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Here's an article from the Globe and Mail of July 3 about the winners of the above awards - two 11-year olds from Oakville, Ontario. The scans are here (warning, 280-440K GIF files): (URL) the text is here, at least until the Globe does away with (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: New Civil Engineer letter
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(...) My wife used to work for the American Society of Civil Engineers and to the best of my recollection, that organization is really into using KNEX for educational purposes. She did bring in LEGO for a 'play' area for a bring your kid to work day (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego Racing
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Ya, I saw that too. It surprised me, I only caught a quick glimps of it at first. The car was the Shell sponsered, Team Rahal, number 8 of Kenny Brack. This is the team that is co-owned by David Letterman. You can see a picture of it by following (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) It was on the Shell® Car.. I saw it too! Kinda neat little surprise : ) John (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego Racing
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Anybody notice the ABC telecast of the Cleveland CART Grand Prix? One of the cars (can't remember which one) had an on-board camera and when it showed a front view, there on the right fender was the well known red square with yellow letters of (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: New Civil Engineer letter
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(...) I think it's probably been written by someone who missed out on the whole Technic line by being quite old and narrow-minded. Since when did Meccano have a helicopter swashplate on their parts inventory? And can you build epicyclic gearboxes (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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What a petty, hasn't meccano gone bust. on another point My fiancee who is a civil engineer is always nicking my lego to use as illustrations for construction techniques James "Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) The man has a point. The typical construction of an inexperienced student isn't likely to hang together very well, especially if it's built using tall columns of basic bricks, etc. And things that don't hang together don't demonstrate (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic)
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Dear All There was a letter in last week's New Civil Engineer which I shall reproduce for you: "I support the suggestion made by your correspondent (nCE 7 June) that Meccano be adopted by schools to assist in the study of construction. Unfortunately (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch) !
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| | Re: Whose Line is it Anyway?
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xfut .o-t.f (...) Awww, c'mon Chris! I get it, so that's your opinion of me here, huh? I guess I'll just curl up in my little corner and feel sorry for myself... -Shiri (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I knew I should have never conceded to Shiri's revisionist history. ;) -chris (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I saw it, too, and it was on Thursday. :) Jeff (23 years ago, 1-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Whose Line is it Anyway?
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(...) Wednesday/Thursday it's all the same anymore. Get up, go outside, get eaten alive by mosquitos and ticks. Have a wild turkey make a home in the middle of a research plot. Come home, eat dinner, watch the weather channel for a bit, enter data, (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people)
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| | Bionicle Onua in ToyFare Magazine
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The Bionicle line once again rears their mask-y heads in the glorious pages of ToyFare magazine. WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? YOU DON'T READ TOYFARE? Why the heck not? What's wrong with you, anyway? ToyFare is one of the best magazines out there...now you, (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) You mean Wednesday, right? ;-) -Shiri (an improv club member at my school fo rthe past two years. Although I don't regularly watch the show... seeing/acting it in person is worlds more fun!) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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One of the regulars on 'Whose Line is it Anyway?' said "Come on Kids, we're going to LEGOLAND' during one of the skits last Thursday Night. -chris (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LEGO in 'Gremlins 2'
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A bunch old LEGO sets appear in Gremlins 2 on the shelves of a toy store. It's the scene right before the cameo by Hulk Hogan (which may be the best part on the entire film. -chris ps. i came inside my house to eat some lunch and turned on the tv (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Seymour Papert in The Irish Times
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The Irish Times, Friday, June 22, 2001 "Storming the Open Mind" (URL) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.edu, lugnet.robotics.edu, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen number 251 on Forbes world's billionaires list
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(...) He must be trying to collect all the Bionicle masks. (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen number 251 on Forbes world's billionaires list
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(...) Maybe he's thinking that "Juniorization" wasn't such a good idea after all. jt (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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