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(...) (just guessing) Typos? ;) A farrier is someone who shoes horses. A cobbler is someone who shoes people. I think that's the two professions he was mentioning. James (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Those are some great 'figs. You did an excellent job on the painting. I also love Final Fantasy (I want beige ponytail hair so I can make Rosa), and these are great representations of Dragoons. Personally, I probably would've used the visored (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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After reading the Jose Solorzano's (and Jake VanNoy's) thread about the possible use of Northwoods Software's Sanscript for pBrick control through Spirit.OCX, I've downloaded it (the Demo too) and tried Sanscript PRO (www.trulyvisual.com). It's a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: OO programing in RCX
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Hi Eric, There always Visual Basic. I'm currently building a few ActiveX controls which sit on top of Spirit. So far its working nicely and is a big improvement over the non-class method of VB coding I used in my original prototype. David Leeper (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: EP1 DVD and VHS release news
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(...) Given the huge amount of money EP1 has already made, Mr. Lucas has more than enough butter on his bread already. ;) James (URL) also wants SW on DVD, but is under no illusions that Lucas cares about the fan base) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: History of LEGO Windows...revisited
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(...) Thanks Tony, Glad I could add a little nostalgia to your day! There is another variation to add to this mix. That is the 1x1x1, 1x1x2 and 1x2x1 windows, which came with and without the plastic "glass". The without sill variety of these (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Good point.. Too bad they're considered to be a "Town" set, eh? :) I'm hoping that the space line was cancelled simply with the plan of re-introducing it next year, like they did with the castle sets. Personally, if they come up with something (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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(...) My question is, other than it being great (maybe) that you feel the desire to play LEGO logo nanny, why should there be any "official" channel through LUGNET for reporting something that is really TLC's responsibility? Granted, they could be a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NFPA article
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(...) <snipped> (...) Fort Saskatchewan, AB, CA. More plant, less office. :) James (URL) FUP to .people> (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Sentimental Journey (Was Re: What all has TLC done?)
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(...) I have to agree.. While I despised the insectoids and ufo stuff, and I do have a certain attachment to the classic space sets (for nostalgic reasons, since I had those and nothing else when I was a kid), I think they did a nice job on (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Gats in St. Louis
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(...) At least I got to ride metrolink for the first time. I never really had a reason to until now. (grin) The O gauge layout they had set up (in my opinion) was rather poor. I don't belive that it made any grade changes whatsoever, along with no (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | Re: LDraw-Mode vs. BezGen... problems?
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(...) I'm happy to hear that you found my program interesting, and I realize that LDraw-mode will not be a mainstream application by far (not yet anyway), as most people here don't seem to use Emacs. My program probably does fairly much the same as (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 4563
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(...) at Brickset: (URL) above picture shows the hook to the rear of the larger boat. Scott A (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) We have taken macro shots with our Mavica (FD-81) from ~1", at full zoom, and it did a lovely job. James (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | I got my membership package
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I just wanted to say thanks Todd. I contributed in my small way to show my appreciation for all your hard work, and what do you do? You went and topped yourself once again! That package was the nicest surprise I've had in awhile. Thanks for your (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Great Idea for all Developers A (.dat) Browser.
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(...) This is a cool idea, and ML-CAD actually does this somewhat. The problem with the browser idea is some models take a long time to render. I've got one beast the ties up ML-CAD for about four minutes. A Model browser would have to be carefully (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: msword parts listing
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(...) Hmm. Try search (URL) for "patrick sayer-little printable ldraw catalog". The very first match includes a link to the old location of Patrick's pages. A quick cut'n'paste leads you to: (URL) Where's he's posted the new version. Steve (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Probably because most of the traffic is been on off-topic.debate. I got 524 messages this morning, and I have not checked my e-mail since Friday afternoon. There have been a lot of space postings as well. Scott S. (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Review - 8002 - Star Wars Destroyer Droid
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(...) covered. (...) I was able to fit all four with little to no problem. They need to be wrapped very closely. Later in the assembly when attaching some long thin brown (...) I thought this too, until I folded up the guns. If you switch them, then (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: UPDATED part: Plate 6 x 6 x 2/3 Cross with Dome - 30303.dat
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(...) Hmm. I checked it just now, it seemed OK. The long address for my GeoCities page is (URL). There is a link to the Rotate spreadsheet from there. (...) Looks great! I was worried I had nagged at you too much. You've done a very nice job on a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Sentimental Journey (Was Re: What all has TLC done?)
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Scott E. Sanburn wrote in message <38741E76.73300082@c...eb.net>... (...) On one point I feel moved to vigorously disagree with Scott and Todd. Exploriens did NOT suck! Quite the opposite! One little mistake with the design of a "useless" wing (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Service Catalog gone from lego.com
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(...) I just got a gray 2x6? over the weekend with some black swirls in it. It is really cool!! Jeff (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: free-for-all in space
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(...) The Alliance of Planets!!!!! ;) (URL) I couldn't resist! Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator/CAD Operator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Page -> (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: DixieLUG ?
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Craig, I'll be happy to bring a couple of my sculptures. I think the Penguin and the Globe are most easily transported. Each has about a 2 foot square 'foot print'. eric (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ga)
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| | Re: Help Me......
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Good question and good luck! I like idea books. I have just about all of them, but even if you don't have them, you can find the scans on the web. As a kid, I always marveled at idea books, but complained that I didn't have the necessary pieces - (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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As a seller, I really like Abner ;-) As a competing buyer, its futile. My feeling about this set, is that its a knock-off, like Mega Blocks or Tyco. Although not many people are interested in old Mega Blocks Castles, they aren't exactly easy to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: A village challenge and questions ...
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Dan wrote in message ... (...) the (...) for (...) their (...) OK, I got out the dictionary, and still don't know what some of the words you used are. What is ferrier? Hobbler? (...) fame (...) all (...) Is that similar to a modern day health (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Anyone in the US find the Destroyer Droid yet? Found it!
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Went searching Friday to Target. They were rearranging the shelves/aisles and were finally putting up new stickers. Top shelf in the SW section was the sticker for the DD, but they were all out. So I left and went to another Target about 20 miles (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Automatic decoupler designs?
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(...) I (...) cars. (...) other (...) Ben, I think you're correct in using the RCX in that way. I use one in a similar manner with my remote powered switch, and it elimates any stalls. I actually perform the opposite functionality - the motor is (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Accessory Color Question
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(...) Well, there were light-blue gems in some of the 1999 ninja sets... I know they were in 6093 (Flying Ninja's Fortress), and they MIGHT have been in the Emperor's boat set as well (Too lazy to look it up) 'Course that's just LIGHT blue... DaveE (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 2 Motors -> 1 axle
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I have to agree with Jack Gregory, Tilman Sporkert and others that there is no 'differential force' causing motors to 'fight' each other. A commonsense understanding of the way an electric motor works should make it clear why this is the case. An (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Robotic Vision (was: Video image analisys)
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Ok, found something very interesting ! (URL) FindMovingBlob seems perfect for controlling a Video Camera with a PC controlled pBrick. Look it in: (URL) going to try to test/investigate Pong Suvan's software :) Oh, and Microsoft Vision SDK is on: (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego Worldshop
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(...) The Nugator Company ((URL) ha annunciato che mettarà parti di Mindstorms nel suo catalogo: (URL) Pitsco-Dacta ((URL) vende sensori. Io ho una copia del catalogo, che è piuttosto ricco. L'unico problema sta nel fatto che non spediscono fuori (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | 30° iscritto ItLUG: Ezio Maino
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(...) treni e technic. Basta così????? (...) Benvenuto! Ragazzi, abbiamo raggiunto il ragguardevole numero di 30 iscritti :-) Ciao Mario (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Gats in St. Louis
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I am sorry to have missed you we had some things to do in the morning that took to much time. We still made it down to the show and I to was very unimpressed with it. I think a Lego layout would be perfect. The only scale close to Lego was not very (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.mo)
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| | EP1 DVD and VHS release news
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I found this article today about the release of EP1 on DVD and VHS (Mostly DVD). For DVD owners like myself don't hold your breath Lucas is prepared to completly miss the boat on this one. Here is the article. (URL) think Mr. Lucas needs to wake up (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | technic wheels listing
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I remember a site awhile ago that had a list of all the technic wheels, with pictures. Anyone got the current URL? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: What's a fair price for 4532/4537/4539s?
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Tom Stangl <toms@netscape.com> wrote in message news:38763820.995C87...ape.com... (...) above (...) Tom, I sent you an e-mail in regards to the above note. Let me know. -Rob Doucette. (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 2000 Dacta Catalog
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I have not yet seen a 2000 Dacta catalog. My sources are still trying to obtain one for me. As soon as I get one, I will put scans of it on my web page. Glen Tannenbaum www.geocites.com/glen_lego (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.dacta)
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| | Re: Pythagorean Triads and Almost-Triads
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message <20000109.104425.509...no.com>... (...) Ah, cool. I hadn't seen it before.... actually I can't see it now. What is the URL? :-) Wow, I'm almost embarassed to ask, I've been to Eric's site so many times, just not (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.build)
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