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(...) By the by, what else are you suppose to do with those inner hubs to those old Technic tires anyway. Those tires aren't so good for robots--the rubber always slips off, which always annoyed me. I have 10 of those tires on my truck and a few (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks! I've never used unusual angles either. Speaking of unusual angles, I ended up riding the RT the other evening to Scarborough Town Centre. I think I may have a solution to your RT building project: Try offspacing door and wall segments (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hey-nice to see you again! I'm not really sure. The "usuals" seem to be on this group, I read both but post mostly into this group. I'm not sure also if it's correct for the charter of the newsgroup, but if it's related to rtlToronto events, (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Cable has been unreliable due to Rogers poor architecting of their DHCP and mailserver scalability. But for those who don't care about their POP mail (I use our very reliable UNIX mail at MIE) and have static IP's, it's never been a large (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi Calum & Chris and gang. It has been some time since I have been able to get into the Robotics action. Is it safe to say that most are using this NG or is lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor still actively used? I posted a heads up recently about TRU having a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3A216EF9.AAB2AA...ome.com... (...) 74 k/s? WTF? I can't stand these rogers commercials where they bash the heck out of DSL. That makes me so cross. Cable just really makes me CROSS. DSL seems far (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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WELL, i d/led the video. ALL 39 megs of it. it only took me 12 minutes. i ended up doing other surfing in the mean time. WOW. Calum. good job on the video. the music is not to my taste. but hey. (shrug/smirk) (...) Oh, Iain, hi. did I mention that (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:G4nC8L.Izn@lugnet.com... (...) should (...) Awesome, I'll try that. Your video stalled once during downloading. I'm at 36% now. Iain (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think (correct me Iain if I'm wrong) that Iain used some base AVI codecs that were a little CPU/bandwidth intensive. Even my P3/750 256MByte PC at work stalled on Iain's stuff. I used Microsoft MPEG4, which is pretty darn good (about par (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:G4Lyzr.GDF@lugnet.com... (...) LEGO - I've never had any great deal of success doing that. BTW, with the blue express train that you have - is the motor the same as the other ones? I seem (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Love that equation. Isn't the sole purpose of LEGO to be interchangeable with other LEGO? The problem I have, and I'm sure I'm not alone here, is when there is non-LEGO incorporated into the equation. That's when I get angry. I snap. I lose (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:G4Lyzr.GDF@lugnet.com... (...) train (...) Calum, it doesn't chap my ass as much as you seem to think it is when people use Technic for non-Technic reasons. Because if I let you do that, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@home.com> wrote in message news:3A214767.7AE1FD...ome.com... (...) You dirty ass. I'm geting 4.4 k/s and that's DAMN GOOD. :) (...) No, you should buy a better computer, and give me a smack for not knowing squat about codecs. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh I recommend that you d/l the video. It's verrrrrry nice. Oh I wish I started hanging out earlier. That yellow walking thing looked great, and seeing cinderblock in action was awesome! Keep up the great work. Stay safe. Dave (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh, settle down :-) Everyone knows that "all other themes are just spare parts for 'x'" where x = 'your favorite theme'. :-) As for using technic parts in non technic creations, it's been done. Every Milton Train Works custom kit uses at least (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Oh sure..... I COULD! d/l all 39 megs of this video. and because its only 39 megs and i have a high speed connection it will not bother me....(brag to Iain) but this line is of concern to me: (...) some of the video Iain shot and put on his CD is at (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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You know how much I can't stand it when certain (ahem, Iain. Ahem, Susan) people misuse Train parts for other projects. (oh, blockstacking with train crossing weights! What's this?@!!#$#$@! :) Anyways, just to make y'all cringe, here's a classic (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) unfortunately, as you probably know, the webcam has no zoom function, that i know about anyway. the lego creations on my table can be seen at (URL) my stacker is also on the table, and most of you have seen that already. more than that, i'll (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) hi Dave: the remote seems to work fine. we privileged few with a cable modem can see your entire amp just fine. I'd like to see some sort of zoom in the next incarnation. ;) this way i can see what that lego thing is on your table. keep up the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Once again, the registered trademark police rear their ugly heads. right now in some of my newsgroups, there's a huge flaming discussion about www.fandom.com. the owners of said site say they registered the word 'fandom' and now others aren't (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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