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Wow. This is going to be amazing. Your pictures look even better than they did in Seattle, and that's saying a lot. I absolutely can't wait to see how this unfolds. This book is going to be an amazing boost to an already excellent LEGO community. [ (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.books)
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I'm constantly amazed by all the great things people build with LEGO. Our eclectic hobby is a rich and expressive nexus of art, science, and humanity. I've often wished there were a simple way to share this amazement with people outside the hobby. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish.photography) !!
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(...) Excellent; yes - that appears to be precisely the book. It seems it's also available in paperback too. I'll have to see if I can track down a copy (even a signed used one on Amazon market place). Peter (22 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.books)
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(...) I've never seen it myself, but as a librarian I have found this information: Richard Pawson : The Robot Book, 1985 (192 pages) It's comparing Lego and Fischertechnic. Could that be the one you're looking for? Arne, Copenhagen (22 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.books)
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Ok, put your thinking caps on. I'm looking for a book on Lego robotics. This book was probably published in the mid or late 80s and featured robotic ideas with Lego and Fischertechnic. It was possibly American in origin. The motors featured in it (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jan-03, to lugnet.books)
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LEGO Software Power Tools is reviewed in the current issue of the upFront.eZine e-newsletter, a "weekly source of news and opinion for the computer-aided design (CAD) industry": (URL) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-03, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.books)
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Hi James, I made the publisher work out all the legalities of the software on the disk. He and his lawyers sorted it all out. Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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Hi JT, Lars Hassing reviewed the L3P chapter for me. Jennifer Clark created the LDraw power drill model for us. Willy Tschager did a lot of LPub testing for me. Beyond that it was Miguel and myself writing the books, and our publisher Jon Babcock (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey, it was a fair question! =8D (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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I was just curious to see who all helped or where mentioned in the book, I wasn't looking to get a free copy or anything. jt (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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(...) Check the main page of lugnet.books (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:H6zo0r.FzK@lugnet.com... (...) OK - how does one click through from LUGNET to Amazon.com? I can't find anything on the LUGNET home page that would lead me there. Mike -- Mike Walsh - (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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(...) Generally speaking, all the authors of the software covered in the book plus all the websites mentioned in it will get at least one copy ( the extent of their individual participation in the project varies). I can propose other people to the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.cad, Miguel Agullo writes: . (...) Do you have a list of all the people who helped (or where mentioned)? Or do we have to buy the book to find out? :) jt (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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(...) The book is indeed designed with a view to bring in new people into the hobby. We listed a sample of key sites. Some are dead obvious (Lugnet, Ldraw.org & Brickshelf), but deciding which others to include was a painful process. Both Kevin and (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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(...) The one in the Syngress site is the definitive one - take a look at the first paragraph of the provided chapter 1, which talks about the cover. Part of the Amazon confusion with this and other recent Lego books by Syngress is due to the way (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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(...) The book should be shipping one week before Christmas. (...) Absolutely (...) People whose work is mentioned in the book will get free copies - and hopefully some will review it. We've tried to both bring in new people into the system and to (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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(...) Don't forget if you decide to order this or any other book, consider going through the link from LUGNET(tm) to Amazon(tm) so LUGNET gets the spiff... me, I think I'll wait a while yet. (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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"James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:H6zL72.9px@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) could (...) It is interesting that the image of the book on Amazon's web site is different than the one on Syngress' web site. (URL) like Amazon's (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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This is very cool, I see from the TOC that there are lots of plugs for our favorite LEGO web pages as well...nice. Was there any issue with putting all of the different freeware on a disk? I though Tim had tried this once before but ran into some (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.general)
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