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(...) please don't :) Chris (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Actually, it's funny you mention this... I was trying out a simple chassis the other day, and I had two identical parallel gear trains.. but my robot was still turning, ie: one was a lot faster. I finally figured out the problem: one was built using (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I was thinking about that. I've actually received bricks that were almost dripping with mold release. Derek (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) snip (...) snip (...) All of these lubriciant comments, and no mention of using lego lubricant... i.e. OILY TIRES!!!! Jeff VW (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Remember guys, "The Plastic Dust Is Normal". Also remember, Lego is very nice about replacing broken parts. I phoned them up and they told me that they would even replace parts that i had stepped on. There is also a way to tell if someone has been (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi everyone, Just letting you know I have made some updates to my website. www.ecf.utorono.ca/~stehlik I added some stuff on pneumatics and some pics of eXpedite. Both of these new pages have a lot more coming, but this is what I had time for so (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I see competitive advantage. To take an example from our recent contest: Several X-bots used bricks sliding on tile designs. Many of these bots had piles of generated dust afterwards. It is, however a design decision to use bricks running on (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I agree, except I've been told in private by several rtlToronto folk that they don't feel welcome on Lugnet with the recent visit by your friendly community police. It bugs me too to revert rtlToronto back into the endless pre-rtl6 back and (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Okay, don't worry about that. Iain and I aren't taking it too personally either. (...) Yes, it gives people an advantage, but I'm not against them because not everyone can get them. I'm against them because when you say lubricants, that could (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's O.K. Truth be known, It was actually just an excuse to tease you with the long-running, heavily-worn "Mango" joke. (...) So why don't you guys share it with the rest of us? I have to wonder how much interesting and potentially useful (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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O.K. I'm going to regret this simply because I usually avoid heated debates and I should know better but.... Calum, try not to take any of this too personally. It is intended for the purposes of debate and not an attack on anyone's mind set (yours, (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Actually, IIRC, Chris and I have a common problem: families orphaned by X-bots. To redeem ourselves, we need to prove that it was all worth it. Chris did quite well and has been vindicated, ensuring that he no longer needs to sleep on the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:Gs9pnu.9G0@lugnet.com... (...) argument (...) Weak? PREVENTATIVE CARE IS THE SOLE PURPOSE OF LUBRICANTS. Well, with LEGO, anyway. So you would mean to say: "Iain's LEGO was less dammaged (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Four days ago at rtl10, thank you. Our entry was covered in plastic dust. (...) The difference is that while one may call it preventative care, others may call it competitive advantage. I do not wish to get into what lubrications are allowed (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:Gs86JH.GMF@lugnet.com... (...) Uh, wow, what an excellent, group-active debate *that* was. In all seriousness, when was the last time *you* built something so large, complex, and (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hey are we allowed to use lubracants AND glue ? ! Cool ! Look out Battlebots !!! (1) What if they get mixed up ? I mean "Oh the Lego!"(2) Cheers Oliver 1. "And Now in the red corner ! 375Lbs of fused Lego!" 2. Yes I know mangled the quote. "Calum (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) HI Everybody Why don't we just do it on the floor and have a line 12" after the finish line and you can't cross it or you're DQed. This is less risky and Lego won't go crashing onto the floor. I hate that sound now! It hurt to much the last (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes, let's get a final idea for rtl11, or are we holding out until after robosoccer? I am really liking the idea of having a "simple" competition, combined with whatever other competition there may be. The one I'm being drawn to is the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes, but the overall plot arc is that you're all still trying to figure out why your ProjectXen didn't beat Rob or didn't function properly. And as we all know, rtlToronto's primary lesson is: Reality is Hard. Mario brings in our robot on (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, we're backed up over NFS to a DLT autoloader, so it's somewhere in the department archives, but I feel kinda stupid asking them to restore Lego photos versus say, computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis or any of the other (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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