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Beautiful! Very unique. That hillside does look like it took quite a lot of work! Richard. (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl20 time issue
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(...) Marble sorters again? :p Just kidding. How about we do "Race Cars" small 4" wide cars race against each other, in a track taped with electric tape on both sides. You can make it into a figure 8 or something like that, maybe even with a bridge. (...) (19 years ago, 18-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl20 time issue
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(...) Dave this is a very good idea. Since you will be bringing the 8'x8' play field, maybe a Second game where we use that would be in order. Any takers? Chris (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Oh, and one more thing....
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(...) YES. As always your bot can expand after the start of the match. Chris (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Oh, and one more thing....
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using my best 'Columbo' imitation... The rulz state that the 'bot must fit within 1 cubic foot. In past competitions, the robots must fit inside 1 cubic foot at he beginning of the competition but can expand to whatever size after you press 'go'. (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | rtl20 time issue
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So I'm elbow deep into building for the next competition when it hits me-- All the competitions I've ever been to, we show up at around 10ish, we furiously tweak for a bit, we head over to some sort of food thingy around noon, we come back for 1 and (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Owwwww my Eye!!!! R20
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So, after the last dinner, Derek showed us his "thing." It was LONG, and HARD, and it shoot those 2x2 blocks a LONG way. It was a great version of a lego gun. Its mechanism was nice, not too much gearing. It was well done. Fast forward to tonight. I (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Derek, I'm with you
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(...) Tasmania has fruit penguins?????? (URL) ROSCO (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: Derek, I'm with you
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(...) Unfortunately the video wouldnt play properly, I only heard the audio feed. And getting a new codec requires the iTunes download ... no, thanks! Intel chip trapped inside the PCs performing dull little tasks... Uhh-uh... Im sure that every (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Derek, I'm with you
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(...) How ... did they accomplish the thing with the squirrel and the accordion and the calamari? Calum (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Derek, I'm with you
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(URL) thought I'd see such a freekin' awesome use for tape-measure technology. My god. I am in the wrong industry. Iain (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | FESTO Pneumatics: Types HSP-... and HSW-...
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These are the mechanically guided handling modules by FESTO I had mentioned at the dinner: red-dot award winners: Type HSP-...: (URL) HSW-...: (URL) more online at FESTO: (URL) Iain (19 years ago, 17-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto contest!
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(...) Oh I see, oh well I tried. Maybe Google didn't understand you either. ;) It probably isn't able to search for that, or just doesn't work. Vitali (19 years ago, 16-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto contest!
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(...) That should do it. I also tried google link: and site: features. They don't work as advertised. Google is quickly going the way of Microsoft on all levels. By the way Mister, your website sucks! I tested the entire site for errors: Broken (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto contest!
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(...) A good try but I think I didn't explain it clearly enough: Find a link with www.rtltoronto.org that is on a page hosted by Peach. There were at least five, and none of them for some crazy reason, were searchable by the method Ivan suggested, (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto contest!
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(...) okokok I cant take the pressure!!! I DELETED those photos!!! With the WORST monkey robot in the room, I didnt want any more mockage! It is one thing to lose to Robs AMAZING ferris wheel robot, but its worse to see the demo video of my bot in (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: modifying bricks - R20 RULE clarification
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(...) The 1/2 Bushing cut in half makes a much batter washer than the flex tubing. The tubing fails rather quickly under high-load applications. Use an exacto knife instead of a rotary tool - it leaves a much cleaner cut than those cut-off wheels. (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto contest!
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(...) Well, if you can reconstruct the deleted bits off of the Maxtor 5GByte hard disk on the Dell P2/400 that is now helping a elderly couple on a farmhouse in Penetanguishene surf the Internet, then sure, I'll give someone an octopus. Seriously, (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto contest!
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(...) Or how about: Find the missing rtlToronto9 Show Me the Monkey pictures? ...those were some good pictures... Ivan - At least we still have the poster - (URL) (19 years ago, 16-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto contest!
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(...) Here's a better contest: Find the incomplete sentence on the Project Y rules page that adds confusion. Bonus prize if you can correctly state how many weeks ago I told Calum about it, to no avail. Oh wait, rules 1 month before the event are (...) (19 years ago, 16-Jan-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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