets, 24 cannon balls and have a range of about 12 feet (in air - they tend to roll for (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: random post
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(...) ah yes. the method is case sensitive. (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Analyses: Snip the whole pagesfull of quotes: I've got it. (...) GET gets headers, get doesn't. Ach. Jasper (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: No new space sets?
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(...) optimistic about (at least the potential) of the Lego Company right now. (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Shut out at Target!
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Mike Walsh wrote in message ... (...) Target, (...) I just scored a 5600 RC car for 19.94, regular price is 79.99. Yipee!!! This is the only model team set I was missing, but I have been too cheap to pay full price for it. The box was not marked (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Space stations?
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(...) But think about how you'd build a _real_ space station. Wouldn't a modular design make sense? I understand where you're coming from on the ugliness point. Modular designs tend to look very functional and mechanical. (But that can have it's own (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) It's not a stupid question. To find out who Brad is, and more about LEGO Direct, I'd suggest starting here: (URL) WOOHOO! ;) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: No new space sets?
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(...) Check out the lugnet.dear-lego section. Start here: (URL) Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org Quotes 'R' Us ---> (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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