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  LEGO(r) Vending Machine
 
Hi to various groups. While I was in Brisbane, visiting Mark Harrison and friends, I heard rumors that the Brisbane airport had a Lego(r)vending machine. I can't recall if one has been reported before or not. If so, sorry, but if not, here is some (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.geek)  
 
  Re: The Law of Falling Lego
 
Here's a more accurate calculation (deals with different surfaces): L = (H(R/50)+B)/S Set H to the height of the table, B to the number of studs of the brick, R to the radius you get with (H*6) and finally, S to the "bounciness" of the surface. A (...) (24 years ago, 10-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
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  Re: New LUGNET Feature: Crossword Puzzles
 
This looks *great*, and I love crossword puzzles, but... (...) on my browser, but I sure can't find it... <frown>... should I pass this on to the geeks?... ;-) I guess I'll use the printable version for now. Great stuff! -Shiri (24 years ago, 9-Sep-00, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: SSH/SCP GUI Client?
 
(...) There are two good 'doze programs I've found to handle this. Take a look at PuTTY (which does do scp also) and TeraTerm with the SSH plugin. Hope this helps. (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Programming Brain Teaser
 
(...) You got it right again you punk<grin>, Page 616:Programming Perl O'Reilly: Statement- A *command* to the computer about what to do next....Not to be confused with a *declararation* which doesn't tell the computer to do anything, but just learn (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Programming Brain Teaser
 
(...) Yeah, I thought of that one, but I'm not sure it counts as a statement. In perl, of course, it's a comment. And in C/C++, it's a preprocessor directive.... (...) Well, #define thisisnotapalindrome enifed# :) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Programming Brain Teaser
 
(...) Good one, works in perl, C, and C++ You win in my opinion. (...) What a nasty addition to the problem. Gonna have to think about it... DaveG (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Programming Brain Teaser
 
(...) ;("abcdefghijklmnopq...yz")ftnirp (...) 'Course, if ';' doesn't count as a statement, it makes it much more difficult, since most commands end with a ';', and therefore have to start with one as well if they're to be read in backwards-- making (...) (24 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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