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(...) You will be assimilated... actually, while I've always liked hybrid construction, with the NXT I tend toward studless, at least partially because I have my studless sorted seperate from my studded, and... well, I really like the look of stuf (...) (18 years ago, 3-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have to agree with you, it does grow on you. I'm not opposed to the studless system. It offers a lot of flexibility. Like you I'm getting used to it. However I do think it's a tricky concept for kids at the FLL age. I think there is a (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's the part I guess I haven't resolved for myself: Is the studless construction "paradigm" harder for us because it: a) is different from what we know and are used to? b) is actually intrisically worse than regular traditional Technic Lego (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have to mention that I have been bulding studless "things" for over a year now and when I started it, I hated it. Didn't seem easy or obvious, no particular way up, and it seemed to need a lot of planning because ripping it apart all the (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's what I found at FLL this year too. A lot of teams had NXTs but didn't end up using them because they found them harder to build with. The kids get the idea of stacking blocks one on top of another. It's a whole other head space when (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's the largest barrier for me with that NXT...studless construction. I know there are studless converts here (Iain, JohnG, Ivan) but for me, I find it really difficult. It's like Chris and programming in C. (...) Actually, I think the NXT (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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First build--the AlphaRex The bad--the instructions have the 'rubber' foot non slippy thing on one side but not the other. I found that the 'bot walks better when there's rubber on both feet. someone'll probably tell me that's it's missing for (...) (18 years ago, 2-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh that rascally roadrunner! when will that coyote ever learn?? Super Genius indeed... Dave K (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: <snip> (...) I think someone's a little peturbed that he got his nose beeped! Which reminds me of that spectacular lottery comercial in which you hear the secretary go 'you can't go in there' but our (...) (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) and this is me thinking you all need to get out a bit more. Chris Beep Beep indeed! (18 years ago, 1-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Steve uploads .wav to Janey, and disappears in a puff of smoke before the anvil falls. beep beep (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Not to be confused with the roadrunner's "beep beep" Waves at Steve and Dave, (long time no see) and to distract them from the Acme Anvil hanging right over their NXTs. Giggles Janey "NXT-free Red Brick" (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh I'm working up to bid on another--I'm aiming for the same amount of cash--180 to 200 US--maybe i build an off road entry to compete with you--this time you should have a good chance of kicking my heinie :) But i'll use 1 for now--figure it (...) (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) BTW, you can change the "on" sound. If you replace the !startup.rso file with another .rso, you'll get the new sound. And, on this page, there's a program that will convert a .wav file to a .rso file... (URL) all you need is a recording of the (...) (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) One of my favorites is turning a pair of NXTs into a $500USD remote control car, that I won't take out in the snow. (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Got it last night, didn't do much to it besides rip open the box and put some battries in it to hear the 'on' sound (miss the old 'beep beep' of the RCX, but that's neither here nor there...) Today I installed NXT software, update firmware, and then (...) (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Pft, I would have killed for a green and black monitor! My apple was hooked up to the TV (using some sort of magic converter thingum). (18 years ago, 24-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yeah, it was a crappy monitor. (...) That was about what the Amiga cost. Calum (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) And thus his future life in a technical field was born... (...) Strangly, I never did have an asembler for the Apple ][. Somehow, my HS friends and I missed that and did everything on graph paper and raw hex code. The best part was when we (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I like my iMac, because it's pretty. -Iain (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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