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| (...) Let's say this about Lucas: he set a new level for the arts of film special effects and sound quality. You just gotta give him Industrial Light & Magic and all that it means to the film industry and arts. And you have to give him "American (...) (22 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| I wasn't planning on posting this here, but after Eric Sophie's call for participation I thought the least I could do is get things started. One of the GBC modules I presented at HispaLUG last year was a fully automated pneumatic excavator. It (...) (15 years ago, 4-Jul-09, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: 8 vs. 6 (was: Excited to Finally be here...)
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| The width of Lego track is almost exactly the same as Lionel, which is about equal to "O", or close enough for all intents and purposes of this discussion. The last time I was in a train store (1 week ago) I looked at the "O" scale and Lionel trains (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Almost 300! And another Mindstorms Challenge! And more!
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| (URL) Almost 300 Registrants! With about 2 weeks left on registration deadline, we are very close to 300 guests - so if you haven't paid your registration fee, now's the time to do it to guarantee your place at BrickFest! You know the website, so (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jul-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Distance Sensor
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| (...) By far the easiest solution is to buy one or more rotation ("angle"?) sensors from Lego. I overpaid for mine, but I've heard that you can get these for about $17 US from Lego Shop at Home. (Sorry, I don't have the URL handy...) These sensors (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The Omega Project
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| (...) Yah, lookin' good. One of my all-time favorite spaceship designs! And descending into the inner workings of sci-fi hardware is one of my all-time fave passtimes. You've been warned. :-, (...) Okay, let's set the record straight... *cracks (...) (23 years ago, 3-Nov-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| This thread just keeps going and going! (...) Right. Lindsay is referring to HD 209458. Catchy name, huh? 8^) The Doppler shift research team that I mentioned in an earlier post predicted that HD 209458 has a planetary companion. The object is (...) (25 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | ALBATROSS!!!
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| no, it's not a real one, I'm afraid. just something i threw together for the non-violent MOC contest. sort of inspired by the sikorsky Sky Crane (or whatever that thing is called, the big spidery helicopter.) take a look, please. (URL) and built for (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) Okay, don't worry about that. Iain and I aren't taking it too personally either. (...) Yes, it gives people an advantage, but I'm not against them because not everyone can get them. I'm against them because when you say lubricants, that could (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Educational Benefits of Lego Engineering Lab
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| Howdy, There are many benefits to installing a Lego based engineering program in schools. I culled the following from a white paper my company has online ( (URL) ) regarding the benefits of creating a Lego engineering lab. I hope the following can (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.edu)
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| | Brickworld Mindstorms Event Rules for Trash Wars
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| Ok folks, here we go, the official rules for Trash Wars, one of the Mindstorms events that will be held at Brickworld (June 19-22, Wheeling, IL). I think Bryan's original post called it "Garbage Wars", but I like Trash Wars better, and since I wrote (...) (17 years ago, 2-Apr-08, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics) !
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| | Re: Megan's Law, and its implications
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| (...) Hmm, does that never mean that the parent has an obligation to support the child if the child loses his/her job in a layoff after attaining self sufficiency? How is this modified when rape is involved? How do we hold the rapist responsible for (...) (22 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Motor mis-match.
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| I was having a boring evening - so I decided to test some theories about Lego motors - and at the risk of seeming pedantic - here are my findings: Several times, people on this list have asked why their robots don't drive in a straight line - the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Brickfest 2000 Pirate Game Postmortem
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| Ok, I've been kicked off my duff by Evil Stevie himself to write my final postmortem. We haven't seen any additional comments for a while. I'll discuss various areas as they come to me. PREPARATION: The game requires much more preparation that I had (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.gaming)
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| (...) I believe the conversion is 0.4mm = 1 LDU. At least, that's what I always use. (...) Standards are already there. They just aren't strictly enforced. As I see it, there are two basic "orientation rules": 1. Do the same thing as other, similar (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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