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Well, I didn't reply earlier, but I'm just about the average (33). I heard once that the diference between man and boys was the price of the toys. I think it's right. In this case it means the amount of Lego sets :-) I'm still a beginner, but it (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How advanced can RCX programming be?
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(...) IMHO, spirit.ocx doesn't provide OO capability - it does serve as an enabler, though. What it provides is the ability to write a VB program that writes an RCX program. This VB program can be as OO as you want it, but the calls to spirit.ocx (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MOC: Dragoons, digitally photographed
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(...) It was made much easier by the fact that they were paint markers - it was a lot more like drawing than manipulating a brush would be. (...) I want green ponytail hair for Terra. I think you're more likely to get your wish without resorting to (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Micro Scout programming with VLL bar code: HOWTO
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Summary: * The Micro Scout can be program by flashing a light at it. * Use transparencies as a low tech means of doing this. A more detailed version is available at (URL) Droid Developers Kit is the first and only MindStorms set that many of us have (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.microscout, lugnet.robotics.vll)
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| | Re: Accessories from other themes...
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(...) Whenever I have skeletons running about, they for some reason tend to be wearing the dark grey samurai helmets and samurai armor. It makes them look quite a bit more menacing than just having naked skeletal warriors running about. It's also (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Target clearances - question
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When does Target put the Lego on sale and how do you find out? We recently got a Target in our area, so I am not familiar with their practices yet. However, I was lucky enough to find some of the Star Wars sets on sale after reading a posting on (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Palm Trees: old segmented vs. new one piece
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I was looking at a small Adventurers Egyptian set#5938 marked down to $5 at local Wal-Marts and I was wondering if the older segmented palm trees are officially discontinued and if therefore all of the new sets come with the new "OnePiecePalmTree." (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | help with LEdit - can i pan the screen
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a question on LEdit. Didn't see the answer in the faq or readme: Is there a way to pan the screen? In other words, after making a particular component to a model i'm working on, can i move the screen left, right, up, or down with a key to start (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: spelling questions ...
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(...) Used to be. Now, the Farrier (and I was wrong, it is farrier, not ferrier) is a horse of a different shoe :). I know a Farrier who I doubt is a blacksmith (my wife's old boss). I know blacksmiths (self proclamed) who would be frightened out of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Marble Miser pics now on my website.
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As a result of the 4th Annual Lego Robotics Competition in Toronto Ontario. I built a robot that I call Marble Miser. To view pictures and details. Come on down to my website: www.astolfo.com/lego follow the link to robots. Dave (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: domanda per esperti nqc
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"iant" <iant@libero.it> wrote in message news:387A8D3D.D2D392...bero.it... (...) Sei stato chiarissimo. E' lo stesso principio con cui si misurano i ventesimi di millimetro su un calibro...... Mmm, 1 decimo, 4 timers, 1 centesimo di risoluzione.... (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: A village challenge and questions ...
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(...) Windmills were probably a lot more common than you may think as there still exists a great deal of them in Europe, especially the low countries, which date back to the middle ages. Many castles and towns would also have them on wall towers so (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Winnies A Pooh
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Rachel Kingston <Kingston@spirit.com.au> wrote in article (...) Sherriff Jake (...) themes >Otherwise I for one will be considering that Duplo is dead, and will continue my >quest for all those elusive older sets, and ignore the new." K.G.Barlow (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.duplo)
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(...) OK, I was in a hurry and didn't spell check... I meant farrier, as in the person who shoes horses, actually considered a different occupation from the black smith who makes the shows. I also meant Cobbler, as in the person who cures leather (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Wow
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(...) Cool! Sounds like a great way to learn ____ (whatever that is you learned ;) (...) Wow, you've been to more places than I have, and I've lived there almost all my life :-) But I won't grudge you on that ;-) (...) has (...) a (...) year. :-( (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.people)
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Warning: this message is not recommended for the mentally-deprived... It is also not recommended for people with low rates of sense of humor... (...) Well, I did answer myself, so I guess I still fit in the catagory... :-) (...) "Dad, Shelley is (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.il, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Sentimental Journey (Was Re: What all has TLC done?)
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(...) I like Exploriens too. The figs are OK, and I have a bunch. I especially I like their helmets. (But I really like the Hydronauts blue-chrome helmets, and I only have one :( (...) They come with tons of little widgets and other cool pieces, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Mindstorms RIS 1.5 find
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The sale seemed to be over in my local Target (Danvers, MA). I rushed over there last night, and found three RIS on the shelf. Two were new, but one had been opened and had the remnants of a red clearance sticker on it. All were priced and scanning (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: FS mint in box Message Intercept Base 6987
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(...) What exactly are you asking for them? Joel (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: How advanced can RCX programming be?
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(...) With the light gizmo from extreme creatures and some ingenuity you might be able to get more mileage out of your light sensor. Although I personally have found it adequate for the task everyone seems to use it for: detecting the presense or (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Anyone in the US find the Destroyer Droid yet?
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The Targets in the Dayton OHIO area had quite a few in stock over the weekend. ...FYI Kyle (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: domanda per esperti nqc
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(...) Forse con un piccolo trucchetto e' possibile fare di meglio. Basta usare tutti e quattro i timer e sfasarli di 3 centesimi di secondo l'uno dall'altro. Questo si puo' fare usando la funzione Wait() che, stando al manuale, dovrebbe avere una (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Any suggestions on a homepage?
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Hi everyone! I've been thinking about setting up a homepage. It's about time, computers are taking over the world :-) and my (humble) lego creations are waiting to be seen in public. Even though I get along better than OK with computers, I've never (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | Monorail: 6399 @$150 (Most Going 2)
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OK, Most lots are now going 2, at bargain prices. This is starting to make ebay look like a good place to sell:( These sets will be sold tomorrow if no further bids come in. Here's a 6399, original box and instructions at only $150, and a sealed (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Sentimental Journey (Was Re: What all has TLC done?)
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(...) I love trans fluro ornage and with there were more big parts in it. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | New 2000 Sets Sucks
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Finally, 2000 sets is now here in Hawaii at TRU. I am totally disapointed. I really hate those Juniorized version of Lego set. I was really anxious to buy set 6600 Highway Construction but when i saw it, i was totally devasted. I hate those (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: EP1 DVD and VHS release news
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Basicly it is simple. To make a dvd there is a lot of work to be done, especially to add the extra bits that dvd disks have got to have. Would you rarther he make a dvd of ep1 or work on ep2? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | RE: More servo stuff
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I had the same problem. The servo would run fine if the program was not doing anything else. But if I was updating the pwm to the motor ports then the servo would jitter. I figured it was because the extra overhead was screwing up the timing on the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: yellow antenna
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The shorter one. However, Scott Sanburn has offered me one already! Thanks for reading, though. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: OO programing in RCX
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What I mean is to think the RCX in OO. For example, I can add a sensor object in my programming code when I plug a sensor into my RCX. I can make the sensor object to interface with the RCX object in the OO manner. Is that possible? I learned some (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: GPS for RCX
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(...) It seems they have differential GPS in lots of places now, like near airports and sea-ports. For indoor use you would need differential GPS. But for people who had that, it would make these robots really powerful. And for a guy like me who (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Anyone in the US find the Destroyer Droid yet?
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The Target in Robinson Township/North Fayette (western suburbs of Pittsburgh) have the Destroyer Droid set as well, though judging by the activity in the local.us.pa.pit group this is only good for me. :-) Toki (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Unofficial Part : Unitron torso
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Cool. And it is also the space police 1 torso, I believe. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Is this as evil as I think it is?
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(...) None other than it might be helpful to TLC I suppose, I'm guessing that as a fan-base we are more likely to find potential trademark, copyright infringements etc quicker than TLC would. Something like "Please email any fairplay enquires to (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Medieval occupations (was Re: spelling questions ...)
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(...) There you go - the connection I wasn't making. The difference between producing the thing made of iron and actually putting it to use - shoeing the horse, and all the doo-dads you'd need for the horse, sounds like. Never thought of it that (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | FS/FT: Misc. System/Technic/Mindstorms
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Greetings fellow LEGO enthusiasts! I've got the following sets for sale or trade. All are MISB except for 9735 which is MIB. I'd prefer to SELL each of these sets, but I will consider TRADEs based on MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price) for (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: spelling questions ...
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(...) Yes. Farrier is an alteration of a Middle English and French word that meant blacksmith. Can't really imagine a smith making a living solely on horse shoes, but then again, in a large city that might support multiple smiths, maybe it could (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Scott Sanburn's Numerous MISB Sets on E-Bay
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To All, I have posted several sets MISB on E-Bay to support my ever growing collection: Take a look! Sets #1252,1253,1254,1255,1256 - Complete Collection of Shell Sets: (URL) - Jet Airliner: (URL) - Mail Carrier: (URL) - Shuttle Transcon 2: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Mee 2 :-)
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It seems like everyone is finding good deals! I hope to see some great MOC's in the next few meetings :-) At Kaybee Pleasanton I found a 6441 Divers set for $29.99 opened but complete. Nothing else there though worth mentioning as the Lego section (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: domanda per esperti nqc
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Ci vorrebbe questo........ (URL) member page: (URL) member of ItLUG: (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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