 | | rtlToronto at the Toy, Train and Doll show, May 7th, 2006
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Hello all! We've been invited to the Toronto Toy, Train and Doll Show ath the International Center on May 7th, 2006! Since this will be a combined LEGO display and train layout event, I'll need to know how much space to book for us. What is the size (...) (19 years ago, 14-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: It's a Boy!
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(...) Wow! Yet another fan of LEGO brought into the world! :) Congratulations Shirley and Jeremy! Dave K (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | It's a Boy!
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Please join me in congratulating Shirley and Jeremy Taylor on the birth of the first child, Liam, born this past Saturday, March 4th. Jeremy, as many of you know, is an integral part of the rtlToronto/train6 and train7 projects, contributing major (...) (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl21 ideas
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(...) ...and what are those 25 pair bundles down the center of the apartment buildings I have access too? snip.... Chris (19 years ago, 10-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl21 ideas
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(...) You think that's brilliant? How about this? <www.vwfeatures.com> click on "build your joyride" John (19 years ago, 9-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: rtl21 ideas
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(...) I saw the trebuchet commercial the other night and almost spit cheerios out my nose... -Rob (better switch to honeycomb) A> (19 years ago, 9-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Holding it down on the engineering tip, y'all.... Jesus that's brilliant. Calum (19 years ago, 9-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: rtl21 ideas
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De-lurking temporarily.... How about rtl21: un-pimp-my-ride ???? like this.... (URL) ok, back to lurking.... John (19 years ago, 9-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Where we're going, we don't NEED wires.... :) Calum (19 years ago, 9-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl21 ideas
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(...) what??? so you DONT like the phone line INTO your home... one phone call, and your F1 pair is TOAST!!! "..uhh hello, 611, i have no dial tone..." Chris (19 years ago, 9-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: y'know what I miss....
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(...) I always wondered how Steve got so tall. I thought it was just something genetic. ChiBots in Chicago has an interesting rule that I think adds to their events (they do run events again and again). The winner from the last event can't enter the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl21 ideas
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(...) How about robots the have to go through a maze, you can have two identical mazes in the playing field and two robots run at the same time to see who gets the fastest run. It could also be a pretty good idea for a side game on the small play (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes, we've done it on an oval gradient track. Here's the link: (URL) the test track is a big problem. But there are several things that make it pretty cool. 1) Head to head 2) Fun to watch 3) Easy to enter 4) Doesn't require complex robot or (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl21 ideas
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(...) That was the idea--a standard card deck of encoded objects (eg, 2x8 blocks with various coloured pips). Janey suggested they be tacked to the walls of the playfield, others suggested on the ground, randomly, another idea was to put them in a (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: y'know what I miss....
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(...) I have two reasons for not doing this: a) it gets boring b) it grows Hassenplugs, who dominate competitions, which also get boring.* (...) But I do think we should return to Project Y some day. Not this year. Maybe next year. Give people a (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl21 ideas
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(...) It's a technically difficult challenge, I agree, You're building the equivalent of a robotic tape silo on wheels--down to the barcode reader to read the tapes and the library mechanism to slot them around. But it's also boring as hell. Even (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) How about stationary bots that you would "give" real cards to? i.e feed them into a slot when they request a hit and have them scan the pips. might need a standard card deck though. Oor skip the whole building part and just have th RCX's (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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we used to run the same competition consecutively. that way we would get to learn from the first competitoin to build a better 'bot for the next one--we would glean better ways of doing something and become better 'bot builders/programmers in the (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl21 ideas
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(...) <snip> The more I think about it, the more I'm drawn to this idea. As Janey stated, you can have as complex 'bot as you want--if you can get your block to pick up 1 'card' only, then you can enter with the hopes that everyone else busts--kinda (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | rtl21 ideas
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So... ...the next big topic is rtl21: What to Do. Let's recap some of the ideas from dinner: a) Blackjack concept from Janey (I mean...from Chris!) Drive around or use a shared environment and pick up encoded elements, teaching RCX to "gamble" such (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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