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(...) I would, but it's on the wrong end of the country... Heck, I wasn't even able to make it to the PDX event! (21 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) That's up to John Barnes as Technic/Mindstorms coordinator. It would require a dedicated space all fest, which is hard to come by, and people to coordinate/monitor it, as well as people to devise the standards (may be the same people). So (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Which I agree would be a very cool thing to see, especially with some strategic filming. Is there not room for both? Again, it would be neat to include Spybotics as well - depending on the behaviour you are trying to get. (21 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Hi! Cool. Now I'm a cohort ;-) (...) Well, sort of... the robotic forklift I brought to HoB is currently the most complex module (that I *know* about) that requires an RCX, but there are some other options. A ball-sorting mechanism is (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) TOTALLY agree. Not saying it's not relevant to robotics, there is lots of clever mechanical stuff to be learned from GBC... Just saying it's somewhat in a different direction from leaving a bunch of identical RCX based autonomous mobile (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Not having an RCX does not necesarily make it irrelevant to robotics. I consider automatons fairly relevant - and the technique of getting a single motor to do many things is a very valuable one, especially considering the IO limitations of (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Right, but haven't you and your cohorts (Hi Brian!) been busily proving that there hasn't yet been a mechanism that NEEDED an RCX? Most of the GBC modules are (brilliantly, elegantly...) purely mechanical except for the train ball return, and (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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On Sat, May 21, 2005 2:37 pm, Suz said: (...) Suz, While it's not exactly a 'simulation', there is a community project for the robotics/technic areas this year. More will be announced soon, but you can get started by looking here: (URL) (21 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Speaking of Vote Counting... Mosaic/Scultpure needs a coordinator for this year's BrickFest. Several people were ALMOST tricked into (...ahem, convinced to help the community out by) doing it but each had some lame excuse like going to Russia, (...) (21 years ago, 23-May-05, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) I don't think it really is a question of your behavior, Peter. The rule is that you must be accompanied by a parent/guardian who will assume any liabilty and/or act on your behalf in case anything happens. On a lighter note, I do hope this (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) <Snip> (...) Hey Peter, I'm not an official Brickfest person or anything, but I can answer you're questions. You can certainly bring MOCs regardless of age. One of the Castle guys last year was underage and brought some great MOCs. Also, (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Quite sorry for neglecting my email for so long! Just checked my in box and found Christina's reply to my question there too. I keep forgeting that people somtimes reply in email form. As to my age: Whoops I just checked my profile and (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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I've wondered about this for over a year now, but haven't brought it up because of not making it to the BF events. Now I can't stand it anymore and must ask. Have RCX owners considered pooling their units to run an event-long simulation? Each of us (...) (21 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) What?! Wait! Oh-nooooo... One day left. Okay, looking for a pencil now. -Suz (21 years ago, 21-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Many of the Display Coordinators and other members of the BrickFest team have already started posting here and in various groups and other websites about this years event. I’m pleased to formally announce these great volunteers and contributors. (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.build.vignette)
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(...) On two lines maybe... go to enough fests and you can build up all sorts of things(1). I can't take credit for the phrasing, that goes to Peter Guenther! (2) 1 - You may recall I have a 3 line stack that says "citizen of LEGOLand Traveling (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, FTX)
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(...) Ha. Actually, my wife was the one that started the bidding on said piece, and it was my Mothers Day gift to her - which she very much appreciated. I'm a very lucky guy... (...) Oooh, I like that - will that fit on a Bricktag? (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, FTX)
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(...) Submissions are due May 22nd! The entry deadline is fast approaching :-) Send ideas and entries to info@brickfest.com Christina Hitchcock & The BrickFest Team August 12-14th 2005 www.brickfest.com (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) "But honey... it's not a pin-up, it's ART!" ??? (...) Naa... they're just "informed by a different aesthetic"... (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, FTX)
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(...) You know, *next* time I'm really going to have to pull my head out of the sand at HoB. I didn't know that, and I even ended up buying two of his pieces at the 2BeCon art auction (sorry Adrian, but the red-head *still* looks great ;-). (...) (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.events.houseofbricks, FTX)
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