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(...) You've spent how much on camera equipment and lenses in the last year!? Where's the picture!? Derek :-) (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I've been using them to tilt pies to drain excess moisture from the apple filling. I originally used Lego, but I figured if the pie plate was still hot, I might lose a 2x4, so I decided to use all the Megablocks I've culled out of garage sale (...) (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) Actually, I ended up getting way more black ones from those boxes than brown, (besides brown ones are needed for the stairway ballisters in maxifig dollhouse buildings. Wink.) Janey "Red Brick" (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) After running the layout all evening, and having the motor output wired thru lights to sensor 1, the program ran flawlessly. Now I will state that if you try this on your own RCX and blow (...) (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) That sounds like a great idea! Shhh!! He'll find out! Waittaminit... A few more videos uploaded--basically the bottom loop-- (URL) basically both the same--the first is smaller (30 meg) and shouldn't make you as dizzy watching it. Everything (...) (19 years ago, 18-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) Hmm, lets drop some in when Dave's not looking and find out. Derek (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: <snip> (...) It's turning out to be a fantastic way for me as well (hopefully) So here's the results-- Using the 2 lights connected in series to create a cable connecting motor A to Sensor 1 and Sensor (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) IT WAS ME!!!! i did it for my Project X it worked fantasticly as a way for my 3 RCX's to communicate. all i did was pulse the on/float thing and count the pulses. its a FANTASTIC way to do things. Chris (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) Or the brown heads everyone got in their Random Stuff Boxes? BTW Dave, VERY VERY cool. Calum (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Just like with LDCC, polarity DOES matter. One thing I played around with before C$ was connecting two sensor ports together, and switching them between active & passive modes. That means to send messages back and forth, you only use two (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) Hmm, this made me wonder, would the smaller, almost round technic ball "thingys" (yes, that's their official name) work? (URL) what about solid black minifig heads? OR would they just congest the contraption? Janey "Curious Red Brick" (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) Oh I've blown up RCX's before--once when I (erronously) thought that the wall wart that comes with the LEGO 9v train controller was actually putting out 9 volts and plugged that into (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) If you can do it with LDCC, you can do it with the standard firmware. I have no idea what the readings would be. Try it. Steve disclamer here: It's your RCX. (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I've heard people talking about this before, and I've done it with LDCC but this is what I need some expertise on with standard RCX firmware So you have a motor output--lets just say Motor A if you take a LEGO wire, add 2 LEGO lights (as resistors) (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) I think at the Hobby show, there'll be a grand total of 3... (...) I just want to make 'em look like they belong in a mine--some 'boulder-ish' looking thing... if TLC wants to make some grey balls, I'd be happy... (...) I have one basketball (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Palisade Villa GBC (the start of one, anyways...)
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(...) We just did a train show last weekend. (pics & video to follow) We had a pretty small GBC (10 modules). While the GBC didn't have the detail, or refined appearance of the beautiful building and bridges in the rest of the layout, it was really (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, C. L. GunningCook wrote: <snip> (...) Thanks for the very kind words, Janey! I think next to your 'San Fransisco' thing, it ain't gonna look like much, though... A good friend did some 'video compression' and managed to (...) (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: spybot - program with serial tower
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(...) I just use the serial cable. It should be able to plug right in to both the PC, and the Spybot. If you're using Mindscript, you may need to set the brick type to "Spybot" (I think) Steve (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) They have a 6 A.M. now? Yeah... I can't really see myself being there at 6a.m. Seeing that I really just have a building to plunk down somewhere, I think I only need to be there half and hour or so before opening. When is that? -Greg (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) "Gooo...oood morning Vietnam! It's 0600 hours. What does the "O" stand for? O my God, it's early!"--Good Morning Vietnam Calum (19 years ago, 17-Oct-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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