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I have a jumble of thoughts and statements. was everyone pleased with the room size??? Should we continue to rent all 3 rooms. for those who remember the last robot games, we just had 1 room. A big Thank you to CALUM who did Much for this event. (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ohhh that was very amusing...(at least I thought it was)...watching them dance the last time were competing...he and Calum's robots were doing more dancing than scurrying... Iain claimed he accidentily put a continuous loop in his progam at (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh...I HIGHLY doubt I'll be putting any bids for any metroliners...unless (until) it comes out in the legends line...then maybe I'll buy one. Tim, rest assured no more 4558 purchases for me...I'm still looking for a 4547 Club Car.... ....and (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes, Chris and Calum did a super job once again. I had much fun, even without my entourage--Design Team Runamok wasw a whole set of one. (...) Chris and Steve's strategy was awesome! The implementation--not so much. (...) Rob's robot was by (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You're lucky I realized that was you bidding Ben. I was trying to bid on that item too, and was waiting to snipe it with 2min remaining when I realized it was you with the high bid. I hope you enjoy your extra coach & engine, and I hope the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's pretty early for a Sunday (...) That sounds very cool. I wonder now, how many modules would that take up? Boy, the way you guys are talking, you're going to need a warehouse for Train2. Everybody wants to submit a roomful themselves. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I woke up this morning (2 hours earlier = 5:30, on a Sunday!!) because I had two inspirations.... These stem from my "Great Day in T.O." riding the train and seeing the sites (well walking up from Queen's park to the Library)... The urge to build a (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I wasn't referring to <YOUR Bot, Ka-on> :) Actually, your bot was very nice...nice colour scheme, nothing too extreme on the design... (...) well...it is downtown Toronto...(no further explaination required) (...) Well, you know the satisfied (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hay my bot could work if I have a second light sensor, a sorting door that does not over-sort, bigger cargo bay that doesn't jam, and...... ;) (...) It's good except parking. (...) Well you don't have the pressure of trying to fix a stupid bot (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) This <was> my favourite part of the whole event...seriously. The 5 minute "clip" was unforgettable....the accompanying song was pretty good, but the whole video was full of EYE CANDY.... There were several frames with the Metroliner, the 7745 (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I'd like to be the first to give my impressions and thoughts from the show... It was a great show guys....much Kudo's to Chris Magno for putting out an excellent event... as far as event organization....especially a robotic event...I have no choice (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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well, things are progressing here!!! :) I got some bot, some code, a LOT of hope. then again, look at my competition...... Bruce's bot. bah! it is to laugh. Chris Visit my newly revamped walker page @ (URL) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I just put the finishing touches on my train1 video. It's in the order of aobout 5 minutes long (but of course it takes much longer than that to put it together!). The final cut is encoding right now. Problem is, my [tiny] robot doesn't have code, (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Why yes. My laptop will have the atlclient and an IR tower on it. I'm about to leave the house and go buy a safety cable for. but that's the only language i have one it. GLAD to hear your bringing a robot. this is cool. :) Oh, and I'd just (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Jeff Elliott" <jeffe@telepres.com> wrote in message news:3B20F56F.903BE6...res.com... (...) You're not coming?! :( Iain (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Best of luck, all of you! I hope to hear all about it on the newsgroup by Monday! Jeff E (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks! I'll have the deneros pour vous tomorrow. Then I'm going to be dedicating myself more to trains than 'bots (oh no says the technicies) yep, gone over to the dark side of the force... it's so much greener on this side of the fence. i (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Should have been posted last night... Well I tore apart my bot today (the one I built two days ago) and just finished rebuilding it... I think it looks cool.... I finish the programming tommorow... (actually today) Chris: I started using the SDK 2.0 (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Posted on Lugnet as "July Surprise" I tried to "search" for the item...but it wasn't yet available. This should make our summers for sure....talk about a mind blower. If you asked me what Legends they should put out.... 1) Metroliner 2) Airport (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The installation isn't actually too hard. It just requires you pull out several tabs and tear apart the motor. (...) Word is not all DCC likes to play nice with each other, so we're going to have to do smore research. Someone (I guess me) will (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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