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(...) Have you checked the suggested age range on the upcoming "Ultimate Collector's Series" Star Wars sets? The Y2K US inbox catalog labels these as "from 16 years". That qualifies as an adult lego set to me. (...) Stick to basic bricks and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Can anyone explain why this URL splits (URL) And the one in this message (URL) doesn't split? I'm using the web-interface, on the same computer, same version of Netscape etc in both occurances! Richard (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Nice. And I ordered 20 for about 650 or so. ++Lar (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I've got a utility for my P/PC called CERemote that controls my entertainment center via the IRDA port. This software was written by Hiromu Okada (okada.hiromu@nifty.ne.jp). There is a website at (URL) Perhaps this gentleman could help you to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) hehe. I was in a Target the other day, I inadvertantly left my wallet in the car. I had a bunch of Droid Developers and one RIS in my cart, took it over to Cust Svc and asked one behind the counter person to keep an eye on it (it was unpaid (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Except for that time, nevermind - d'oh! Richard (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What? You all push your leaders' heads all the down? But then how can they stand tall amongst their followers? ;) Cool idea with the shoulder pads. :) Steve (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.general, Rob Doucette writes: (URL) The brackets help it stay together :) Richard (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I didn't notice - talk about de-sentistisation! :( Richard (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Is that a stupid search db or WHAT? Actually, it's the fault of the person that entered the data into the db, if they would have entered LEGO MODEL TEAM instead of MODEL TEAM, it would have properly shown in the Lego search. Thanks to LarryP for (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Pazienza. (...) magazino di Milano ...) Capita a tutti qualche errore di battitura. Quattro in due righe... conosco una persona sola capace di tanto, anzi la conosciamo tutti :-))) Mario (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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Try this: (URL) may have to cut and past the link if it gets cut up... This is a list of "Avery White Ink Jet Labels" although some of them are clear. I haven't tried these yet but this is where I'll start (I've got some minifig projects to do). You (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Mindstorm firmware C compiler for W95 platform ready for download.
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Having trouble getting the Hitachi H8 Mindstorm firmware compiler to run on a W95 platform? Francesco Ferrara has a ready to run installation on his website! (URL) . Download, un-rar, add c:\qc\bin to your path and you're all set. You can have your (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Tim, next time in the future could you not swear? (Just recently there was a huge debate on swearing on Lugnet) So please in the future keep it to a minimum. (Man, am I sounding like Todd or what?) Erin -- (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) That's interesting; I hadn't heard that previously. (...) What people generally regard as frivolous, I think, is the fact that she held the coffee between her legs--do I recall correctly? To many people's view this seems to be simply asking (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: LEGO Film Festival (Was: Re: Two new LEGO pages)
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We need to have it at the same time as a 'real-life' film festival that has a name which can be 'punned' with a Lego term. Many thanks, Nick Allan ======== Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change. Richard Franks (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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Grazie amici mi avete commosso con il vostro interesse per le mie batterie ... pero' non so se potro' accontentarvi portandovele domenica perche' quei birichini della Sanyo Italia mi hanno giusto oggi la consegna del mio ultimo ordine entro la (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) The you have a legal case - but by the time all is said and done, it won't have been worth it. Don't ask for a refund: demand the item back. Be prepared with a police report. If they won't budge, my advice is to move on. It's a minor item. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Using a 293B/293D combination
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The HB FAQ mentions using the LM293B and LM293D chips in parallel (e.g., one L293D and one L293B) to gain increased current-carrying capability. My question is, if I do this am I losing the function of the spike-protecting diodes on the motor (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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(...) I am glad to hear that, as I thought the dumbass spilt it on herself, but it was still "frivolous" regardless of how much she got. She should have been jailed for wasting court time and required to pay all of McDonalds' legal fees. Timbo (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I got the most recent Mania magazine today. The cover theme is Artic. It also has a little story on Knight's Kingdom and a little information on the 1st annual LEGO club national convention this summer. (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: directly from NY ....
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(...) Sì. Però è molto più efficiente, perché finché non slitta non hai perdita di potenza, mentre con le puleggie ne hai sempre. Con le puleggie, d'altra parte, puoi realizzare rapporti di riduzione notevoli senza costruire "treni" di ingranaggi a (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) Most stores are pretty flexible on returns because many people want to be able to return gifts. How do you propose that be allowed? The illegality of buying stolen goods is an interesting one. If it is clear that the goods are stolen, I can (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:FoCFKn.FLt@lugnet.com... (...) spilling (...) would (...) I am tired of hearing about that coffee incident being a frivolous lawsuit. The lady got $300,000 which was later reduced to $100,000 in (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I have a couple of RCXs and of late my preoccupation gas been friendly and not so friendly competition. The first attempt at a battle of the bots was a simple touch sensor with bumper on top of each bot and see who can build the better design. Now (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) While I and the other vocal on-lookers don't see any wrongdoing on the part of TRU, I'd bet any judge in Michigan would find for you on this one. Their track records seem to imply that they have some sort of agenda against corporations. Not (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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I'm willing to order several sets of 6097 if there are others out there that want specific pieces from this set. Maybe we can work out a mutually beneficial deal before hand. I am mainly interested in the minifigs from it. Or if someone else is (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: What kind of motor comes with the 4559?
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(...) a (...) This is due to the relatively light gauge of metal used in the track rails. Over a long layout they have a significant resistance. If you are seeing slowdowns at the far end of the layout, just run some heavier wire (12ga or even 14ga (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: WTB: Gray egg shape shields!!
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(...) but I'll be watching for that. Will it be on eBay? (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Castle etc. for Trade
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(...) I could almost trade this, unfortuanately, I don't think I have the stickers. I do have the instructions, and was figuring on breaking it down for parts, so if you find a copy w/o instructions, perhaps we could swing a deal (or if you can find (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Multitasking
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From: "David Leeper" <david.leeper@destiny.com> (...) the (...) I was planning on doing this with LegOS, which uses a different scheduler (and John said). With the standard firmware it might work as well, it really depends on how slow the thread (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) I have already done that. But buying stolen goods is not legal and reselling them is even worse. It doesn't matter if they "know" or not. The reason they should check ID is so that they verify the person who they are giving the refund to is (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) The beauty of the coffee lawsuit is that you _know_ that same person would have brought the coffee back if it was just a little too cold! Dave! (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) This is a very good point. Many stores don't even require a reciept any more. One somewhat funny story I have is of a warehouse worker at a company that I used to work for got caught stealing some relatively expensive consumer product. The (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle.
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Mr L F Braun (<387F7F9F.766BF76@p....msu.edu>) wrote at 19:57:19 (...) I *knew* there was something about it that made me uneasy :-) (...) Absolutely! Spell checker overridden on that one. (...) Hmmm. Interesting point, but not (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I have use valves this sort of size, but the costs are so high, that they are impractical for the RCX. (twice the cost of a complete Mindstorms system for just one valve...). Best Wishes (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I'm not sure that you are blowing this entirely out of proportion, but file a police report and demand the return of the stolen item. That's about as far as you can go with it. Bruce (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) A friend of my father's had his window broken so someone could steal two quarters once. (...) How are they supposed to check? How would they know who purchsed the set? For all they know, you could've given the set to that person. They aren't (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Are you serious? That's not as ridiculous as suing McDonald's for spilling coffee in your own lap but is still pretty out there, IMO. Yes, they screwed up. I thought their attempt at damage control ($100 gift certificates) was a fine gesture. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle.
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(...) Snipping all that stuff that I didn't write.... (...) Kind of like someone from Boston, "I have to pahk the cah." Even my Boston Terrier has to bark, "Bahk, bahk!" :-) Canadians are hard to pick out, but I can usually do it (and these are (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: dragster e batterie
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(...) Capisco... pero` io ero serio... :-))) Se non sono buone magari ne prendo anch'io... Ciao. Marco. (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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No offnse, but how was TRU supposed to know the item they were refunding was stolen? I agree that it sucks you were robbed, and I hope you find the culprit, but I don't understand why TRU should lose money in the deal. That is what you wanted (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Mario Ferrari <mario.ferrari@edis.it> wrote in message Fo8psn.634@lugnet.com... (...) stupide), (...) applichi (...) ingranaggi. (...) presa. (...) Allora, se ho capito bene, assolve alla stessa funzione delle puleggie collegate con elastico? -- (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Controlling pneumatics
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pneumatics are fun stuff, but they are also hard to control. I have devised a pressure regulator made out of lego that control my presure to be in-between 0.5 kg and 0.9 kg. Too high, it would pop out the hoses, and too low, the pneumatics don't (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | What is the best sticker paper
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Hey, I'm trying to reproduce some stickers from some scans. Can anyone recommend a brand and/or type of paper for my inkjet printer that works best on Lego ?(I have an Epson if it matters). Appreciate any help. (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Has anyone ever been missing a piece?
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Richard Marchetti (<FoC7C7.GCu@lugnet.com>) wrote at 18:00:07 (...) No. And I think they're changing the formulation of the plastic as well. (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | My Toys R Us Nightmare
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A couple of months ago I bought some Lego from Toys R Us. Later that afternoon some sleazebag broke the window of my car and stole it. (They broke a $165.00 window to get $15.00 worth of Lego, the asshole) Anyway, what is even worse is, since it was (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Technic tank
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Check this site. This will fill your head with great ideas. (URL) Fay rfay@we.mediaone.net The Shop (URL) Hagan" <rhagan@vt.edu> wrote in message news:FoC9y2.ADG@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) just (...) it (...) (maybe (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Multitasking
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Hi John, Thanks for for clarifying the differences between the RCX capabilites and the default firmaware capabilities. LegOS sounds like thge right to for true multitasking. But while I'm using the default firmware, it sounds like the sleep task (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | WTT: MISB 5561 for MISB 6560
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I'd like to trade a MISB Model Team 5561 Big Foot 4x4 for a MISB 6560 Diving Expedition Explorer. I'd prefer to trade with someone in the US to keep shipping costs low. (URL) Stroot (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Thanks for the tip. I found their website (URL) But try to visit but the page was blank. (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.scala)
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(...) Even more interesting one of the links links back to LUGNET!!! Another shot in the arm for LUGNET way to go Todd! The link is in the third paragraph titled "Lego wants to be free" under PlamPilot and it links to: (URL) Kingsley The New England (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) I hit another Rite Aid this morning on the way to work. They had only one Lego set in the whole store and it wasn't on sale. Rite Aid is not going to be another Target type clearence opportunity for us Lego fanatics, but you might get a few (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Shoulder Pads
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I liked the look of the UFO shoulder pads for armor, but I, too had had trouble with fit issues. *twirls ends of handlebar moustache* Now I shall RULE THE WORLD! I find that the grey Ninja armor looks cool for either a) leather or padded cloth armor (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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DISCLAIMER: I'm a little loopy today. Medication. (...) It also has the LEGO edge--"brik" to me brings to mind "blok," something about which no more should be spoken. 'Nuff said. *suppressing shudder* (...) I hope you mean to get at the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: 5561 $40 at kbkids.com - train windows/doors
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Frank Filz wrote in message <387F79DD.41C6@minds...ng.com>... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Thanks for the tip. Couldn't find the Extreme Team Challenge set, must be sold out. Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Diana's town & train auction, update 2
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Welcome to Diana's town & train auction, Updates are emailed to all bidders and anybody requesting to be on the mailing list. set condition varies. n = new in box b = used with box and instructions. u = used with instructions but without the box. s (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Rite Aid Sale
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There is a RiteAid mere blocks from my house; it never occurred to me that they stocked LEGO. *smacks forehead in disbelief* I shall peruse their offerings forthwith! Thanks for the tip, Timbo! -Cheese (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Interesting article
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Hi, This is an interesting article about LEGO mindstorms. (URL) Cotsford (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Storage needed
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(...) Oops, I didn't pay enough attention to the page... The CLEAR-VIEW 12-BIN ORGANIZER is the type I don't like. If the compartments in that were rectangular, it would suit my needs fairly well, it's a big enough size to hold a decent number if (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Shoulder Pads
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(...) Dave, Great picture ... when I first saw it it seemed that I was looking through the eyes of a spy that has just been spotted and is in for some serious trauma. I guess the sheer size of it did it. I need to keep that in mind whenever I take (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Castle etc. for Trade
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I have the following sets for trade only: 560 Town House 1492 Battle Cove 1628 Santa with Reindeer 1628 Santa with Reindeer 1877 Crusader's Cart 5184 Service 6009 Black Knight 6010 Supply Wagon 6012 Siege Cart 6016 Knight’s Arsenal 6018 Battle (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Does anyone else's Pit Droid not "pop" up properly?
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Hm, mine is quite sturdy when it stands. That was the one thing I was happy about. :) -- Paul Davidson Jason Brown <jmbrown@mines.edu> wrote in message news:387F0B13.5029EC...nes.edu... (...) up (...) unless I (...) want (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 5561 $40 at kbkids.com - train windows/doors
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(...) Search for model team. They don't show up under the LEGO category. I also added some 6584 to my order since LEGO is 20% off (and you get both sales, neat!), but it would only let me order 3 (which is actually what I wanted), so those are (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Who here is from Michigan?
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I live in St. Joseph and work in South Bend, IN. I noticed the previous posts in this group, but they were so old I didn't think any body browsed this group anymore. Bret (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.sbd)
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| | RE: A new sensor idea (perhaps)
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I think the magnet idea also works better on the Canadian Loonie (dollar coin), then on the American dollar bill. Sorry - I couldn't resist. I once made a robot (before Mindstorms) that would play Tic-tac-toe using an electromagnet to pick up, and (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | What about the south??
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I live in Austin TX and the Greenberg Shows don't make it this direction. Are there any clubs or orgs that get together for anytime or plan to get together for GATS in San Antonio?? Brett "My bones are made of Legos." (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Multitasking
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Hi Alex, I was thinking this over last night and was wondering about how sleeping a task would affect an application that requires precise timing. In the bicycle example, what would happen if the balancing task was asleep when the bicycle began to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 5561 $40 at kbkids.com - train windows/doors
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They appear to be gone as I can't find them! Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (URL) Stangl wrote in message <387F6D18.6035462A@n...pe.com>... (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Multitasking
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(...) That isn't the RCX, but rather then standard Lego firmware. legOS avoids most of the limitations of the standard firmware, and there is still room for more interrupt-driven approaches. (...) The difference is that if your bot hits something (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Monks
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(...) I'm using the black Sith hood for a nun's habit. Put it with a Dark Forest character-of-ambiguous-gender head, a Darth Maul torso, a Willa the Witch dress piece, and a brown cape. Voila! Instant sister! Rick Kurtzuba (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Multitasking
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Hi John, I agree that on an interupt-driven system, multitasking is very useful for problems that require precise timing. As soon as the problem occurs, an interupt is fired and the appropriate code handles the problem. But, as you noted, the RCX (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Technic tank
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Greetings, I've been working on various military models. My latest project has been a tank. It's worth mentioning that I'm not building accurate models here, just my concept of what a tank is. However, I'm not really happy with the way it has turned (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Minifigs: Fire, Police, Town, Octan Racing, Rock Raiders ...
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I have a bunch of new minifigs for sale or trade. I have: Firefighters: black torso, gray legs, white helmet Firefighters: gray torso, gray legs, white helmet w/tanks & visor Police: black motorcycle cop, black legs, white police helmet Octan (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: can the mini scout be programed?
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(...) The MicroScout is more like the Code Pilot than anything else. It *is* programmable, but the easiest way to do it is through the Scout; it gets instructions via a protocol known as VLL, which has been reverse-engineered. Work is ongoing to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Night Lord's Castle (6097) on sale at KBKids.com
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote ... (...) On the shopping cart page, there is a button in the middle for applying coupons and discounts. -Rob. (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Night Lord's Castle (6097) on sale at KBKids.com
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(...) Ok, next question, where do you insert the coupon code? I can't find anyplace in the checkout pages. (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Does anyone else's Pit Droid not "pop" up properly?
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(...) I'd say you're correct. Mine will stand up, but the slightest jolt will send him topeling over. :) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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Get them before they're gone, some of us have been buying a lot of them ;-) If you use the coupon found at flamingoworld.com or deal-finder.com, you can save another 20%, knocking them down to $32! -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Io e Mario abbiamo in progetto per il nostro plastico di muovere tutti gli scambi con pistoni pneumatici piccoli (cod. 5116) e di motorizzare i passaggi a livello con micromotori. Questo dovrebbe consentire interessanti possibilità di (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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I talk to the manager at Toys R Us and tell him I want 100 of them. He orders them. I pick them up and sort until I can't stand looking at Lego anymore. At that point, I am half way finished with the task. I have now sorted out 160 tubs and 30 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, this is precisely the case where multitasking works best. A single-threaded application has to poll for events that it is interested in. Regardless of the priority of a particular event, that event has to wait until the application (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Sounds like an awesome idea. I've tried to do this manually, by BMP2DAT'ing an image, and then constructing the tri's and quads over top of the raster image, but it's still a huge pain. You *could* skip the BMP2DAT aspect, and just display the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Quick and dirty scans of 5825 and 5826
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(...) Shiri wasn't the only one. Steve (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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Questo è (dovrebbe essere) il millesimo messaggio su loc.it. Forza che prendiamo gli inglesi..... -- Cheers Carlo. LUGNET member page: (URL) member of ItLUG: (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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(...) Circa $120 su eBay. Da noi ne avevo trovato uno tempo fa a 120mila. (...) Manca una parola, che mi è rimasta nella tastiera. "Ne ho io quanti ne vuoi." nel senso che li vendo e ne ho in casa un certo numero... :-) Ciao Giulio (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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Hi Alex, I was thinking this over last night and was wondering about how sleeping a task would affect an application that requires precise timing. In the bicycle example, what would happen if the balancing task was asleep when the bicycle began to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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Mario Ferrari ha scritto nel messaggio ... (...) Mai visto la pagina di Matt's Lego "Train Depot DCC" penso che sia un modo di interfacciare più trasformatori con un computer e forse gli scambi non ho apito molto bene, ma proverò a capirci qualche (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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Giulio Ferrari ha scritto nel messaggio (...) 1) Scusate mi sono sbagliato il pezzo che mi interessa è l' aeroporto 6396 ? 2) Cosa intendi con Ne io quanti ne vuoi ? (...) Giuro solennemente che non la divulgo ! Volevo sapere i prezzi poiche ho (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Has anyone ever been missing a piece?
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(...) Well, the weird double think of not actually missing a piece but thinking I had has certainly happened to me, but so has ACTUALLY missing a piece! Sometimes I am sure this is because someone has lifted the piece in question. Other times, its (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, lessee. The baseplates with painted studs come in 6071, 6079 (just a few), 6090, 6260/6265, 6270, 6278/6281 (again, just a few), 6410, 6411, 6414. There may be more in other themes that I haven't spotted. If you're thinking about other (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Sure. However hysteresis applies and it's pretty steep. I'll trade 2 of my van window glass for 1 train window glass or you can trade 5 of YOUR van window glass for one of MY train window glass... let me know which way you want to go... :-) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I collect Scala items and I don't think this one is available at S@H like several other Scala items. What you could do is order one from another country. I know Nick Ashman's Lego Superstore in New Zealand has most of the Scala items from '98 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.scala)
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| | Re: SV: 2000 LEGO
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Precis! De dammsögs på BASIC! Dock hittade jag tre stycken "Extra klossar" (nummer ????) på Stor och Liten. Jag säger inte var... En sådan ask innehåller 10 st gröna 1*1 klossar! Det är bra! Men så kostar de också 300 spänn styck. Men man får mycket (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.se)
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(...) Just a followup... We used about a dozen of the little sets from this year's advent calender; just used a loop of thread between a couple of the bricks, and most of them hung fine. We got lots of postive feeback from friends *and* family. :) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| | Re: Monks
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(...) Dont forget...... In Latin :) Doyle (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I have done the same thing with the Qui-Gon torso and brown legs. I used a regular smiley head, which often looks best. I am working on a "Holy Bible" tile sticker now... Actually, I have a whole thing planned around this monk idea, which (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Does anyone else's Pit Droid not "pop" up properly?
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(...) I don't think it was meant to pop up from a surface, either. Mine pops up fine if I'm holding it. I can't seem to get mine to stand, though, unless I put his arms sticking straight out and towards the back, for balance. I want to double check (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)
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I know there was a discussion, or at least I mentioned, before that I thought the new brwon star wars hoods would make good monks. Last night I decided to try it. I used the young obi wan figure from the Gungan Sub set and put a brown torso on it. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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