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| (...) I would agree that it is not based on any true science. Rather, I suspect hydrogen displacement was chosen because of the potential "sounds cool factor", since it sounds like a nautical term. Some sci-fi's (not all) like to draw comparisons (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) No slur taken! (-: Actually, what I think happened is this: - Some company (it was in England somewhere, right?) stated making bricks, using a nice round number standard like 5/16 inch or 8 millimeters - LEGO bought the rights (or the company (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) It's in the context of creating a datsville, so I don't know how anyone can be *angry*. (...) Yeah--my girlfriend's father got his PhD in palaeobotany; not exactly a field in demand, so he ended up being a groundskeeper and specialist for (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| OK, while we're all waiting for word on the MDP (one way or another), I was cruising the web, hoping for news... and found this: (URL) seems there's a number of NXT blogs springing up and linking up, and they've ferreted out some interesting (...) (19 years ago, 1-Mar-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Last summer, I ran a Lego Geometry workshop at UU church camp. It totally rocked. When participants left the first day, they were saying things like, "Now I finally know what ratios are good for." These are adults, mind you. It gave me such a charge (...) (19 years ago, 29-Jun-05, to lugnet.edu, FTX)
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| | Re: Who else wants an AT-AT?
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| (...) <fanatic level=almost_there> Very true. There's a lot to consider :) There are a couple key scenes to derive the AT-AT's actual height. 1. Luke ascending to the underbelly (there's a shot available on www.starwars.com) 2. The foot trampling (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) I've just assumed that LEGO's accuracy with stud-to-metric measurements is neigh on perfect (or, too close for me to accurately measure discrepancies). So, I've just assumed an interstud spacing of 8mm per stud. (...) I guess it depends on (...) (11 years ago, 13-May-13, to lugnet.general)
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| Hello again, I''m glad I generated some interest here! I hope, however, that we do not stray too far from discussing LEGO -- I have noticed complaints in at least one other LUGNET newsgroup. (...) Both quite rewarding, but difficult fields in which (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| (...) By "Six degrees of freedom" I mean: 1) Translation to Left/Right 2) Translation Forwards/Backwards 3) Translation Up/Down 4) Rotation left/right 5) Rotation fore/aft 6) Roll left/right. These are often called (respectively) by the names: Sway, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jan-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I have asked for confirmation as to which frequency (38 or 40 KHz) is correct. As my current components should give me a frequency of 39KHz (1/3.883KOhm*6.6nF) I should be able to use either with out to much problem. I am thinking of using the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Hello everyone... If I may be permitted to ask your input on some of the following... I have implemented a Polaroid sonar module and a GP2D02 IR ranging unit on a R/C servo actuated pan/tilt mechanism. I can put in "scan_long(45.0)" or (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| Hello everyone... If I may be permitted to ask your input on some of the following... I have implemented a Polaroid sonar module and a GP2D02 IR ranging unit on a R/C servo actuated pan/tilt mechanism. I can put in "scan_long(45.0)" or (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) Yep. "Average" human heights are very interesting. Go over to Asia, and people are shorter than people living in Europe. I was suprised to find that while up in the northeastern US, I was a bit on the tall side of average (6 feet), but a-way (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| Hello all.... I am currently trying to implement some level of shaft encoding/motor control on the handy board. I am using the shaft encoder software available on the H board site. I am currently using the "slow" version, as the top velocity reading (...) (25 years ago, 20-May-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: RCX Programming Questions and Sensor Ideas
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| In article <255199E650C3D11194B...stBuy.com> , Cwikla, Brian <Brian.Cwikla@BestBuy.com> writes (...) An example. Say you want to prevent two tasks from fighting over motor 1. Just insert an instruction in each task before operating the motor to (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Idle Ramblings
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| (...) Some of the best teachers i had in highschool taught this way. If you didn't understand something they would try hard to find out why you were having trouble and did whatever they could to help. And did this without holding up the rest. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Hi! A couple of weeks ago, a fellow worker came in to my office. "Here's something for You" he said, and gave me a little plastic bag with three 'maxifig' heads. Then he told me their story: "Back in the (mid?) 70's, we made some measurings for LEGO (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Held files on parts tracker (donsut67@aol.com?)
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| Hi ROSCO, I had seen that note a while back and intended to email the reviewer as soon as I was free of a certain project I am about to complete ... I can give you one answer: this is one of the few parts I have ever done and I am certain it has (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| I'm heading off on a business trip in the morning, so I can only give this a real brief reply - (meaning it'll be just as long but I'll have put less thought into it -) (...) I have no objection to clone brands using the same metrics, especially (...) (18 years ago, 11-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | Re: Remaining parts
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| (...) I had a relatively brief exposure to statistics, but have picked up bits here and there. I actually got keyed into the theory which is the foundation of the extra parts during a job interview. Yes, I actually learned something at a job (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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