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(...) oh Rob...... don't be sad. I really liked your robot. The way it lifted blocks with the ratchet type system (i think) was marvelous. But its time to move on. The next game will be just at mechanically challenging. and because its NEW you get (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Rob Stehlik" <Robbby31@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G90HHt.FMB@lugnet.com... (...) would (...) game, (...) I (...) chance. (...) not (...) that (...) again, I (...) Wow, this is like exactly how I felt about marbles. I loved the marble (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:G90C3K.48M@lugnet.com... (...) Yeah, unless you're almost 2 m tall. I tried having a bath after I came home Saturday night. Tub is TOO SMALL. I just feel like such a goof, siting there. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh i'd like one more go at it. I'll be a little more prepared next time :) whatever the group decides Dave (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hi Rob, I saw it the first time-and just haven't had the chance to systematically respond to everyone. It's really a group decision as to whether we'd like to do stacking again. It's my only request that we try to limit the event down to one (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Since no one saw my earlier post, I'm going to give it another try: I would really like one more stackers competition. I love the challenge of this game, and I haven't quite got it out of my system. Anyone else want to save the stackers? Iain? (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Good good! I was hoping I wouldn't have to wait until next September! By the time June comes around, I should be ready to go again. By the way, did anyone see my earlier post about stacking?? Am I the only one that wants to do it one more (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi folks, Please mail me all the digital photos/video clips you took at the rtlToronto 7 event. You can mail tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca, or @home.com. If they're over 4MB of photos, email me and we can arrange to upload them somewhere. The first batch (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, (...) Baths are good. Mmm. Warm bath. It's a good way to relax. Get home. Start water filling tub. Boot my Dell, read my mail. Take bath. Dry out while watching (West Wing, Scrapheap Challenge) Eat dinner. (...) I (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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One thing I've noticed is that everyone gets something different out of events-someone might see a mechanical challenge, another, a programming problem. Some think of it an afternoon of fun. What I get out of rtlToronto events, literally, is the joy (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes. One event. That or two events but one has to be ridiculously easy to run. Ie, both should run on the playfield. No more of this coffee table stealing business. (...) Check out the video: (URL) really impressed by that game because the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Not so! Several Lego Models use strings (usually with hooks attached), but it should be considered a legal part. Fishing line; probably not, but string and elastic bands should be OK. Matthias Jetleb VA3-MWJ (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Here's a half-a-thought: Start with a building say 5 rooms wide by 5 floors tall and two rooms wide all built out of Lego. Each room is large enough for a pingpong or golf ball. The building is built to a pre-established size that is known to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Since a lot of people have a DDK now (because of the cheap discounted DDK's at TRU)...is there any interest in a silly DDK game? Or is there not enough programmability for a DDK game? Calum (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:G8zIMG.v4@lugnet.com... (...) once-I (...) to (...) Before I even finished reading the word "collapsed", I somehow just KNEW that the next sentence would have something to do with a bath! (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Let me reiterate how nice it is to see people come back to these events. I know everyone can't make it out to everyone of them... (...) It was definetly a good event. I'm very very happy with the new location. But let me add to that in another (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) As always, it's a pleasure to run these events. It's just so much at once-I went home and collapsed afterwards. (And the water heater broke so I had to freeze in a bath) I was really thrilled to see such an enthusiastic turnout-friends old and (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Rebel Transcanner" <hendryjr@oxford.net> wrote in message news:G8zD5M.DBz@lugnet.com... (...) <snip the rest of my other post> This is what I've got as of 22h05 Sunday night. (URL) video is in like 5 little clips, stiched together, because every 20 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Jeff Elliot has constructed a fabulous crane! (URL) he has got me thinking. In another post, I had briefly mentioned the idea of doing a contest with robots traversing a longitudinal cable suported from oposite walls in a building. This, coupled (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi, I always wanted to go to those events but it seems there is always something in my life that prevent me to. I'll try to make it to the next lunch at least. As for my suggestion. May be it would be possible to confront a robot to a maze (wich (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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