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Subject: 4.7 How do I make a bend sensor? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 0 Revision: Robert Munafo, 1999-07-13 Location: /robotics/rcx/ Comment: Topic-level is inaccurate pending a reference for topic levels <p>A bend sensor detects bending or (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [MindStorms FAQ 5.1 What are some other Web resources for LEGO® Mindstorms and robotics?]
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Subject: 5.1 What are some other Web resources for LEGO® Mindstorms and robotics? Content-Language: en Topic-Level: 1 Originator: Janet and Carl McIver, 1999-01-01 Revision: Robert Munafo, 1999-07-13 Reference: (URL) /robotics/ <p> <p>A good (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | MindStorms FAQ work (was Re: Temporary outage of FAQ work)
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(...) That's what I'm doing. I've merged most of the answers you auto-posted with my answers and converted to the proper format, and I'll be posting the results soon. - Robert Munafo (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Munafo's FAQ submissions (was Re: 202 FAQ items posted to lugnet.faq)
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(...) Whoops -- thanks Todd; allow me to clarify. s/publishing/output/ig The *final* *output* format of the FAQ may be plain text, it may be DHTML, or it may be etched in 36-bit EBCDIC-encoded XML in Farsi on stone tablets; the FAQ format supports (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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(...) (A super-restricted subset of HTML, that is.) --Todd (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Temporary outage of FAQ work
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(...) :-D We're all Dilberts at heart, methinks. A note about the Mindstorms FAQ -- Kerry Garrison had given me permission on 1999-05-10 to slurp his FAQ, and I have done so. (1) Thus far, I have entered items 1.1-1.6 and 2.1-2.2 (all dated (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Temporary outage of FAQ work
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(...) Jacob Sparre Anderson is in charge of the LDraw FAQ, so I won't speak for him. As for the appearance: In theory, the FAQizing scripts would be able to format the HTML in any way you want. ...How handy are you with Perl? :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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(...) Ummm - I would like to have a general idea on the direction of the LDraw FAQ and how it will eventually be formatted to appear like the rest of the ldraw.org site. Is there any set plans on this? (...) Heh - yep :) I have some sorted buckets (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Temporary outage of FAQ work
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(...) Okay, I have to take some of this back now. I have actually found some FAQs in this newsgroup that were posted before I jumped in and started stirring things up -- the LDraw FAQs. I had ignored them because I had already read the LDraw FAQ on (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Munafo's FAQ submissions (was Re: 202 FAQ items posted to lugnet.faq)
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(...) Heh - but he's a doctor, not an elevator. :) -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 If someone tells you you're worth your weight in gold, fatten up. (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Munafo's FAQ submissions (was Re: 202 FAQ items posted to lugnet.faq)
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(...) You want to re-write the answer? :-, ...or, to quote Bones: I'm an engineer, dammit! Not a technical writer! :-D Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Munafo's FAQ submissions (was Re: 202 FAQ items posted to lugnet.faq)
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(...) The format won't make it impossible to convert back to plain ASCII. It will, however, make it possible to incorporate into a larger, searchable, multimedia FAQ. The main rationale behind the FAQ format is to have a common source base from (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Munafo's FAQ submissions (was Re: 202 FAQ items posted to lugnet.faq)
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Okay, I found it. It looks like I can handle it. I can cut and paste to make the job easier. I have 202 examples to work from! (-; Good luck to anyone of average intelligence who tries to figure it out, though. Everyone on LUGNET must be at least (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Munafo's FAQ submissions (was Re: 202 FAQ items posted to lugnet.faq)
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(...) I'll look around and try to find out what the "proper" format is. Maybe you could reply with a pointer to the LUGNET message I need to read. However, I want to point out that text-only ASCII is the world standard format for FAQ files and I'm (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Posting FAQ Items (was Re: 202 FAQ items posted to lugnet.faq)
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(...) The latest (autoFAQpost) can be found at article: (URL) there were several threads discussing the continuing evolution the the format; a good one to start with would be: (URL) My eyes sort of glazed over during the various discussions in this (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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(...) Is there a FAQ for the FAQ format and posting properly to lugnet.faq? My eyes sort of glazed over during the various discussions in this group... Steve (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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(...) Do you intend to include this FAQ into the grand LUGNET FAQ? (1) If so, they'd need to be put into the proper format. You could do it if you want, or I can get to it when I get more time. (...) That's my motivation for doing a FAQ. :-, Cheers, (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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(...) No, you're TOO young! Send me all your LEGO now. (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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(...) Wow! I'm impressed. Thank you. Now the FAQ newsgroup has FAQ's (-: While I was waiting, I answered most of the MindStorms questions and posted them here. Maybe some of the information will be new or useful. If not, well I had fun doing it (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | [FAQ: MindStorms, version mrob19990712]
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So far I have answered all the questions except the programming section, section 3. Feedback is welcome. LEGO MindStorms FAQ version 19990712, by Robert Munafo Based on outline originally submitted to LUGNET by Kerry Garrison (kerryg@deltanet.com) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.faq)
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