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Calum- My daughter has nominated Shania Twain's song "Up!" as the music for next year's demo read. :) -Rob A> (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, C. L. GunningCook wrote: <snip> (...) It could be as simple as getting the right drivers for the nic card--I know that when I had my webcam installed on my server, I went with subtly different drivers that, everytime i (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) It's not a conflict with your high speed service, it's a problem with your PC. Officially, you should call your PC vendor (eg, Dell, Compaq, guy down the street) and ask them why this is happening. It sounds like another device is impinging on (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Now don't be bitter, Greg. Team A> brought three entries... 1) the big tower bot (URL) which was built by my son and I the day the rules were announced, using every 1x16 tecnic brick in our house, as well as the somewhat unorthodox method of (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi guys, I am hoping someone can help me with an technical conflict I am experiencing between my XP/highspeed service. (Yes I have read their webpage, the faq, the help section, and called technical "support".) Okay, so here is the problem, often (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Beaaa...aaautiful!! Awesome competition, great fun, greatest amount of carnage at an rtl event! Any match involving Dave's robot: 3-minutes of pure suspense All other robots and "robots": 10 seconds or less Any match involving Chris's rocket: (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Edit or not, nice job Calum. Thanks for posting that. (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: <snip> (...) (URL) away... I had a great time and would have no issues running a similar event as the alternative to another competition... Dave K (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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So, I once offered to videotape a friend's wedding. By the time I got around to editing it, they had announced they were getting a divorce. Sigh. So what did I learn out of that? Don't edit anything. Here's the long delayed rtlToronto2004 Demo Reel. (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oog! I'm not saying that we should do a tougher competition, either (I thought we had some good ideas at dinner that night), but rather maybe competitions with a few more rules or requirements. Although I didn't enter (so who am I to (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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WOW, Calum-land must be a VERY messed up place. this is how it went DOWN. (...) BULL!!! the VERY first game of the day was YOU and ME. and it looked like the video I posted. once when your robot (...) Calum, the prelude to this video was this: (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ymmm, now that i THINK about it. when Rob took that BEAM to his noggin, i had to RE-DO my match with second place winner Jen A and her gravity robot. but if not for robs head, i WOULD have won that! AND there was that other time i was asked (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hey, hey hey! Don't blame me, Dave started the "do over" crap when he was sure he could be beat me (which he couldn't - giggle) Oh sorry Dave, I guess nice guys do finish last. Wink. Janey "Flogging the horse, Red Brick" (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You missed the part where you had to rig this crash twice, once when your robot failed (this is where Chris says "Do over! Do over!" and I curse at him), the second time when my robot was actually strong enough to fend it off: (URL) there was (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I get ya. Well, if we did it, I want to do it as a sub contest, eg, on the side the way we did marbles last time with DaveK. I think that went really well and Chris kept the parts to the BoP balance. If we are aiming for a "tougher" (eg, PX, (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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- Trip to Home Depot to get parts to make Game Board $15 -ISP connection fee, so i can listen to dave tell me how my robot sucks. $50 -Fee to rent library to hold rtl19 BoP game $70 waiting 8 YEARS to see this: (URL) (4) PRICELESS!!! 4. Short 800K (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) So, yeah... we did it without too many restrictions and we had some interesting things. I wasn't smart enough to come up with a simple non-powered ring mechanism that latches on to the middle bolt and mucks things up for big strong bots, so (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, there's a balance here. If we say, you have to use a motor, it rules out a number of interesting little "shrapnel-bots" which use a strategy that is simply to obstruct. If you say, have a certain size, then you rule out other methods, (...) (19 years ago, 12-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) And the broken RCX's .... And the snapped technic beams.... And the chipped battery boxes.... (oh the destruction, oh the laughter).... Hmmm and maybe one of Rob's head when he took the beam to the head. Janey "Red Brick" (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You also need to post a picture of that yellow 1x2... that also summarized the day in one picture! -Greg (19 years ago, 11-Sep-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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