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in article Go7psv.zI@lugnet.com, Jon Palmer at jpalmer@oklahoma.net wrote on 12/11/01 10:00 PM: (...) Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa... ****begin quote Search Result 76From: Robert M. Dye (robdye@writeme.com) Subject: What *I* would have (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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Wow. (URL) are some other old posts I thought might be interesting to Lugnet. (some of the URLs are long though) First post about Lego: (URL) post in rec.toys.lego: (URL) post by a certain someone (on the first day no less): (URL) love to see what (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) sorely disappointed in the final product. Cities built around this thing? Cities where? Magical domed cities (so weather isn't a problem), where everything you need is within 5.5 miles of your residence (so you don't run out of juice), and (...) (23 years ago, 9-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What I'm really curious about is the technology behind Brickshelf. We know that LUGNET is based on an NNTP core running on BSD with lots of custom wrappers written by Todd in various scripting languages (mostly perl, awk, and ksh I believe) to (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Still, it's nice to see that all those old Sinclair C5 wheels are being put to a new use... Jason J Railton (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) That would be Segway Suicide :-) I now have this image of someone 'Segwaying' down the road with a gun to their head and then blowing their brains out, before all and sundry and then crashing to the ground. In fact if someone saw you on a (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) here-- you'll see you have plenty of company: (URL) C. (lurking non-geek, of course! :-) ) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) those who cannot walk on their own could probably not stand on the thing either :( (...) the cnn footage showed it climbing speed bump sized ramps without a hitch, but now i wonder, what's its battery life? (...) indeed. (...) From what I (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) (URL) am interested in the future applications of the self-balancing mechanism used by the Segway, but the scooter itself is a product that few will buy. This newfangled scooter is not more important than the internet nor is likely to have (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I don't have an answer, but another question :) the FD92 has a USB port? I've got an FD88 and i'm not sure it's got anything... hmmm.... i'd be interested to know if you figure this out, thanks :) JLB yeah, i've got a vision command *and* a (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I have a Sony Mavica FD92 with a USB connection to my computer and I was wondering if there was anyway to set it up to work as a web cam to use with software like Microsoft's Net Meeting. Thanks, jt (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) And, you have to stand for the trip, unlike sitting in a car or exercising on a bike. And because you have to watch out for other geekscooter riders and pedestrians, its not like you can even daydream like when you walk somewhere. Its pretty (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) This was all I needed to see: (URL) joy, LFB (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) This was all I needed to see: (URL) love, LFB (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well in the hay-day of the dot com explosion getting around the office by walking was just not very cool. My bet is that this is much of what had been planned as the "target market". Now that most of those people are on the unemployment line (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Which would be easier to lug up stairs. (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Or a really nice bike. (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah, at that price. If they'd said "oh, and it costs $250", then okay, maybe. But no one will pay three grand for one of these things. (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) though, it does go 12MPH... if that's an incentive. flying car, maybe, replacement for walking? i'll just buy a bike. (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, yeah, but there's handlebars, so you don't have to lean with too much effort. ;^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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