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(...) What kind of Crack is in your pipe? can you say FEED BACK ?? :) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) And stop using what currently call him behind his back? (2) :) Calum (2) I kid, I kid! (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) BINGO! I had a look at the post, and it read like a math textbook! Jeese Louise, do you know know how to be BRIEF? no wonder people call you the human sleeping pill behind your back.(1) Chris (1) actually i just made that up, but if you want i (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Legendary. (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) What kind of Crack is in your pipe? can you say FEED BACK ?? (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Before. the aftershoots are more private. ask me at the next dinner. or send me a private e-mail Chris (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) Snall 'bot, therefore small blocks IMHO or if ya really wanna go to town--both size blocks, and if you stack the small ones, you get a 2x bonus than if you stack the big ones ;) Dave (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) is that the before or after kitchen??? (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Whined is a little strong. All I'm saying is that people need to actively participate or rtlToronto will soon be like .scibrick or something :) (...) Hold on, I still need to Putty into my email. Ah, there we go. (...) That or everyone start (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Turns out, I did. (URL) most people fell asleep before getting to that part. (...) What size are the blocks? I'm going to take Ivan's sig line: Steve - No one reads these anymore! (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Why didn't you say so in the first place? ;) I like it! Done and done! Small 'bots, big playfield and Steve H's scoring... Dave K (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ..or the compromise..RCX controlled RC semi-automomous battle bots... (URL) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) 1) Tower Height points (use Fabulous method) 2) +1 for each block of the correct color in a tower 3) +1 for each correct block in home, -1 for each wrong block in home (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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OK, Calum whined at me and said that I needed to pay more attention to the bicker on line about what the rules and scoreing should be. I said that I was barely skimming the posts, and would agree with whatever was commonly aggreed upon. So to start, (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) have i NOT from day one said Axle sorting OR paper folding... geesh, (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Places NOT to go. THERE!!! :) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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OK, its time I added my thoughts. I'm all for a new blockstacking game. I think its just the right level of complex to bring many of the newbies to the next level. the only issue seems to be size and scoreing......... oh wait. wrong thread. Dave. (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think he's standing in his bathroom thinking, ****, now I have to renovate this. Derek (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You've got to try harder than that. Jesus, be a bit more subtle, won't you? Calum PS-I notice you've been really silent on rtl18, Chris. Where do you stand on points and robot size? (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yep, and you'll Never Ever ever right a song about da Sibbie (URL) PS-You can add Train Show Organizers to the Calum-Ball list now, thank you. (...) Actually, I need a hand. I'm thinking of getting rid of 98SE on my P133 laptop. I'm going to (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) No, David brought it up. Although it may have started because I was complaining about having to fold shirts. Derek (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Since peach is running Apache (URL) and php, you should be able to very easily drop in a gallery folder: (URL) I had one set up on my home server for a while. Worked quite well and was pretty easy to set up (comes with a web based wizard to (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'd like to do a Live3 one day...JohnG had also mentioned doing regular old car racing. As for no holds barred, sure yeah, with RC defintely, RCX driven...it'll be like the steamroller scene in Austin Powers: Slow and drawn out. Ultimately (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Uh, no. He can "expect" a kick in the pants from my foot! Where did THAT come from? I'm sick of all these damned train shows and their "expect a booth vendor" or "expect a kids play area" or "expect one of you to wake up at 5AM for an on (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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With regards to an upcoming event--think it was Calum who mentioned that a long time ago Chris and I were interested in a 'no holds barred' robot destructo event. I was just thinking about it. I'm still very much game. If others are interested, (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I just received the registration letter from Frank Steele, the event co-ordinator for the Train show Nov 20 and 21. In it he mentions that he's expecting the 15' x 15 LEGO train layout as well as an 'Interactive LEGO table for kids!' Did we promise (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I also noticed one of the reasons Chris is having a problem with his robots. It appears he's trying to use his LEGO remote as a mouse for his laptop: (URL) bet he doesn't have the right driver loaded... (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks Rob and Steve for your help! I wish I could put in a user-commenting feature, because it could give some of the builders some praise from other competitors or the public. I know you can do it, but I don't want to bother with CGI (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm pretty sure "Vitali's father": (URL) this [cool] robot: (URL) seemed to be a good robot, with good software, but it had one loose touch sensor, which did not always signal EOT, keeping it out of the "final four". Steve (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (URL) and (URL) is mine :) P.S. Who's camera has that ethereal, washed out effect seen in many of the shots? Rob A. (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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saw this on 'da Boing Boing (URL) a "robot" that press's all the buttons in the correct sequence to complete the first level of Mario Brothers. neat. Chris (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I had this really manual way of making those old albums--little scripts in PhotoShop to make the thumbnails, a little Excel thing to generate the HTML manually. I'd put on some good music and manually go through all the photos, nodding to (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I like it well enough - and just wanted to say, welcome to somewhere around 2001 :) FrontPage?!? Gah. And here I was, thinking you're a real geek, writing HTML by hand :) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi folks, Thanks to the photography of Rob Antonishen, David-Daniel Day, Mario DeFacendis, Steve Hassenplug, Ivan Louch, Derek Raycraft, and myself, here's some fabulous photos of rtlToronto15 and rtlToronto16, two robotics competitions here in (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.events)
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(...) A lot of these events is pure luck :) (...) This sounds pretty reasonable, an emphasis on towers with some for sorting and homing. Calum (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The more I think about this the more I agree with David. It's a block stacking event. You score points if you stack blocks. Derek (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) What if we said that a 'bot could enter if it could only scan the Connect 4 board, or drop a chip anywhere and still be counted (though, so I'm told, that's what some of them did) The event is block stacking. We've done it 3 times before. If (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I didn't get to see it either. I think we were too busy running our C$ robots in the final... But, I believe it moved all the marbles onto the opponent's square, because the penalty for "wrong" marbles was bigger than the points for "right" (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) Wow. That is lotsa good stuff, but great googly moogly! This whole thing started 'cause I asked to run a 'mini block stacking' competition. We went from a 'lets build a nifty block (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ok, I can't remember, what did this robot do that was considered a loop hole in the rules? (...) True it does allow for a pure sorting robot. Maybe we don't want to allow that. I thought it allowed for a good entry level robot. But it could (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I used to be kind of against this, because I'm sick of loophole pokers (Steve, JeffE, I'm looking in your direction...) but the thing is, we have better things to do than to try and outrule everyone. That and Steve never does it anyways. He's (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'd also be concerned that scoring this way would open the door to to "loophole bots" like Rob's (?) at RTL15 (URL) which, while I thought it exploited a clever loophole in the scoring, did somewhat disadvantage other bots that more closely (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You mean by counting ALL the blocks of your home colo[u]r? It seems like only counting up to the wrong color would offer a big penalty for non-sorting robots. If two non-sorting robots compete, the winner will be the lucky one, who is last to (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) No, because if I build a tower without sorting the colours, and the bottom block was the opponents colour I would get nothing for it. I'm suggesting that you should get full points for the tower, but you don't get the bonus for building it all (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I can't see why not...I don't think this ever came up. (...) Isn't that just six or half of one dozen? (...) Can you though? The only person to have really found home consistently was JeffE back in rtl3/4. (...) So, you want to give people (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Can towers touch the sides of the arena? (...) Although I proposed this rule, the problem with it is it forces anyone who builds towers to also sort. Since we were discussing allowing different levels of participation to complete, this seems a (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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26th Annual Hobby Show November 5-7th, 2004 International Centre, Missisauga (URL) folks, Join us at the 26th Annual Hobby Show here in sunny Toronto, Ontario for a large display of Lego creations from builders across the country. Organized by Dave (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca) !
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(...) Grab what you want from here. No credit required :) (URL) -Rob A> (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, how's this for a set of rules: 1. Tower Height: Points are awarded by height of tower. Number of blocks tall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points 0 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 -Towers can touch each other, but the robot cannot touch the tower 2. Tower Colour: (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm definitely interested. I don't care much about the size rule, but I really like the idea of small blocks. Lots of small blocks. I highly doubt they will be more difficult to manipulate than 2x4's. That made the rice digging game very hard. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi folks, I'm in the process of refreshing the rtlToronto website and get some photo albums online. Could you please email me your photos from the following events: rtlToronto9 (Monkeys) rtlToronto15 (Connect4) rtlToronto16 (Rope) rtlToronto17 (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The smaller size is the big draw for me. Since block stacking has been done several times before making it smaller erases a lot of the past experience several competitors might otherwise have. (...) I like the idea of creating a point system (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oakwood has always been quiet. I don't know what it is, but whenever we do an event at Oakwood, there's no one there. On the other hand, Lillian always gives us a draw. (...) So, the draw of the new contest is: -Smaller blocks: Harder to (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'll give it a go. Rob A> (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) This feature is the ultimate peeron feature and is always the example I give people to demonstrate the condition the LEGO online community has reached (and to watch their mouth drop :-). Two small notes: (that's for you Dan) 1) In my case I (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic, lugnet.inv)
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(...) I've now tried it twice (once from BB, one from your post), and I still get "404 Not Found". Probably better off that way :) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) All too true. Here's the thing--at dinner a few months back I was talking to Calum and I had the idea, "Hey, wouldn't it be neat if... Block Stacking 'Bot fits within 8x8x8 to start small blocks 'cause it was going to be in a small arena (4x4) (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) My thoughts: Given the 8x8 playfield (for the sake of the audience), the 2x2x? cubes will be hard to see. I also suspect 2 stud cubes will be harder to handle for a LEGO robot, than 4x4 cubes. Assuming there are two classes (beginner & (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I hate cats. (URL) made me laugh. now on to read a million posts about Bruce not liking size restrictions Chris (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Now that we've got a rough idea of the rtlToronto18 contest, I'd like to hear from people on their interest. So far it seems: Bruce DaveK Derek Calum Wayne Have shown interest in this competition. Are other people interested? Calum (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks for the info Dan! Never had an account at Peerin before--just set one up and am now good togo! I have extra treads if you need 'em--bought 13 service packs years ago when I was endeavouring to build a tank. Dave K (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Just as an aside - if you have your set list entered on lugnet, or on Peeron, you can find out if you have the parts for the bulldozer: (URL) myself, I seem to have all the parts except the treads :) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Are you bringing these to the show? I'd like to see the bulldozer, having wanted one when i was a kid. I probably have all the parts to build one now, but that's not the same as having the actual set, and I'd like to see one that's together. (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Nevermind--answered my own question by looking at Peeron.com--very nice site, btw. So the verdict is in--had I prethought and preordered, I could have made a complete 854 in (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks for the memories... I remember by best friend got the 956....I begged and begged my parents to get me one too...and ended up with the 854...my first Technic set as well. Just rebuilt it myself a few months ago too... along with the (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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(...) That much is certain. They look a little nekkid without the number. I have a label maker at work and I'll get the numbers printed off just as soon as I get there. My original sticker disappeared, oh, about 1980. Eh, back then I didn't think (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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Cheers Oliver PlayWell (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:I63xIy.Gwn@lugnet.com... (...) Good to hear you had a good turn out, i had to work, again. (...) <SNIP> (...) How about just gathering blocks (say, in an onboard hopper) as the entry level (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message news:I647En.926@lugnet.com... (...) built a (...) 6980) Smart! I really liked the 854 too, but I definitely think you need the number "9" or "6" sticker on the front of each! Jennifer (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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(...) It has become a main event, primarily because everyone likes it and wants to do it. That said, the only request I have is that we use the 8x8' field, mainly because it's easier on the spectators and easier when operating the event. Let's keep (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Basically pretty much sums it up--I had such a blast with pint size marble sorting, I wanted to apply that to block stacking to see if I could. So for me, I have no problem with 2events--one in big arena with big 'bots, and one in little arena (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) :) Dave K (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ya, but do to a lack of a "main" event, David's side event seems to be getting moved up to being the main event. Derek (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I thought that was just going to be a side event at another contest. Now it sounds like block stacking will be the major event. The small size would make sense in a 4x4 playfield, but, not in the 8x8. (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ahhhh yes, but did "samll" refer to the blocks, or the block stackers???? ;) ROSCO (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) When David said. I going to run a contest. It will be about building small block stackers. Anyone want to play? Derek (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm sure we all could think of ways to accomplish this, but, I have no idea why we'd want to. Since when has this contest been about being small? (...) Thats great, build a small robot. I on the other hand want to simply build a robot. I have (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) If you can't think of a way to get a 8" tall robot to build a tower taller then 8" the limiting factor is your imagination, not the rules. (...) The concept of the contest is size. It's not a rule, its the reason for the contest. So far there (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I just manually created a stack of blocks greater than 8 inches tall. If I wanted to build a mechanism to deploy that stack, the rules would get in the way. So before we even get started, an arbritary limit would have limited a possible solution. We (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(URL) was having an unusual wave of nostalgia the other day and put together the first auto chassis--956. Having completed this, I found myself thinking about the first Technic set I received when I was a kid--set 854. So I put that one together as (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Here are my thought ins no apparent order and to answer many questions and ideas already posted in this thread... I am the first to talk about building monstrous robots. As that pic that Calum posted, I can build 'em big. Big is easy. Big (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think that's a pretty good way of putting it. The other thing we need to talk about is the worth of a tower. Do we use the Fibonacci-based sequence for tower height? How many blocks of each colour? Calum (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I hope Dave will chime up in a minute, because he was also a big proponent of 8" cubed. I can see both points: Like Bruce, I love stuff like this: (URL) featured in the Greg Hyland AFOLs book) (...) But at the same time, I think the 8" cubed (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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We don't need no stink'n limits. Maybe if we were going 4x4, but we're not. And, can anyone recall a time that a robot was too big or had too many processors. Limits (without an obvious purpose) ar exactly that...limiting. (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Part of the point of this contest is to build under restricted size conditions. (...) I agree with this. (...) Not sure what I would prefer. The 4x4 field makes more sense with the smaller robot size. Derek (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm all in for this contest. (...) I thing the 8" cube limit puts a reasonable limit on this. Can't fit too many RCXs in a 8" cube and still be able to manipulate blocks. (...) I think adds a little too much complexity. (...) I'm not a fan of (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I like the block stacking idea. I don’t know why we would want a limit on size. All of the robots that have impressed me over time have been on the larger size. I’m not that interested in cutesy little robots. RCXs...I thought we decided that long (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Well, yesterday, strangely enough, was a lot of fun: A simple contest, with a lot of entries (ten!), most of which worked. And I even entered a working robot that actually was somewhat successful. Congratulations to Greg Hyland and Rob Antonishen, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I started building tonight too. But I'm finished. I just need to program, and I can't see THAT being that hard :) Calum PS-See y'all there kids! (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh wait! Office Space just started on CTV--I'm probably good for the next two hours... Dave K (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) So it's like 1 a.m. and I haven't started building yet. Hmmm... So, pulling a Chris, I think I'll go to bed. See y'all in the morning. Dave K (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I'm not sure which design I shall choose for my pumpkin this year. (URL) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Alas, you are all correct. I will now go and hang my head in shame and mock only from afar. Calum (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Sorry to butt in on a .org post (part of this thread crossed over into .geek and thus caught my attention) but that sounds like a bunch of FUD. If you look at the green layer in this article it clearly shows opengl alongside quartz and (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ya it's too bad the Mac doesn't support OpenGL. (URL) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) If it runs on Linux there is a good chance it runs under OSX already. I know the Mac owners here at the office are contently building and running Linux distributions on their Macs. Unfortunately, since I'm still waiting for my Macs, *I want my (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) When you factor in the display is not OpenGL or X but instead, Display Postscript...far. Calum (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) As I noted in (URL) some of the software Lego has outsourced was to a company called Qube, using a cross platform "Q Engine" that runs on Windows, Linux, X-Box and PS2 platforms. Check out the old post for the links. Pretty cool stuff for (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hey folks, Just a reminder of rtlToronto17 this weekend: Saturday, October 23rd, 2004 10AM Competitors, 1PM Audience. Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre 341 Oakwood Avenue Toronto Ontario (URL) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I can defintely do Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, but Friday during the day is hard for me, since I'm at work. Friday night is no problem. Calum (20 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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