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Me too! Gerald Ruiter <gruiter@xs4all.nl> schreef in berichtnieuws FoI221.7D4@lugnet.com... (...) be (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Adult lego sets.
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(...) One straightforward way to do this would be to reduce the printed materials included with the bricks to Star Wars-style ideas, and possibly stages of construction (especially for Technic sets). Then take the (computer-generated) set of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: LEGO box
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Selçuk wrote in message ... (...) sized (...) Now I wonder how many people have been embarassed by storing their "adult" toys (nudge nudge, wink wink) in LEGO (or any other "kids" toy) boxes? (and having a visiting child discover them "um, er, um, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Mindstorm firmware C compiler for W95 platform ready for download.
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The owner of (URL) , Francesco Ferrara, is not connected to this mailing list (or any robotics list for that matter) so that's why I posted this message for him. If you have questions, complaints, bugreports, anything please email him directly at (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | O'Reilly book update: free online building instructions
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Hello, The Minerva robot, from _The Unofficial Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS Robots_, has been redesigned for RIS 1.5. Because RIS 1.5 has fewer gears than RIS 1.0, Minerva cannot be built with the parts from RIS 1.5 alone. The redesigned robot, Mineva (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Attaching a servo to a Rug Warrior Pro
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Ok - I'm a newbie! But I'm really hoping the collective wisdom of this newsgroup will be able to help me with extending the abilities of the Rug Warrior Pro I've been working with for the past 2 months. I've recently purchased and connected three (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Castle Theme: Auction Announcement/update 1
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Hello and welcome to my first auction. What a surprise no bids, so no update. If you think the min bids are too high please let me know. I'll give it a couple more days. There are about 14 castle theme sets including 6023, 6081 and 6085. The rules (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Adult lego sets.
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(...) basic (...) adults (...) of (...) I agree with Steve. It would take several thousand pieces to make good "adult sets" like Jodi describes. A skyscraper might require 40 floors of 30+ windows each and the detailing around them. The base would (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Adult lego sets.
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(...) I have to agree to the comments about instructions. It used to take 20 steps to show how to put a 300-400+ piece model together. Now it seems that there is an instruction step for every other piece. Waaayyy too many steps. I end up building (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Shoulder Pads
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> schreef in berichtnieuws FoHHH7.5JH@lugnet.com... (...) gray (...) pads-piece (...) You're absolutely right! Totally forgot about the ugly Insectoids... So there _is_ a use for those sets afterall! :o) -- Arjan (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: dya
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(...) ...però posso consigliarvi di acquistare qualche centinaio di 8459 a titolo di investimento :) Ciao Giulio (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: dya
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marco berti ha scritto: (...) Sono d'accordo, i prezzi non sono esaltanti, e sono tutti set che da noi si trovano facilmente... Ciao Giulio (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | dya
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Se non ci avete fatto caso la dya ha degli articoli nuovi, pero' i prezzi non sono esaltanti ... Marco (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Using parts in p\48\ (was: part 2951, more questions, nearly done)
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(...) Uhhh I see:) Well that explains my problems then. (...) Hmm Why to the segment? Or is the vague idea I have about inlining completely wrong? I think of it as a tool to put an unofficial primitive into the part file, e.g. by replacing a type 1 (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 2000 is now here!!!
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Michael Edwards <medwards@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:FoJJIo.4CI@lugnet.com... (...) sets (...) Rundown ASAP of anything not seen in German or Danish catalogues please (i.e. most Technic, Adventurers, Mickey...) Huw (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: 0.2.3 bug report
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(...) will (...) feelers. (...) This also happens if you have light sensors attached to the RCX. The only way to get the semi-random junk to go away with light sensors attached is to (duh) un-attach the light sensors, or turn the RCX on and off (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | SV: stupid question: meaning of RAW
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Raw means that the Analog to digital converters 10 bit value is fetched directly, without converting it to another scale. Jari ps since it is ten bits it is between 0 and 1023 (or possibly 1 and 1024) -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: dominic (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: stupid question: meaning of RAW
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dominic frutiger <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:3884B641.A5ABBB...ethz.ch... (...) That is about all there is to RAW. It gives you a number 0-1023 which is the raw value from the analog to digital converter. The input range is 0 to (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: An Easter Egg-Plotter
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(...) I've got just one word.....COOL!!!! This might be a fun little competition. Maybe a recursive fractal program generating a Sierpinski (sp?) carpet pattern on the egg? Or a random "drunkard's Path" simulating Brownian motion? Or a more (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | FOTW !!! Wow...
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Grandi acquisti oggi a Modena; che ne dite di: 4554 Metro Station, 5521, 6286 Skull's Eye Shooner, 733 e 744 universal set, e alcune incredibili scatole di rotaie (750 e 751) del '69 !!! Ciao Giulio (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: stupid question: meaning of RAW
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Raw values are the values that come straight out of the sensor to the RCX. Usually these values are interpreted in a specific way depending on what kind of sensor it is. For example, the touch sensor is thought of as a boolean- it is touched, or it (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Attention Lego Group: Children don't like juniorization, either!
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(...) And, even if you don't like Star Wars, most of the Models are *great*. And the UCS models should be keepers for everyone! :) Jeff (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | An Easter Egg-Plotter
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Here's an interesting idea for a robot that colors Easter Eggs. (URL) This isn't Lego, but I don't see how it couldn't be done with MindStorms. For the record, this was the User Friendly cool link of the day, www.userfriendly.org/static/ (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: free-for-all in space
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(...) Maybe someone should create wargaming rules for this, then have an online battle. One person per faction, and such. It would probably work best if you consider BT I & II separate factions, and split classic space into factions (based on canopy (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: yellow antenna
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(...) I don't usually ask Consumer Affairs to replace pieces I've lost or broken. But, I will occasionally, if the element is rare. One doesn't have to lie, as Paul mistakenly assumes. You describe to them, honestly and accurately, the circumstances (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Attention Lego Group: Children don't like juniorization, either!
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In lugnet.general, Mark A. Herzberg writes: [snip] (...) [snip] Well, *I* do (need Star Wars LEGO, that is). (Still mourning that he didn't find any Gungun subs on sale this January). -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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Don Heyse: (...) I think we should decide how the files should be stored (upper, lower, or mixed case), and then append that to the DAT format specification. My personal preference is lower case. Mixed case should be allowed in DAT files no matter (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | WTB: 5077 Sliding doors
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I am looking for five packs of 5077 Sliding Doors. If you have any for sale or trade, please contact me. I need them for two upcoming projects. Russell (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: buy spare parts
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I don't know if Baylit ships internationally, but they probably have the best selection on the net. (URL) Poindexter Eric Huang <hfhuang@iii.org.tw> wrote in message news:FoIFtz.9Dr@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Attention Lego Group: Children don't like juniorization, either!
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(...) Well I'm 30... (...) Truthfully if it were not for the Star Wars LEGO sets I may have never gotten back into LEGO and emerged from my darkages. I personally love the sets and not just for the sets but for the part selection. After branching (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Farlie A
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ATTN Mr B.Justus TLG,Billund,Denamrk Lego(R) UK Ltd, Wrexham. Lego Futra. Dear Sirs, (Apologies to any female persons reading this letter) Please note that some of these ideas may be devloped further. So regard these a work in progress. If I do have (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Newsgroups for LUGs?
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(...) No Prob. I figured you were kinda busy or something, so I didn't want to press the matter. Anyway, Thanks!! :) Jeff (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Attention Lego Group: Children don't like juniorization, either!
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(...) I'm 28. :) (...) Actually, it turns out some of Lego's own themes (Rock Raiders, UFO, et al.) are far more juniorized and prefab and single-use than some Star Wars sets. I've managed to reuse a significant percentage of the pieces from the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: buy spare parts
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Keep watching the buy-sell-trade and auction groups for parts sales postings, or just post there and advertise for what you need. Most people are willing to sell and ship internationally, as long as an acceptable form of payment can be found (cash (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: System Axles
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(...) (URL)) (...) I thought most people knew about that. I discovered it back in '87 or so... ;) Jeff (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Rechargable battery questions
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(...) I use six NiMH batteries in my RCX - they work fine - BUT the motors rotate slower than when I use alkaline. I find the battery life OK. Regards, Jacob (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | diana's town & train auction, update 6
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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, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Newsgroups for LUGs?
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(...) Ohp, I thought I replied to that, I guess not...sorry. I'll get these set up tonight, I think. --Todd (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Attention Lego Group: Children don't like juniorization, either!
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(...) It's gotten to the point where I have two bags of heads: Generic and Special (also known as Useless). The Generic bag holds heads that can be used on lots(1) of figs in many themes and includes Classic Smileys, Female heads, Star Wars heads, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | stupid question: meaning of RAW
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hi folks, it must be a stupid question: what exactly is the meaning of RAW (for example: SetSensorMode(SENSOR_2, SENSOR_MODE_RAW)). i use this mode, and i know the range: 0-1024. but i didn't find any more precise description in my manuals (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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