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Imagine a winch pulling a rope or cable through a series of pulleys (horizontal) that are staked to the ground. The pulleys are arranged so that the rope makes a zig zag pattern on the ground. There is an object at one end of the cable, being reeled (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: stopping topics vs. dealing with troublemakers and nonconstructive participants
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(...) I had already said it was a matter of perspective. (...) I get the feeling you are being obtuse... (...) After avoiding the question a number times, you now claim the question is invalid. I'll try again; Is that, on balance, good or bad? (...) (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Interesting Ebay auction
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(...) Sure, it sounds like a cool idea, but I'll bet that the shipping charges are murder. Dave! (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Interesting Ebay auction
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(URL) THE ENTIRE RUSTIC TOWN OF BRIDGEVILLE CA" Wow, wonder what people are going to auction off next. -JHK (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Herring
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Guacamole! Do you make a taco layer dip? I like sliced avocado and tomato on turkey with seven-grain bread. Guess who is cooking dinner tonight. Tostitos scoops are neat. When I saw them this weekend I started to think of how to build with them. (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Herring
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Yes, I really do like herring. I will even eat it much more than once a year if offered. I will eat it with plain toothpicks, with green stuffed olives, on a cracker, on buttered toast, piled on potato slices, marinated in mustard, served with (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Herring
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(...) Where little fishies go when they are let out of school? (...) I am starting to believe you actually like the noxious stuff, this has been going on too long for it to be a gag. Well, gag actually IS what I think of when I think of herring, but (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: IR Tower not working when downloading firmware
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Wow, some test! I'm x-posting this to the robotics group just in case. Maggie C. (The following is all quoted from Wendy's post but I had to "unquote" it so the server would accept it.) In lugnet.off-topic.test, Wendy Dorn writes: Hi, I'm using (...) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Herring
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(...) Two jars of each flavor is tempting. But what if it arrives on a sunny day and sits baking on the porch all afternoon? Or (more likely) what if it is delivered by someone other than our normal UPS guy who cannot negotiate his or her way around (...) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Herring
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(...) Herring heaven! Grandma served "Ma Baensch Imported Herring Tidbits in Wine Sauce." Made in Milwaukee from Atlantic herring, this is the best stuff I've tasted! I am one happy fish eater this Christmas. After last holiday's disaster with the (...) (22 years ago, 26-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Merry Xmas!
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Merry Xmas! I did it! (22 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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| | Re: The One Brick
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(...) And thus shall often be told in later days great tales, amongst those the story of Nathan of the Ten Fingers and the Brick of Doom. Peace and Long Life, and a very Merry Christmas, Tony Alexander (22 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | IR Tower not working when downloading firmware
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Hi, I'm using Robotics Invention System 1.5, a serial tower and a RCX 1.0 and a windows 98 PC. The RCX lost its firmware due to missing batteries for a long period of time. I kept getting error messages during firmware download "Initial page: 1000, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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| | Re: Merry Christmas All
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(...) www.s***begone.com (you know what to replace those asterisks with) I can't believe it's real toilet paper... -Tim (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | test
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another test! -- Thanx~ Nicole Drumm MS (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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| | Re: What's the big deal about the Mini TIE?
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(...) Umm, isn't this off-topic for off-topic.debate? o-t.d is for serious debates, not everything that comes along that might be controversial... For that matter, I'm not sure why it's x-posted to .general. Frank who is logging in from his mom's (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The Ruling Brick (was: What's the big deal about the Mini TIE?)
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(...) Three Plant Leaves (6 x 5) for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven BURPS for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine bricks for Timmy destined to die, ... :-) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: What's the big deal about the Mini TIE?
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(...) The big deal is people are dumb. They think it's worth 30 bucks and I bet people might actually buy it too. I saw on ebay once, a pair of storm trooper bodies with a Han and Luke heads on em. They were "exclusive" Han and Luke in stormtrooper (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: stopping topics vs. dealing with troublemakers andnonconstructive participants
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"Bent" can mean many different things, you have to place it in context. In the context I was using it (trying to straighten SA out), it simply meant that people aren't going to be able to straighten him out: (...) Didn't think that it could be that (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: What's the big deal about the Mini TIE?
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Dunno, but I wouldn't mind building a few. Has anyone scanned the instructions yet? The pic I've seen of it doesn't quite give enough detail to build it. BTW, the Tie Bomber from the retail Mini SW sets rocks, and I can't wait for the next batch of (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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