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  Sluggy in Lego
 
Sluggy Freelance (URL) is in Lego today! (At least partly.) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.geek) !! 
 
  Re: Physics/Materials geek question
 
I've figured out a better way - if the data entry guy stays *in* a truck all day, he has less to worry about.... ties up that truck though. I'm still going to build a catapult though. Going to test it on household materials first... I imagine I can (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Physics/Materials geek question
 
(...) Concrete 2.4-ish and so are most non-ore rocks sandstone etc (Gieck 7th ed) (...) That was an offhand worst deformation with minimum attachments guess. You may need only 5 as 80% of the V will be lost by then anyway. (...) You got it, that (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Physics/Materials geek question
 
In lugnet.off-topic.geek, David Goeb writes: OK, thanks, I will think about keeping slack in the tent when I start throwing rocks, that is easier to put in than tin plate. I'm sorry, I put a rubber eraser "rock" on a postal scale, rounded up the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Physics/Materials geek question
 
(...) Did you want full FEA on that or will rough back of the hand range do? Oh and more to the point What are those rocks made of to get that mass? Lead works out as less than 20/cm3... Actually the distance between tie points and overall stress (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Physics/Materials geek question
 
I know there is a difference between the yield strength of a material under load, and its strength under projectile impact. What I'm wondering -- and this is a little like our "going to Mars" questions -- is to estimate how much abuse will some (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: free vb edition (was: firmware update)
 
"Peter Newman" <peternewmancl@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GpC2Dr.A68@lugnet.com... (...) Andy's second line was "It is not supposed to be able to create execuatbles". I can confirm that it doesn't - I used it when it first came out, just (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  An Interesting Idea Involving Video Game Memory Card Labels
 
I have an idea and was looking for opinions as to whether or not it would be successful. When one buys memory cards for say, Nintendo Gamecube or Sony Playstation, these cards only come with two labels. Now if the contents of these cards are (...) (23 years ago, 28-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Mountain bike advice
 
Hey all, I'm looking for a new bike cause my current one is falling apart. Does anyone here have advice on the best mountain bike I can get for $200-$400, or any other advice pertaining to purchasing a bike? I would like at least front suspension, (...) (23 years ago, 27-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: New annoying pop-up ad
 
(...) Nope...but I would like to see it. Can you supply a link? (I went to MSNBC and searched "osprey", let a couple of stories sit in my browser for a while, but nothing ever happened). I'm assuming this is just a Java applet, but I would like to (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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