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(...) My son and I use the tub for snow bricks to build snow-ball forts. You can just drag it along the ground filling it and then tamp extra handfulls of snow in make tight bricks. Then they stack fairly nicely to build fort walls. Chris (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.general)
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(...) Alright, scratch that. (...) What if it's something stupid with marbles. That doesn't require handling them at all?! Like, build a robot that manipulates blocks using one RCX and marbles as dead weight. (...) Tightrope races sounds like fun. (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Finally squeezed in some time between punching in NQC code and oh-so-necessary sleep to post something :)) Robot's Name "Thumper" I'll let you figure this one out :)) Designer's Name(s) : Me # of RCXs : 2 - one controls the tool positioning on the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:Grx4A9.EJG@lugnet.com... (...) high (...) all (...) I recomend not. :) The lock cracker I built a year or two ago took 18 hours to crack a lock. I only ever ran it once. Scrolling through (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:Grx4FK.EzD@lugnet.com... (...) stuff? OILY TIRES!!!!!!!! not good to eat that stuff!!! lol lots of space there (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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This hilarious little photo got me thinking: (URL) other stuff have you used a 3033 tub for? -Storage for Lego bricks and models (obvious!) -Storage for microphones and audio cables (Mario does this) -Project box for DCC electronics, soldering (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yeah, absolutely. The post event dinner is the place where rtl11 will be born. Some ideas to get thinking about: a) Lock crackers. Get a pile of combo locks like the kind you had in high school. Build a robot that can crack the lock. We run (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 01:45:21 GMT, Derek Raycraft <derek.raycraft@sitraka.com> wrote: Robot's Name : None (probably never will be) Designer's Name(s) : Matthias Jetleb # of RCXs : 1 # of Scouts : 0 Other Smart Bricks Used : 0 Programing Language: NQC (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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just as a side note to all the people who will be entering a robot. (and others as well) typically after the robot event winds down, many of us head over to Mel's and rehash the day, and dream up a new event for the next game. if you plan on (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Get your friends to show up around 1PM. We never start on time anyways. Competitors is 10AM as always. (...) I'm using 1, 2, 101 and 102. Calum (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Sweet! See you tomorrow! I think Chris meant Bruce "Arch Enemy of Chris" Sheridan not having posted a time yet. Calum (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Been busy packing. :) My robot works fine now, but i dont have time to acutally time it. (...) I've decided not to go with IR. I couldnt get it working reliably. Trevyn. (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Grw75u.KGv@lugnet.com... (...) Wow! SixFlags Worlds of Adventure was selling pop for $2.50 USD last year. And most parks are at $2 anyway for pop. That same park charges $9 for (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) OS X (pronounced Austin) (...) ME (...) 3 (...) None (...) None (...) Lego script (...) lost count after 12 lots for the X lots for the Y 1 for the EOAT 1 for the Z axis many others cause i have a lot due to the ZNAP sales. I add motors the (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) :) OMG, this was so funny. I was laughing very hard. :) (...) 64 square feet, is that why you named your robot run-amok. no control, no structure, just drive like a mad robot. do you find the skill needed in precise control, lacking? And, by (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Did we finalize the idea of when the 'bot is finished? When it drops the last block, when it stops moving, or what? I still feel that the 'bot should PlaySound(1) when it thinks it's finished--Let the 'bot decide when it's done. Anywho, (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Wisdom of the ages from a wise man... My 'bot is resting on the y axis (on tires) so if the EOAT tries to put a block into a square that already contains a block, the entire 'bot falls over. Fun to watch!! :) Maybe I'l lget that fixed before (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Another way to see it is that Canadian companies price retail items to match the Canadian market, because they do business in Canada, and all the numbers work out that way-because they pay Canadian taxes, buy from Canadian suppliers, and have (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) GF-X (...) Ka-On Lee (...) 1 (...) 0 (...) NQC /w RCX 1.5 firmware (...) 3x 9v Gear. (...) 2x (...) 1x (...) 0 (...) 0 (...) None (...) Standard one Y side rail and X cross over rail to move the arm. Algorithm: Scan all, then select blocks to (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) This isn't a perfect example, because I've seen pop in unsubsidised pop machines vary in price from 35 cents to 1.65 (seriously!) It's fairly rare that its a buck, actually. The median price nowadays seems to be around 65 to 75 cents. But what (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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