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| In lugnet.trains, Timothy Gould wrote: SNIP (...) Hello Tim, I wanted to do these videos this week-end, but I'm unable to find my battery loader :) Impossible to use the camera yet. I don't forget your request and will try to do it ASAP. Philippe. (19 years ago, 27-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Retro Rocket - (Warning....Bonktron related post)
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| (...) IMPOSSIBLE!! Space Air is the single greatest limit to space exploration that we have ever known. Maybe you didn't realize that it was --POISONOUS--?? Poisonous Space Air is so goshdarned horrible that it'll kill anything it touches. Even (...) (19 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) I firmly believe that. There is a famous 'proof' that AI is impossible - "The Chinese Room" argument by John Searle. The idea is that someone who only speaks English is imprisoned in a room. He is given long and complex instructions for (...) (19 years ago, 5-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: An "almost Joe Vig" time travel vignette.
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| (...) I was there then, *and* I'm here now, so I have time travelled in the opposite direction. It takes longer, and you grow old from doing it, but it's fun. :) I wouldn't enjoy going back to basic 1970's Lego either. I only miss those small (...) (19 years ago, 26-Nov-05, to lugnet.build.vignette)
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| | Re: Mindstorms on Slashdot
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| (...) Slashdot fares better when they stick to technical issues. When the topic drifts to the right way to run a profitable corporation, there is a lot of authority, but little reality. (...) Agreed. It is always amusing when someone attempts to (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi Everyone Just wanted to share a few photos of my recent build of James Mathis' Dutch DD-IRM "Regiorunner". (URL) Brickshelf gallery here: (URL) James' original gallery here: (URL) My version has a black roofline and detailing purely because of (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) To get to the goal of autonomous and 'sufficiently intelligent' robots, we have a lot of problems to solve. Some of these are to do with mechanics, battery technology, communications and sensors - others are to do with solving problems, path (...) (19 years ago, 4-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Well that tells me that your line following programs are WAAAAAY too intricate! Oh wait, no, probably not. By the way, I did some more testing last night. I'm finding it near impossible to use a light sensor and tell the difference between a (...) (19 years ago, 7-Dec-05, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: Finding a rotation matrix for a triangle
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| (...) Now I think I see what you mean. You want to know how to rotate the primitive so that it lines up with one of the edge lines of the triangle. (...) This isn't the best way to go (I'll explain at the end of the post). (...) OK. The problem here (...) (19 years ago, 5-Dec-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: How much weight can a LEGO chassis carry around?
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| If they can build bridges that can take a few something like 28-30 kilos of weight, then handling a laptop is not impossible. It would really be a matter of doubling up load-bearing beams and supporting them with the right structure, being aware of (...) (19 years ago, 10-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mech Bay 09 - The Cub Den
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| (...) Good question. No not really. I did find that once the entire structure was in place, the weight on it pressing down making the vibration less as it was more solid, plus the weight of the inner gantry helps surpress the fan noise more so then (...) (19 years ago, 12-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Rückkehr der Raumnazin
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| Hello! (...) You are right. Many Germans are offended by this topis. Either because they think it's inappropriate to make fun about, or because they constantly assume they are supposed to feel guilty. I'm not offended, though, I'm just curious. (...) (19 years ago, 22-Dec-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: New Lego Exoforce
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| Having found some of these sets already in my local Toymaster store I'd like to comment on a couple of points raised. (...) Actually there are no printed pieces in any of the sets I've bought (7700, 7702, 7708 and 7711). It's all done with stickers. (...) (19 years ago, 29-Dec-05, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Drafting, Then and Now
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| (...) Yeah, I actually thought about dropping a minifig drill on the table to represent an electric eraser, but thought the general public wouldn't get it. He also needs piles of templates scattered around (including the one that fell between the (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: Heads up, atheists
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| (...) I suspect that Jason Robards won't be starring in the film version of this one, though. (...) That's not always unreasonable, except when the necessary disproof is so burdensome that it becomes practically impossible. If I asserted that my (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| Well, 3 motors/output ports never were enough... (at least, when the bot wasn't big enough for multiple RCX's, or if you don't own more than one) I guess that's something that won't change easily... :) Off course, there's all sorts of workarounds to (...) (19 years ago, 5-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Best way to get into LEGO Trains?
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| (...) Best place is probably this current thread (URL) It was announced last year that the new trains will be battery powered and use some form of infra red control, however exactly how this will be implemented is still open to speculation (again (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jan-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 3T Board Change Suggestion
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| In the posts regarding the get together for 3T, it was mentioned that all the robots had a few issues getting cubes to sit flat in the holes. I have spent a lot of effort to tweak my drop locating method so that it hits the holes perfectly. What I (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: mindstorms NXT and memory
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| (...) It depends where your ambitions lie. If you want to analyse audio or video or map your environment somehow - then 64Kb is pathetically small. If all you want is something that's just a small step ahead of an RCX then it's plenty. Of course you (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: mindstorms NXT and memory
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| (...) Since I'm an engineer, I will give you the standard engineering answer: Depends on the requirements! :-) (...) (URL) ARM architecture has been around for years and has been a very effective RISC based embeddded CPU core. That Wiki article does (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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