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| (...) Well Eric Strand brought this to my attention. These are the rare 1x1 round oil drums I was talking about: (URL) EBAY auction also shows the old 50's (earliest of 4 variations) Esso Pumps, and old 50's (earliest of 3 variations) Esso sign. The (...) (20 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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| Well, that was too easy. Guess I should have read all the way through the FAQ earlier... *thud. I've now got the MISO output driving the VSW input on the sonar board, and am reading a digital input for the MFLOG signal. Works like a charm. I'd still (...) (28 years ago, 6-Feb-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| (...) I usually find that I improve something each time, so I don't refer to photos. The FetchBot was my third time building that kind of arm. (...) It's a great thing. Shoot, download, view. Repeat if neccessary. :) - Ben. ---...--- Ben Williamson (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Old pinball machines do indeed use a pendulum and ring arrangement to detect tilt. (They also have a ball on a track that rolls toward the back if the front of the machine is lifted up.) The only trick with constructing such with MindStorms (this is (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| 24. Never was into the lego thing until RIS -----Original Message----- From: Mark Geddes [mailto:mark@AudeSi.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 10:37 AM To: 'Lego' Subject: How old are you? I was just wondering how old most of the members in (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi. I'm 49 have over 15 years of industrial experience in embedded systems and am currently an assistant professor of computer science. I have been trying to talk a school into funding a LEGO based robotics course since at least 1995 when I wrote (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) That prompts me to ask something that had been on my mind for some time: Is the name 'Mindstorms' an honorariam to Seymour Papert ? It certainly should be... (Papert wrote a great book called 'Mindstorms'.) * -Simon (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I'm currently 37. Bought my first RCX last 13 months ago. Have been collecting and playing with LEGO since I was 8. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Ehehe, ok, here's my contribution: I have 0 (zero) pinball machines. (er... I never understood the fun of playing with a metal ball inside a box with a glass on top and lights all over and funny noises... but then... my collegues at work think (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Like some of the other people in this group, I took a break from Lego myself - for 35 years! Now at 48, RIS brought me back to what is a very interesting new world of Technic, Motors and Sensors! JB (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi! Well. I think the profile is cool. TLG should stop mentioning that "age" related fact on the RIS box. I think the RIS is no restriction for a tinkerer at any age. But I was also wondering if there are any women in the lugnet.!! And here is (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) ehehe, you can say that again !!! (as for many other things that kids have today...) ___...___ Marco C. aka McViper (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Growing up, I remember my dad telling me how great Legos were. When he grew up, all he had was Lincoln logs. Just think what our grandkids will get... </steve> Ps, I just got the Millenia ThrowBot. Over all, I'd say it's just slightly better than (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Based on replies made to me privately, and to this forum here are the results [which do not really have any statistical value]: Average age - 33.95 years Youngest - 5 years Oldest - 65 years Most common age - 31 years Most common age group - 30's (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Anyone have any idea where I can get the final results of Auczilla XI? They aren't on the site any more. Does any one have a copy of the prices. I'd like to use them to estimate some sales I am trying to work out. Thanks for any info... Eric (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| I have some of the pirate items you are looking for. (I think.) I am not a pirate head, so I'm not sure of most of the terms. Can you post links to images of the items you are looking for in trade? Eric (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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