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NELUG recently held an event dedicated to setting the world record for the longest LEGO monorail track. From everything we had seen, the previous record was somewhere around 200-300 linear feet of monorail track, depending on how you counted it, (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug) !
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) Two things come immediately to mind. The first is that it's really amusing that he's saying that now that there are a much wider variety of parts, it's harder to build something with them. I've got over 40 cars in my collection now that could (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) Or the (URL) Principle? JOHN (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) Is that a corollary to the Jack Stone Effect? (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) He would argue that the increase in the number of new types of pieces is actually an indication that the LEGO system is getting less flexible. But as you say, the system is designed so that every piece connects to at least one other piece (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) Heh. (URL) JOHN (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) Have you accounted for the Galidor factor? (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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(...) He says "LEGOs" which makes his work suspect right there. :) Not very rigorous. The paper is from 2001... the piece palette has improved somewhat since then. But generally I'm not sure he's drawing valid inferences/conclusions. LEGO elements (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Astronaut Builds LEGO Space Station Inside Real-Life Space Station
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(...) Less than the one made from Megablox... :) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Astronaut Builds LEGO Space Station Inside Real-Life Space Station
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(...) Oh, wait a minute... (13 years ago, 26-Feb-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Mathematical proof that you can't build anything with LEGO bricks
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Dr. Mark Changizi claims that LEGO sets have reached a point where most of the pieces no longer fit other pieces. Sound crazy? Wait - there's math... (URL) I've actually had an open conversation with Dr. Changizi about this article and the original (...) (13 years ago, 26-Feb-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Astronaut Builds LEGO Space Station Inside Real-Life Space Station
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From space.com (URL) (13 years ago, 26-Feb-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Classifying LEGO Connection Types
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Hi, all - For a statistical analysis I'm interested in performing I want to be able to classify LEGO elements based only on their connection type (as opposed to size, shape, color, etc.) For example, for the purposes of my analysis, all pieces such (...) (13 years ago, 21-Feb-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Contest - ink and color a sketch for a customized lego model
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i'm running a contest over at the bloks forum: (URL) me out by inking and coloring a sketch i've got for a lego project. (to be honest the first prize isn't a lego set but if you're a lego purist maybe you'll get a couple of second or third prize (...) (13 years ago, 21-Feb-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: majhost & porn
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(...) This surprises me. A year or so ago I saw an account with around two dozen pics that were a bit racy but not pornographic (fully clothed but with unmistakable "come hither" expressions). The account disappeared within about a week. (13 years ago, 21-Feb-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | majhost & porn
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I think that majhost.com is still operated/owned by brickshelf.com. I emailed them a week ago at the support email telling them that there is an acount that has porn on it. Never got a reply and the account is still viewable to the public. Anyone (...) (13 years ago, 21-Feb-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO® Systems, Inc. Builds on Year-Over-Year U.S. Sales Growth
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NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- LEGO® Systems Builds on Year-Over-Year U.S. Sales Growth 80 years of innovation and brand development make the LEGO brick one of today's most relevant and sought-after toys for the playroom By LEGO Systems, (...) (13 years ago, 14-Feb-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | "The Force" Remains With The LEGO Group
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-- /PRNewswire/ -- "The Force" Remains With The LEGO Group -World's leading construction toy manufacturer renews deal to solidify LEGO® Star Wars™ franchise development- By The LEGO Group Published: Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 BILLUND, Denmark, The LEGO (...) (13 years ago, 14-Feb-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.licensed, lugnet.fun, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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| | Warsaw art museum buys Zbigniew Libera's 'LEGO' concentration camp
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Warsaw art museum buys Zbigniew Libera's 'LEGO' concentration camp (Jan. 3, 2012 LA Times update of a old report) Some controversial artworks never completely lose the taint of the taboo despite changing times and evolving tastes. When Polish artist (...) (13 years ago, 10-Feb-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | LEGO Agrees to Meeting After 50,000 Denounce Selling Out Girls
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LEGO Agrees to Meeting After 50,000 Denounce Selling Out Girls From Change.org Feb. 9, 2012 By Bailey Shoemaker-Richards After a month and more than 50,000 petition signatures, an open letter, numerous radio shows, TV segments, blog posts, articles, (...) (13 years ago, 10-Feb-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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