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| John Neal wrote in message <36BFA673.677B4B70@u...st.net>... (...) Because it is difficult to declare absolutes in a relative world; because it makes people uncomfortable to think that there is a right and a wrong, and thus that there is a (...) (26 years ago, 9-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: 2 8299 CD-ROM's Available!
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| (...) It's nice to stump your interviewees on occasion :) Okay, updated list :) [ ] - Tower of London [ ] - Tower Bridge [ ] - Big Ben [ ] - Leaning tower of Pisa [ ] - Tour Eiffel [ ] - Colosseum [ ] - Taj Mahal [ ] - Kilimanjaro [ ] - Macchu (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Switches vs. Turnouts
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| (...) Most of the times on the railroad that I work for (Norfolk Southern), if one is referring to the points of a switch, we call them points, as in to make sure there is nothing fouling the points before throwing a switch, i.e. something that fell (...) (26 years ago, 12-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | German DB v200/v220 Loc OR What I learned at BrickFest PDX
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| Thanks to Ben Beneke I learned these two things at BrickFest PDX: 1) A German counter-part to the fabled Santa Fe style warbonnett locomotive is the German DB v200 or v220(?). 2) 7-wide is beautiful ;-) Here's my first go at the (URL) DB v200/v220 (...) (21 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Yet another PNTLC event
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| Reminds me of my favorite band... The good old Grateful Dead... "Driving that train.... Casey Jones you better watch your speed!" -- Bryan (someday I will make a Jerry mini-fig) Ben Fleskes wrote in message ... (...) crashes. (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: When are K-12 spring breaks?
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| John Neal wrote in message <36CD02E2.6E179A31@u...st.net>... (...) ST:TNG;) Thankfully. What a terrible addition to the crew. Such an obvious ploy to resurrect McCoy (who isn't even dead yet, Jim). Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Sensors
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| (...) Jasper - for newer keyboards this is true - but your probably showing your age here :) Most of the early keyboards were discrete switches (Apple, Dec, IBM) It was after a while that the 'film' switches became available. I've had 1,000s of the (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NQC 1.2 in beta testing
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| (...) Yep, MT-newswatcher can do that. Sorry I didn't remember to crosspost - must've been brain dead or something. (...) Very cool. A lot of people send me e-mail about NQC. I'll encourage them to raise issues on lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc instead - (...) (26 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | Re: Polarity Switch
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| Dave Forrest writes: > I was wondering if the Polarity Switch (Or some other lego piece) would provide > a mechanical way to switch the direction of a lego motor connected to the RCX. Yes, I'm sure that would work. The only thing is, though, that (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: lego factory contest question
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| Cool. I really like that model. That set was my second "big" LEGO set as a kid (after 487 Space Cruiser) as a kid and was the basis for hours and hours of play. Wouldn't it be cool if they did a "micro-legends" line and rebuilt a bunch of these (...) (20 years ago, 13-Dec-04, to lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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| | Re: Can't reply to lugnet.general 2963
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| (...) Thanks for reporting this, James. Wow, something is funked up with the References line in the article (I can see the rejected article in the dead-articles file on the server). There's an extra blank line after the References header for some (...) (26 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: DAT voting page up
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| Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) You can't. Even with a part in hand you can't because how do you know every part thru the ages is the same. A case in point, I just did an inventory of all the parts I have and found two 45 1 x 2 slopes that (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Wheel encoders
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| (...) Yes, the pulley wheels near the drive wheels were drilled to accomodate 0.1" dia. disk magnets, available at the local hobby shop. The magnets activate the Hall effect magnetic sensors that are tucked away into the chassis (not easily seen in (...) (26 years ago, 1-Mar-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Which airport is best?... an RTL Repost
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| I just got a note from someone who remembered the comparision I did on RTL between the three airports, and I decided to repost it here in .reviews where it might be easier to find. Here's a Dejanews reference if you want to see the thread in (...) (26 years ago, 3-Mar-99, to lugnet.reviews)
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| | Classic Space Monument
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| Attention .spacers! Now is the chance to let your voice be heard, and let the LEGO company know that we still want to see Classic Space sets, be they Legends or micro-scale. Classic Space Monument (URL) Every micro-scale town needs a Classic Space (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.microscale, FTX)
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