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(...) Put in your orders now for blocks--I'll bring 'em to dinner on Friday. As well, I *hope* to have a preliminary 'bot set up by then. I'll also have the train video up on my site by tonite (URL) safe. Dave (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) When I was home a few weeks ago, my mom gave me a bunch of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place ribbons she had left over from an event she was running. I'd be happy to offer these as prizes. They just say 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, and have "Canada" printed on (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hi Ivan, As everyone else said, welcome! About your colour concerns, I completely agree. I am going to use white 2x4 bricks for the walls on a grey baseplate, and black for the blocks. This is all i have access to. I don't even have enough (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: i have a proto-robot......
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(...) I am working on a simplified prototype. My dads idea was to tackle the problem with a single line of bins first, and then extend that to the square grid pattern. Seems like a a good way to start. So, I built a robot that can sort a line of 10 (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi Derek, I indeed saw the pictures from rtlToronto Train2 and it inspired me to buy a whole bunch of blue and gray rails and try something similar. So it's nice to have some real detailed pictures of it! ;-) I'm gonna try to power the "track", so (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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I know many people have already seen this Monorail from the rtlToronto Train2 pictures, but I've finally got around to taking some more detailed pictures of it. Its a monorail that uses blue 4.5v train track instead Lego's monorail track. Hence the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) That's an excellent idea. I'll probably be using leJOS for this so I'll have to remember to print out the Java source and bring it to the contest. I hope others do as well. I'd love to see the software side of peoples solution along with the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto Train2 Video
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(...) Derek (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug)
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(...) Oh! Oh! Pick me!!! Over here!!! Pick me!!! I'll have it up on my site by tonite. Dave (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug)
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rtlToronto, ParLUGment and MonLUG are proud to announce the TOMLUG Alliance, the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal LEGO User Groups Alliance. We have agreed to not only accept the free flow of members between our groups but encourage members all our groups to (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.loc.ca.qc.mon, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.org.ca.monlug, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains.org) !
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WOW!!! Iain, I just saw the entire train 2 video. good JOB!! :) I have only one little tiny question. who took the photo of me holding the train??? AND why must people feel compelled to take my photo in "compromising" train shots? :) :) :) Chris (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) oops. that was just a typo on my part. sorry. I should know better, Mario is the name of my brother. (...) I'll give you a hint. it can be done with 64 nested "if.. then" statements. (smirk) (...) (shakes head) man, I'm sorry to hear this. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hey, right after the daily strudel break... Lunch? :) Calum (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Just got back from Montreal w/Iain. First off, thanks to MonLUG for a great show. More on this in another post. But here's the rtlToronto/train2 as shot and edited by the illustrious Iain Hendry: (URL) is 79MByte and is in MPEG format. I think (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug) !
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(...) It's because in a game, there could be real mean folks who think of nasty ways to subvert the game, ie, 89 pound battery boxes etc. Gentlemen wouldn't do that. That little phrase has now come to mean, "Bah, we're not really that strict on (...) (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Is it wrong?
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(...) Well, I looked into a piece of curved plexi at a ~50 cm radius and it's apparently very hard to do, beyond basic plexi bending. So I suspect I'll build it without, sort of like Derek's Imperial Shuttle. Calum (23 years ago, 12-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ok, ok. I promise to post more often... just spell my name correctly in the future :) I've been writing code 1 hour each day on the subway ride to/from that wonderful place I have the priviledge of working for until next April. It's just (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | rtlToronto Train2 Video
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Woo hoo! Iain, the video is GREAT! I love the tons of on-track footage. And I like the swooping & panning(?) shots (I'm not up on the terms). Nice soundtrack too. Very applicable. :-) Thanks a million for making that available to us. It will be (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.monlug)
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OK, as inspiration I feel I must tell you (brag) that as of last night I have a "working" robot for r10 that solves MOST of the conditions set out in the rules and my personal challenge!!! that means I have just under 3 month to refine and fine (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto10 competition rules
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(...) <Dark Humour ON> <Calum Mocking ON> Rules for the upcoming event will be enforced very strictly. The group has adopted a new policy fo 'beating down rougue contestants'. This was never too much of a concern in the past, but has become (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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