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(...) Derek, thank you. Chris (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) sorry. :( How's your robot working? Hardware done, yet? Some guy still working on game engine for you? Chris said he could scan the board in 35 seconds. Mike said worst case: 15. (or was it 10?) Any estimate for scanning the board with your (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I wish you guys would just shut up and build robots. Your sucking all the fun out of this. Derek (21 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes. But that's not the point. Entering the sticker is being a dink--it's the sentiment. If you don't get that, don't bother making the trip. (...) Seriously Steve, I don't want that crap up here at all. If you're going to be a smartass about (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) WOW, their is hope for me YET!!! 10 ? clr 15 FOR X = 1 TO 5040 20 if chip_in c1 then {put_chip in c1} 25 NEXT x 30 END this might need some more work, but I think I have the hang of this. Chris There's no 'I' in 'team'. There's four in (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) In all honesty, if I'd seen QC first, I might've gone with it. That said, however, I feel slightly more confident using BrickOS, because I know that it was a multi-person development effort with an active community online. IE, I know I can get (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) you said you'd never tell!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) i so hate you! :) :) :) :) :) Chris There's no 'I' in 'team'. There's four in 'platitude-quoting idiot'. (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Sorry I wasn't clear. In most competitions, I think the 'not lose' is more or less implied. In C$, a robot will lose if it mis-drops a chip (and signals end-of-turn). Yes, I read that as "A goal is to not lose" I suspect most people who enter (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Indeed, Calum is absolutely right. I was going to elaborate on that myself, however I was running late for lunch, so I did not bother. :)) What I was trying to say is that from my understanding BrickOS and QuiteC use the same basic type of (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks for adding the Derek Raycraft version! Calum (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Actually I do proof read my posts. And be thankful that I do. I find to truly proof read my own writing requires a week or more separation between writing and rereading. Since this is largely impractical, you get what you get. :-) Derek (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) HEY!!! I resemble that remark!! Chris There's no 'I' in 'team'. There's four in 'platitude-quoting idiot'. (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) No, it would be the lack of proofreading. :) I had written this a while ago as part of another conversation, but never posted it: ---...---If Chris ran rtlToronto: dose you wants to have a robat game? ok next week bring yoare robats chris i'm (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) What!? What do I write like? Is is it the repeated words, or the misplaced negatives? Derek (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) What's his number? I have to retract my "how we met and started the group" story now. Damn! Calum (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) wow calum, I take back some of those nasty things i said about you to the reporter at dinner. your 64 example explained it very well. thanks. so based on what calum said, I wont even bother trying to install QC. cause my marble prg might not (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Damn, I'm starting to write like Derek. "I don't think this is trivial" Calum (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, the general syntax and structure of C are the same. But how you call the motors, sensors and other hardware is different from platform to platform, unless someone deliberately tried to make them all common, which I'm not sure. Think of (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) OKOKOK you forced it out of me. a few years ago, kate gave me 2 fish for my birthday. (i never asked for fish, we never spoke of fish, i don't really care for fish) so i get these 2 "gold fish" one pink, one blue. so I name them Thelma and (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm in. Currently there are two open slots for teams in F1. All it takes is 48 million and a two by four to enter. We can cut the two by four in half to make the two "car" team. Any one got anything they can mortgage for 48 million? Derek (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) If you read the goal as not lose, then you've read it wrong, at least here in Toronto. A long time ago, we suspected a competitor cheated in a sumo event. Perhaps that person thought the goal was to "Not lose". (...) That's just dumb. That's (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You sound as if you've never even heard of QC. That’s rather strange, as one of the few (if not the only one) Mindstorms Connect 4 bots (by Andy Clapham’s: (URL) is programmed in Quite C. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't BrickOS use a (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I can safely attest to the fact that Fish do not like coffee. As I am right now struggling with a "clean" install of BrickOS..... can you riddle me this: if I install this QC prg, can I compile and D/L c code written for brickos??? Chris (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I've already done my contribution to SPACE!! for the year. :-) Derek (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Actually (Calum's not going to like this) I think that was a novel approach. Knowing that it's almost impossible for that 'entry' to cause an opponent to leave the sumo ring (unless it gets tangled in the opponent's sensors), that means the (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Is there any particular reason why no one seems to be using Francesco Ferrara’s ‘Quite C’ ((URL) not a programmer by calling, so the “finer differences” are neither apparent nor important to me. As far as I can tell QC is basically build on (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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This looks like a lot of fun: (URL) a trick question, seriously, anyone want to build some space? I realized how much space I had from the eighties the other day which will never be used.) Calum (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'll give you my two demonstrated dink worthy situations so far: -Entering in a Lego sticker as a sumo competitor (JeffE) -Battery box thing on PipeRacers (Steve) I've been thinking hard about dinkness, and it's a vague accusation. Make hard (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Lets see if I can recollect something... Hmmmm... (stokes chin thoughtfully...) There was Cinderblock... There was Chris ramp 'bot... Ahh yes, all these things have already been done in an rtl marble sorting competition... (and I missed 'em (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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DAVE, I was thinking about ~YOUR~ marble game, and was wondering about all the ways to be a dink. -if I grabbed my opponents marbles and dumped them outside the box, would calum say i was a dink? - what if I entered some kind of RAMP that made (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You GO Calum! Go Calum Go. Ra Ra Ra. Speakin of which: Yo RTL, I don mean to maka sum frixon, but I gotz sum guud stuff. Gotz 8455z. For U - special - $148.99 CAD - datz $1 off S@H pricez. And of course, U don have to pay da taxes. (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes, he does keep the riff-raff out. (Hey, how'd that Phillips guy get back in here?) - Chris. p.s. My favorite Nicholson quote: "Some of the guys were thinking maybe you could play something with a little more pep to it." (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) Can't we all just get along (in best Jack Nicolson drawl from 'Mars Atttacks') Dave K (1) -who appreciates that Tsang guy more and more each day 1- helping pad Calum's resume since 2004 (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) a) You're taking advantage of a media-frenzy situation where the rumour is that Mindstorms and related material is being discontinued. b) We've repeatedly told you that for-sale posts from vendors are not welcomed in this group. There's no (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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HEY! 15 USD is normal MSRP right? I am not gouging which is what you are insinuating why the nasty remarks?? (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Jake (from LEGO) posted a message about Mindstorms (and other stuff) not going away. MOST of the replies said SOMETHING about the 'grey' issue. (which was not mentioned in the original post). This is really NOT an issue for me. It has not ruined my (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) How did I KNOW you were going to BRING that up!? :) MIKE P. what OS did you iinstall your BricOS on? I know rob said 9x... but I dont believe him. Chris There's no 'I' in 'team'. There's four in 'platitude-quoting idiot'. (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Chris, As we discovered the other day, you have fundamental problems with the cygwin part, unrelated to bricxcc. If you can't "make" in the demo directory through cygwin terminal you have a more fundamental problem than bricxcc. I'd be asking (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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YAY!!! I will have support for my favorite OS to June '06 (URL) if only John can get Cygwin to play nice with bricxcc my world will be complete. ;) Chris There's no 'I' in 'team'. There's four in 'platitude-quoting idiot'. (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I heard it was going to use Blue Tooth technology, and allow you to connect 256 I/O devices wirelessly. The actual controller fits into a 2x2 plate, and runs on 1 lithium battery. It has a 1ghz processor, and 1gb ROM. Someone else said it has (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) It just confirms how glad I am I live in Canada when I read junk like that. Holy crap. Iain (States got da coasters, but we got da flats!) PS - Probably no robot from me for marbles (surprise surprise), but I have a good reason and it's a long (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Pft. I'll run off a cold fusion reactor, fueled by tap water. Batteries. Pft, I say! (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Not only was Airplane 1 and 2 on this weekend (which is 4 hours of great viewing entertainment let me tell you)... But Canadian Bacon was just on.... Oh My Goodness.... Ahhh, humour. Dave K (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I don't think this'll be a good idea--any mention of "flight control software" this could land the builder with a visit from the local authorities... (URL) news article) Ahh, Americans--gotta love 'em... oh wait, maybe this should have been (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) rtlToronto28: The Industrial Automation PLC Is Normal rtlToronto34: Show Me the Digital Flight Control System! rtlToronto52: A Theatre Lighting Controller Too Far Calum (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) 18th of April. Let's say no one can do anything train6m wise until February 1st (after Deep Yellow). That gives us 9 weeks to build the train6m minimal layout. Can it be done? Although I have the smallest component of the 6m, I think I can (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) 48 x 48 studs, with colour TFT display..... mmmmmmmm..... (...) As many as you can afford? (...) Oh no they'll all be multi-purpose, assignable to either input or output, or a combination LOL (...) A Big A$$ one. ROSCO (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) How big is that succker going to be? How many batteries will it take? Where will they fit all those ports (is that 41 motor ports AND 41 sensor ports?) What kind of a contest would use something like that? Bruce (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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I just got the invite for the next Toronto Train Show on the 18 of April. Just giving a heads up--if we want in, I'll have to respond by Feb 20. Dave K (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Wow, what a deal! During the Toronto blackout, I also noticed local shops sold batteries at $20 a pack and water at $20 a jug. :) Calum (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I don't want to step on any toes/cause any friction, but I wanted to make available the last of my Mindstorm sensor shipments and I am hoping to hit say 20 CAD for locals, (normally listing ~20 USD). These have become too hard for me to even bother (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) On behalf of rtlToronto, I want to thank you for keeping all of us us in the loop. We don't get too worked up over the usual Lego rumours up here ("Oh no, the new grey causes cancer, etc") but this one is very important to us. We even stopped (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, but my 2004 resolution was to be all like 'My Company is numero uno' and not take advantage of my quasi-hackeresque intelligencia and do non-company related and also against company policy stuff... like using http tunnelling software or (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ha HA!!! aren't you some sort of "computer guy" ?? "corporate firewall now prevents access" this is the kind of sentence I would expect from non computer people...like Bruce, or Steve. (...) OH, its SO GOOD!! its like, like like 4 games worth (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) If this is a ref. to Strong Bad, stupid corporate firewall now prevents access from within the company to any 'entertainment' site. Grr!! So Strongbadia will have to wait until I get home tonight. Dave K -tho my access to the 'daily hottie' (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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It's like a prison with no walls and no toilet. Derek (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I have a new hero. they are the "brothers chap" Chris "...cygwin THIS!!" me (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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...is the best operating system created, ever. I so want to live in it, more than MacOS, even. /root is just... gah. And I swear, the directory structure is so Unix it's not even funny. Used the GUI all day today, chilling in my desk chair, glow (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Just this afternoo, John and/or Derek mentioned, "Iain doesn't come around with his unusual non sequitor posts anymore". :) Calum (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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...is the best movie ever created, ever. I so want to live in it, more than Blade Runner, even. Chris' apartment is just... gah. And I swear, the train is so WDW/Vegas MK VI it's not even funny. Listened to the soundtrack the whole way home, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You're the one who can't get BrickOS running. :) Calum (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The computer nerd in me forces me to respond to this with a bit of evangelising: (URL) the advantages, and none of the disadvatages, of Netscape. And for those who find Mozilla to be bloated and slow, there's Firebird: (URL) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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A few clarifications-- THe rules state that your 'bot must fit within an 8 inch x 8 inch x 8 inch cube at the start of the event. After you press 'run' when someone says 'Go!', your 'bot can then expand into a bigger 'bot, if that's how you built (...) (21 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Blind them with confusion. Its my job! (...) How have you survived so long with that kind of handicap? (...) Bricxcc is for those who can't...... Kevin (...) Technic, Robotics and CAD are not nearly as interesting. I don't get quoted nearly as (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think this would be a wonderful time for someone with a voice of authority, Jake or Brad for instance, to drop in and say Yea or Nay on this subject. With the Slashdot post, this topic will take on even more of a roll as 'urban legend'. This (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yep. That sucks. I have already sent a message to consumer affairs. Just wanted to let them know that I was going to buy whatever they *would* have come out with in the next release of the series... Now all we need is about 1,000,000 more of (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm very sure there will be an XR7 class robot at rtl15. (x=rnd(7)) I think it would be very hard to build a complete robot that can scan the board with only one motor. I have a C$ robot with only one motor. We'll see how it does. :) Steve (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Crap, pulled the wrong link. Stupid Rogers and its slow moving connection today. (URL) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(URL) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Alright, alright. I admit installing BrickOS is a royal pain. I guess after doing it a couple times I got the hang of it. Remember I used BrickOS way back in the days of project X... and I used it again for later robots. (...) Well, I just (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) OK, this was done. and I have seen it work last night at the dinner. both laptops were using W2K my laptop was a 98se box. we ALL used the easy to get "2 files" as pointed to from your GREAT web page . (...) Sec. OK. (...) OK, if I have done (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) YES IT IS!!!! (...) OH, your one to talk. MR. I'm not entering C$!!! (...) what OS are you using? What OS is michael running. I am using a GREAT OS called win 98SE on my SUPER COMPUTER (tm) and on my not so super laptop.... Chris "It is a (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Calum. this goes to show HOW WRONG YOU ARE!!!! my browser ends in 4.7~2~ and FWIW, it is fully compliant with the Browsers as used in a MAJOR TEL-CO called BELL CANADA!!! and WHY is it such a GREAT browser to use. cause no one writes virus's (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh no, Chris would never run any of his systems on antiquated OSes. Ask him what browser he uses too. Please. It starts with an N and ends with 4.7. Calum (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have my fingers crossed that you are running an operating system that works with the 2 installer executables I put together. That would NOT be Win98 or Win95. I have heard from people running these operating systems that they get all sorts (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) A very cold breeze... :-) (...) If the "2 files" you mention are the ones I put up on bricxcc.sourceforge.net then the brickos.srec firmware should be installed to the brickos\boot directory. That's where it gets put if you do a full make from (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Its actually not THAT hard. If I can figure it out, then anyone can. I actually made a CD for Michael with all of the necessary files and a complete set of instructions. He seemed to have no troubles after that. Rob (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) BAhahahhahahahahahha :) ROTFLMAO!!!!! -- Chris There's no 'I' in 'team'. There's four in 'platitude-quoting idiot'. (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) are you coming to dinner tonight??? I got a lot of this up and installed, but when I launched the (dumbly named) BASH cygwin thing-y, and drilled down to the DEMO directory, I ran the MAKE prg. in theory it should have "done its business" and (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Chris, I hate to say this, but I think you're still a long weekend away from getting BrickOS working. My suggestion would be for you to find someone who knows how to make it work (like Michael) and invite him over to dinner. When he shows up (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Cygwin is a program that emulates (read: pretends to be) a *nix platform on what's really windows. So you can use a Cygwin platform to run the cross-compiler and downloader and whatever else that otherwise would only work on Linux. So you need (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) C:\cygwin\brickos-0....6.10\demo\ I think. If it's in the wrong place, it doesn't work well. (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) well then. that just CLEARS IT right up!!! let me fire up my ol' UNIX BOX.. hummm, now where did I put that UNIX BOX... oh ya, I remember. I DON'T KNOW UNIX, OR C!!!! and I probably wouldn't go near a cygwin without some rubber gloves. and (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks Steve, Do you know the path to the example files? Kevin (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) it's .lx Those are the file you can download to the rcx (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) <description of flailing deleted> Chris, I've only played with BrickOS a little, but I had good success. This kind of environment is very familiar to me. I use cygwin terminal to get to the directory that contains C examples. I type make. All (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) jeff this hurt! Of course I would know what to do with tens of thousands of basic bricks.... .. .. .. e-bay them!! (after I sort out the good technic bits) :) Chris There's no 'I' in 'team'. There's four in 'platitude-quoting idiot'. (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (URL) like Steve's already looking for help for Chris' code! :) Calum (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) not going to happen. It's not that I don't want to. I'd love to explain it, but it's just not simple. First, I suggest you direct your questions to John Hanson (controller of BricxCC) He sounds like he knows what he's talking about. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Chris, You would not know what to do with a basic brick... let alone tens of thousands of them. Jeff VW (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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UGH!!!! what a night. I was up VERY LATE helping bruce put BrickOS on his brick. (start with the left leg of the flame suit, next the right leg, ok, now the pyro jacket, and next, the special pyro gel.) I had not done it up until now, but with (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Steve, this is very harsh. poor sweet dear Derek needs our help. for-the-love-of-god, man!!! he swallowed an orange seed. YES he is going to !!DIE!! but could could have used a bit more tact geesh! sorry derek. look, Yes, you swallowed an (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I finished building the Backhoe tonight. I had a 20 page paper to hand in (Derek didn't help at all!) and broke up building it over three or four nights. So many great sets this year: Shuttle, Helicopter, Yellow Truck and now this one, the (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) yes. It may not be right away, and I doubt it will have anything to do with the seed, but you most likely will die. (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I just swallowed an orange seed. Am I going to die? Derek (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Marbles v4: Name: Rob Antonishen Status: Software (mostly) done, bot in three pieces, each being tweaked... Probably get there just before 2:00...keep to the schedule and I'll get to join in :) -Rob. (21 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I started working backward, finding none of them funny until I got to this one. (URL) a weird strip. I'll stick to Friend Bear. (URL) Iain (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) There are people who jump from fad to fad 'cause they want to be 'the first', and once that fad catches on, they get irritated and go find the next whatever. I think it was one of the (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Marbles v4: Name: Dave Astolfo Status: Married, one child on the way, own house.. oops.. this is the wrong discussion for that... - Marble Sorter Status: Done. (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The above post reminded me of this strip (URL) (last panel) Unfortunately I had to wait till today to post it since it's today's strip. Strikes me that deciding something is bad because a lot of other people like it is just as messed up as (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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