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(...) I wrote the program but never bothered to get a proper score-- Just tried-- -3 :) Dave K (20 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) I'll post the first hi score... -6 !!! Wo-hoo! oh, wait a minute... rats. Good programming, nice idea. Now, if you have something to fix my reflexes... (20 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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Read the blog (yes Chris, I know it's slow...)-- (URL) made a little video game. I know that others have made on-screen games, so I just went with it. As soon as I saw the 'aim' pic and the 'rabbit' pic, I knew I just had to do this. So with much (...) (20 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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anyone here have access to those new motors? anyone.. Chris sigh (20 years ago, 7-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, C. L. GunningCook wrote: <snip> (...) It's always time for a 'little shop of horrors' moment I think I'll go buy a plant... Dave K (20 years ago, 6-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Here I was trying to find a DIFFERENT place to go to...but seeing as Chris has put it out... Monthly Dinner: Friday, March 9th, 2007. 7PM Swiss Chalet 5487 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario Calum (20 years ago, 6-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes Seymour? (...) Does it have to be human? (...) Does this look "inanimate" to you, punk? If I can move and I can talk, who's to say I can't do anything I want? (...) If you wanna be profound, if you really gotta justify, take a breath and (...) (20 years ago, 6-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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SO, anyone up for a meal.. how about this FRIDAY.... March 9th say about 7pm at.. ummm im thinking some sort of chicken place. Chris (20 years ago, 5-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Is there some sort of reference out there like "brick plate plate brick" to teach us slow ones how to use studless systems? Calum (20 years ago, 3-Mar-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (20 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 (...) (20 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! (20 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 (20 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" (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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. (20 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 (...) (20 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). (20 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 (20 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 (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I like my iMac, because it's pretty. -Iain (20 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Sorry, it's kind of taken a back seat. Something else popped up. :) -Iain (20 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Ross Crawford wrote: <snip> (...) The 6502... That number seems to be the 'computer geek' equivalent of the number '23'. Seems to show up in many places. Of course, many inside jokes in the video games I (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Zenith!!?! My first PC was a Zenith. 4.77Mhz with a "turbo" button to run it at 8Mhz (thought he games wouldn't run at the fast speed as most of them relied on the clock). Also included: 640k RAM (I upgraded from the factory 512k) 5MB Hard (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I used to sell Apple ][ clones for a mail-order company. (ok so I answered the phone). That was a great high-school job, until the company was raided by customs... And, at one time I had a program that made the floppy drive sound like it was (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Ummmmm TICK TICK HELLO!!!! waiting... whats the latest on this? do i have to do EVERYTHING? like PLAN a date to all gather and agree on a car design. Wonko C= (20 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hey I learned 6502 assembler on mine, remember the Big Mac macro assembler? And I used it to write a program that could squeeze about 5 times as much data on tapes as the standard firmware (yes, I said tapes). And I did my first paid computer (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Worse. It was a clone Apple II Plus called a "Unitron" with an "NPH" and a "Shamrock" Disk II clone floppy drive. The monitor wasn't even an official Apple one, it was a Zenith Data Systems composite input monitor. However, I did learn a few (...) (20 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) HEY!!! You dissin' the Apple ][ with green & black monitor???? ROSCO (20 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Worse, I had an Apple II. With a green and black monitor. Calum (20 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yeah, but did you go into the disk and rename the files from Sylvia1 to 5 to Sylvia5 to 1 So that, as you won, she'd put her clothes back on? I thought not... Dave (20 years ago, 20-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) we ALL had that game. except calum. he had an amiga Chris (20 years ago, 20-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The thing is, I had that strip poker game for the 64 (amongst the (at last count) 5000+ games I had for the 64) Now I just have an SX64 with Fort Apocalypse and Paradroids. Eh... Dave K (20 years ago, 20-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(URL) 4th or 5th one has a "guest" appearance by a C= 64 Chris aka "Wonko The Sane" in a former BBS life (20 years ago, 20-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (URL) cut a video for this project a few years back for some ACM submission :) Calum (20 years ago, 14-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(URL) A> (20 years ago, 14-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) As much as I like the NXT...the Wii is awfully fun, especially at parties. Calum (20 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) um.. didnt you tell me not too long ago that you were BROKE!!! i bet those large multinational bus/waste companies are giving the IT guys a raise. :) Chris (20 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Bravo - well done! I'm assuming this came from an "I got it as a Christmas present but would rather sell it and buy a Wii" individual.... :) -Rob A> (...) (20 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I'd get an NXT for less money on eBay. Won a bid for an NXT for 181 US and a shipping charge of 25 bucks to Canada So total Canadian cost--240 that's about 100 bucks (without taxes) cheaper than retail. Go me! :) Dave K (20 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) OR you could just have your pics hosted somewhere ELSE and use those funny things called embedded LINKS!!!!! meh.. what would i know, I'm not some IT guy for some major multi nation bus/waste company. :) Chris (20 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) No, just generally slow--the photo album software I'm using tends to be slow at times. i know in a world where everything's delivered instantaneously that my little website seems tl take an eternity to load, but eh, it's free and we like it. (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hey Calum, They're ... Never mind, Derek (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Are you bandwidth challanged these days? Your site seems really slow.. -Rob A> (20 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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For those of you that don't know, the Missus and Myself renovated (and are in the process of putting the final touches) the basement. Though not a 'Holmes on Homes' level of rebuilding and redoing, we think it turned out pretty well. Anyway, wthout (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) :) Dave K -repetition teaches the donkey (1) 1 - not that anyone's an ass around here... (2) 2 - using the word 'ass' in the '4 legged creature resembling a horse, mule, donkey, or if you're exceptionally drunk and colourblind, a zebra', not (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Search Peeron for "Duplo Tube" There were some in set 3619-1 -Rob A> (20 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It's one of these: (URL) tubes came in some DUPLO sets a few years ago, with balls to roll through the tubes. They were pretty fun, in a preschool way. Those balls are the same balls found in the NXT kit. Steve (20 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) DUPLO! (URL) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Notice the large blue pipe in the lower left corner? (URL) is this piece? Calum PS-this is one of my favourite Lego MOCs--Erik Brok is an awesome builder. (URL) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hi Rob, You might consider using the auxilary output of the RC to control a gear shifter to select between "driveable" and "mad spining" modes... Using the polarity switch is brilliant! I tried a pure mechanical solution (the steering (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Oh yes! it can steer when going forward. With the current gearing though, it spins out. I should try to drive the adder/subtractor input with an 8-tooth gear rather than the current 24 to slow the turning rate down. Though I suppose I couldn't (...) (20 years ago, 7-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Nice! Can it steer while also moving forward, or does the switch work with just a 3-position action (turn right/go straight/turn left)? Could you also use 3 12-tooth gears for the side opposite the 2 24-tooth gears, or did you use the 2 (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Hahaha :) The advantages of using the monorail track are that it's very, very rigid laterally (like, it can really press into it without it deflecting at all) and simple to construct. It's a wide, flat surface... the 4.5 V rails I fear will (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Whoooohooo! That's me! I've been to Morgantown, West Virginia! (...) Okay, there's something off the bat I'm worried about, which is that you've built the track out of unobtanium, aka, monorail track. No one has any of it and it's more (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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Oh yeah - note the Akermann steering, I was quite happy with that. Can pull a turning circle with a radius (centreline) 12 cm no problem :) -Iain (20 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) boo hoo, won't be there :( but it IS a hoot to drive around! -Rob A> (20 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Okay... new plan! :) (7 URLs) Those of us who have visited Morgantown, West Virginia will instantly recognise this chassis design. :) It's very, very heavily inspired by the Boeing-built (URL) Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit>. In the world's (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) DONT forget how dave and I try to get this web site banned!!! (URL) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Monthly Dinner: Friday, February 9th, 2007. 7PM Swiss Chalet 5487 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario ...Chris talks about dead Internet memes he found on YouTube last week ...I show examples of how NOT to drive a 2003 Accord in the snow... ...RobA (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Nice idea. I made a similar prototype some time ago, which does not need a battery pack, but which can not have both tracks running in opposite direction. Some images here: (URL) Julien (20 years ago, 2-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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Well- I finally got around to testing the idea of a R/C tank. I built a little test rig just to see how it would work. The idea is an adder/subtractor drive, with the R/C "drive" output goes to a motor on the base input and the steering output tied (...) (20 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic)
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(...) ...Biting tongue. :) (Ask me at the next dinner.) -Iain (20 years ago, 1-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(URL) ANY numa numa video is funny. I wonder if the OK GO guys(1) could choreograph to the NUMA NUMA song(3). now, if only someone would mash up a song by David hasselhoff and shakira. Chris if only... (2 URLs) (2) 2. just to make this LEGO and on (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) yeah - sure came close a few times (20 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) i was waiting for the guys head to get SMASHED on the floor. (20 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Don't know if you caught this one or not... Here is a video of a "homemade" one...(A car seat with a 5 point racing harness welded to a robotic arm.) (URL) -Rob A> (20 years ago, 30-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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This is only a test. Had it been an actual message, it would have had content. Even here :-). (20 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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maybe this should have gone to .foo shrug Chris (20 years ago, 29-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Umm... because *every* NXT can be equiped with a rechargable battery pack that works like a power port on the 1.0 RCX? So you run a power cable up Spike's... um... abdomen. And if the kid tears Spike apart, just make sure there's a camera (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have a lot of stuff on my desk which will eventually get tranfered over to my condo. smart fortwo coupé and crossblade, Briareos fig. from Appleseed, 1:200 scale Airbus A380, ABB IRB 7600, and a 1:87 Vestas V80 turbine. People here know not (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) ya, tel me again how the NXT is beter than a RCX with built in power port? Chris (20 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) This would not have the desired effect, even if Dave did borrow Chris' NXT. Dave would still know when a kid had been present, because the batteries in the NXT would be dead. Steve (20 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Step 1 - warn co-worker that it would be nice if said kid keeps paws off. Step 2 - set up a NXT with US sensor to watch for an inturder, turning on a small concealed camera to get the evidence if needed. And if that doesn't work... Step 3 - (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's the cutest little wedding bonboniere I've ever seen. (...) Unfortunately desks aren't really considered private spaces...and for that matter Lego is considered by people as a toy, not as a something important. Like, if you had a picture (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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So I was at a wedding a while back. The wedding favour to the people assembled to join in the celebration of the couple was a LEGO set. It was a specific set designed by the bride and groom, consisting of 2 2x8 bricks with the names of the couple (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hey - I'm not saying no-one uses basic. I even use visual basic for building front ends, and GWBasic for my parallel port control projects...(so simple a 10 year old can do it :) I'm just saying that if you bite the bullet and actually TRY to (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (URL) right. Basic is stupid. NO ONE uses basic. its a DUMB language that NO ONE in the YEAR 2007 USE's NOPE.. no one. (sigh) (...) I will have to see this NBC again. maybe I need to TRY once again to attempt this C thing. I with there was a C (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I understand where Chris is coming from....generally Chris doesn't bother spelling or using punctuation. So how can you expect him to type function names, use curly braces and end every function call with a semicolon? Calum (20 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) c'mon Chris - stop crying for a 1963 language and move to a more modern 1972 language (or at least a reasonable facsimile of it) (URL) is a simple sample to drive forward then back. IF you can use mindscript this syntax should be manageable: (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) the last software for the RCX was the LEGO SDK 2.5. it had a nice MINDSCRIPT software that was neiter BASIC, not C. SOMEONE at lego seemed to thing there was a need for it. so why not for the NXT? Chris basic? basic? buller? (20 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) DAVE!! save your $$ the NXT just aint all its cracked up to be. $0.02 and a PERSOANL opinion. I mean its ok. im not tossing mine in the garbage. but... well, I've yet to make a WORKING robot. YES, there are a LOT of GOD builders with NICE (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Iain Hendry wrote: We can each make up little fake (...) Riiigggghhhhhttttt and then after snack we can all come to my house and watch wresteling! :) Chris (20 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) YA!! whats up with that!!!?? (...) wow, you guys seem to think these diners are structured or something. How are you proposing (...) I want to fool around with 2 touch sensors face to face. but I dont see why a light beam wouldnt work? Chris (20 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That was pretty much the exact idea that I presented to Kjeld when I went on the Inside Tour. As Calum said though, reliability would be the downfall-as well as speed. Its too bad bricks are not magnetic, then could use a magnetic crane. I was (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) While I'm not part of the rtltoronto clan, from the things I've seen you guys do, there is a lot of talent up there. If you want a suggestion for a 'project', how about the following: A pick and place system that can pull any variety of bricks (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes, this is correct. The slowest station on the line will be the limiting factor in the production rate. That said, I don't think we need to "one up" anything, this is purely for fun. We've never done a large group collaborative project other (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) That's what I figured. Not having any of these motors, I cobbled it in LDRAW, and the clips in the model are too low. I figure I'll just make a dolly the same size from bricks and the old train wheels (with the metal axle from the 4.5V days) (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's right! We have to agree that everyone will try and meet some maximum time. No worm gears allowed! :) (...) Well, we could, but that would get pretty complicated in a hurry, I think. But it's not unlike the Montrac system - there are (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Correct me if I'm wrong, but the cadence will be set by the slowest assembly cell, correct? So if your goal is a a fast cadence, you need *every* cell to meet at least that minimum requirement. Or, since you are using train track, with (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) There are small plastic clips at the base of the train motor; these clasp under the 1x3 inverted slopes to lock them in place (quite ridgidly, I might add). You can see them in the photo; once the RCX dark grey base is loaded on top, it ties (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) So what holds the grey and yellow "bumpers" on? Do they just hook on the motor hooks or are they actually attached somehow? -Rob A> (20 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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