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(...) I'll try and whip up something after class tonight. Derek (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi folks, Last night I went ahead and built what I thought was a good stab at a multiple-IR tower connector cable. It worked, first go. Doh. So Jeremy and I wasted much of our evening building time smashing our robots into each other. Heh heh heh. (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I installed the RCX 1.5 software on my computer (finally...) :) and after going through about a significant amount of time going through grade 3 level instructions....aka the tutorial... I finally was able to do a put together, courtesy of the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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The rtl10.1 Playfield, aka, the Interactive Media Lab conference table, is a large old table 48x72 inches, a big rectangle. FYI. Calum (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Build the robot, we'll get the code in at the Lab. (...) Mail it to me, I'll host it on Peachy. Which is apparently getting an upgrade! Calum (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Derek Raycraft" <derek.raycraft@sitraka.com> wrote in message news:3C86C247.F521EA...aka.com... (...) soccer (...) are (...) even (...) to (...) I just ran mine on the desk for the first time. I'm REALLY pushing the size restrictions, I've got (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I can see this being a bit of a problem. :-) I'm not going to get a soccer robot together by Friday. :-( I just don't have the time, and all my RCXs are setup for Lejos and I've never used NQC and I don't have enough time to even figure out (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Derek Raycraft" <derek.raycraft@sitraka.com> wrote in message news:3C865700.33FC1C...aka.com... (...) I had to rip it nearly completly appart to scrape enough motors together to build my soccer-playing robot for Friday. So it's siting there with (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Iain, how's the duck factory coming? I've been thinking about this one. Sounds like fun to try. If this were an actual contest, I'm guessing you wouldn't be allowed parallel assembly. How about feeding the parts in, are you using a hopper or are you (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) As if you have to ask me... Let's combine our 2 block events... sorting *and* stacking :) YOu sort the white from the black nad have to make towers of each :) Ohhhhh, i like that.... Dave (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ouch. Sore spot. But let me clarify: This was not 'several' times, but only one time. This happened at rtl7, thats it. Thats all you get. So, who wants to do blockstacking again? Rob (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm not the founder of TexLUG. I just help organize meetings ;-) (...) If anyone (Lugnet member or not) has good ideas about, or experiences with, lubricating Lego parts, the Technic curator will be interested! Useful information will be added (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The best part of the Controlled events is there's almost no programming! (...) I don't know. But bring it anyways. The reason why I'm doing 10.1 is because we're going to use it instead of the usual academic debate we have online. Let's see (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) yup....that was probably posted by Thomas Avery (founder of TexLUG and the current "lugnet admin blessed" Technic Curator). Looks like our (rtlToronto's) own Derek (Raycraft) and Iain (Hendry) got their newspostings in there....and they aren't (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I just read in the .techinc about someone who mentioned a lego techinc lube FAQ. I did some digging and look what i found..... (URL) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I don't think so....on Friday when you see what I did....the ball slips out anyways because of the friction on the ball....it can come out pretty easy... I don't think it comes out easy when the 'bot turns, just when the bot is going really (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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OK, i just slapped together a bot. it will not have any code. it is just an A/C steer robot. for the code I will wait for Bruce to come up with something extraordinary. I will now HOLD my breath. While i am slowly turning blue, I have a question. in (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I remember this coming up as one of the harder problems for building a mobile robot. Anyone got any tried and true ideas for I resort to the age old kBot9000 design of putting a friction pad underneath? :) Calum (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtlToronto 10.1
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(...) Now THAT is funny.... (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yeah, I'll go take a look at the IR tower schematic and build a splitter. I have a suspicion it's pretty easy. Calum (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | rtlToronto 10.1 Experiments
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First: Yes, I do know how to spell "unofficial." Ew. Last night my friend Jeremy and I spent a couple of hours putting together some sample robots. We bought a cheap Gravis "Tilt" gamepad, which worked readily and perfectly with the BattleBricks (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) omgoodness!! I laughed out loud when I saw that one!!! Everybody did the 'prairie dog-in-cubicleville' wondering what i was laughing at. Nicely done Jeff Dave (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hmm. Well, it's only a few days to this (unofficial) event, AND WE DON'T HAVE A POSTER! Eep. So here's an (unoficcial) stab at one. Don't put this up in your cubicle - we don't want rugrats showing up ;) (URL) - if you want the original images, I (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Beyond the Library: rtl11? (Racing to Oblivion/Crushed to Oblivion)
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(...) I had an idea last week (i actually did! honest!) but the post got lost somewhere... We take the gray tables, collapse the legs, put them on the floor (gray side up, of course). We can then organize the tables in a 'maze like' fashion, like an (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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PAST 7 DAYS (What's hot this week) ---...--- 2239 lugnet.* 285 lugnet.loc.* 226 lugnet.trains.* 225 lugnet.org.* 215 lugnet.trains 185 lugnet.cad.* 157 lugnet.build.* 136 lugnet.off-topic.* 131 lugnet.market.* 128 lugnet.org.ca.* 126 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It'll be like that scene in Toy Story. Man, those movies scare me. Especially that kid who mangles his toys next door. Calum (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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You really got to read this English translation of the German Space Factory out: (URL) it with the photos in a second window. It's truly one of the funniest things I've ever seen here, and of course, the actual building is nothing short of amazing (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Beyond the Library: rtl11? (Racing to Oblivion/Crushed to Oblivion)
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(...) Hey, that's another good idea for the drag racers. Find a non-busy sidewalk near a very busy street, and run the racers so they have to stop before rushing out into the street! Racing to oblivion/Crushed to oblivion! Now THERE's incentive to (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yes, please check it out: (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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doyou have a cool lego web page of your own i can look at? (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Friday Soccer Question Clairifcations
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I've been getting some emails from folks, so I'd like to put them out for everyone to hear: Overall, I'm not too worried about rules for 10.1. I really want people to bring in stuff, and if we realize certain designs are far too dominating, then (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: =UNISYS Icon's=
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(...) Jeez, what does that make me? (born 1965 - might as well be 1695) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Any Canadians going to Legoland California Mar 9-12 ??
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(...) not that I know of....I am definitely NOT going. I have to save up to go to Brickfest(tm) 2002 this year... and want to aquire some more lego for some projects.... all my entertainment budget is zapped anyway for rtl Toronto event, anyways!!! (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Any Canadians going to Legoland California Mar 9-12 ??
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Any Canadians going to Legoland California Mar 9-12 ?? Anyone I know going down? -- spam guard in effect remove MERCIAL from comMERCIAL to reply i_am_magundy@yahoo.comMERCIAL (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Richard Noeckel" <shroud_of_kung_fu@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GsH1ws.D5E@lugnet.com... (...) Oh that's priceless. I just knocked my soccer robot off the table, in a fit of giggles. (...) Aha! You're more than a year older than me. Iain (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I am NOT going to say anything..... I am NOT going to say anything..... I am NOT going to say anything..... I am NOT going to say anything..... I am NOT going to say anything..... whew, that was close. :) Chris (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) you just game me a silly idea for a new lego game..... greased robots. run along the same lines as a greased pig contest. lube up a bot and we all run around and try to catch the lubed beast. :) -- Chris Pretend this says something funny (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Derek, you are correct. this would be a way better way. :) I am sad to say thought that this whole lube novelty has worn off. If i remember in future, i will just dab a bit on and not mention it. --GASP-- :) Chris Pretend I never said that (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thank you for this. WOW. 3 tick per Revolution. that's bad. what is this some kind of toy? :) Chris Pretend this says something funny (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) that is just soooo funny.... :) what's sad is I was born in December, 1974. At least if I ever decide to get a PHD in Accounting, and become a university professor, I'll at least (hopefully) look mature enough for the role....if I ever decide (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I was a fetus at that time… :p --==Richard==-- (Born Nov of 1980) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) now I feel really old.... :) (of course it doesn't help starting a year late...) started school in sept/1980, and graduated public school in 1989. Was supposed to start in 1979, but couldn't go to school for a year due to ear problems. I (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: =UNISYS (Bringin’ us together)=
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(...) ~The 94-95 term, or the 95-96? I think I was in the 1994-95... (I may be a few months older then you!) (And therefore, a year ahead...) -R (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I can easily build a robotic ship without glue or vaseline. That actually would be a LOT of fun. But inherently dangerous :) Calum (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh I know--finding the spot. We had this problem in rtl3. Chris wanted a random rampant killing smashing game. And the problem was...how do you find the other robot to tear him apart? :) What if we put little lines around the parking lot sort (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Richard Noeckel" <Shroud_of_kung_fu@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GsGMEt.4xp@lugnet.com... (...) guessing (...) totally (...) That's cool! I started Grade 9 in I think 1995. I think that's all I remember. I think I started Kindergarten in 1985 (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GsGK8q.M4n@lugnet.com... (...) shoot (...) No. Unmodified. Next thing you'll ask is to use glue. Iain (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Benjamin Medinets" <bmedinets@excite.com> wrote in message news:GsGC27.n0D@lugnet.com... (...) Oh, don't worry, that happens all by itself. Iain (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GsGxtD.Jwu@lugnet.com... (...) using (...) removed? It might sound easy, but that is actually really, really difficult. Iain (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That would be really cool to do an offroad rally kind of thing. rtl11 puts us into June, which would be ideal weather for outdoors. I had another thought this morning: rtlToronto11: Hardcore Parking I was driving into Kipling Metropass Parking (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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DOn't know if this topic ever got settled, but I noticed the following on the BattleBricks site: (URL) suggests that this is possible, and pretty straightforward, too. Jeff E (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Sand pits / sand boxes are incredibly fun. Put all those huge, low-ground pressure knobbly tires to work. You can get enough torque with a lego motor to throw a lot of sand around... HEY! Why don't we do a bridge event - rtlTorontoTrain (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: lube experiment
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(...) Really to be a valid test you should put the worm to 24T under load. This is when a performance difference will show up. However it could be tricky to setup. The simplest way would be to lift a weight a fixed distance. Use string (non-lego if (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) No I don't think anyone wants to intentionally break parts. Well they might but that's their problem. :-) And I should clarify that I don't think a design that damages parts is a poor design if its getting the job done. You did a lot better (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: New BrickDreams Site - 7 New Scenes
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(...) I like these... but I got inspired to do my own. I put it up on Brickshelf (LLC) if anyone wants to borrow it. It's 1280x1024, since that's what I run at. LMK if you want it in a different res - but I encourage you to just get MLCad, l3p and (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | Interesting/fun ICON story
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(...) Well the computer lab at my high school (which I will not disclose) only had one lab, and that was all ICON II's (I believe). They were "hand-me-downs" from another highschool higher in the "resource chain". The computers were fun in a lot of (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thank-you for taking the time to check. It’s too bad that we’ll never see it… -R (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Three (3) things: (...) Firstly, I knew that a post concerning a classic computer system would incur a reasonable amount of nostalgia. And thus instigate someone to provide a detailed background sketch with an *abundance of info. Of which I'm duly (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: OT: Rogers community 10 shows,, was : Stuff ‘other’ than LUBE…
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<snip> (...) so is a copy of the shot footage available...or was it pitched due to "problems"? That would be nice to have a Train3 video....(wishful thinking, I know) (...) Jeff, maybe next time... :) Ben (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: OT: Rogers community 10 shows,, was : Stuff ‘other’ than LUBE…
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(...) Bad news... I just called Rogers, There were some problems with the film, and the show never made it to air.... That explains why I never saw it..... Jeff VW Still un-famous and un-discovered.... snipped all the Cal(l)um stuff... (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Beyond the Library: rtl11?
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What if we did rtl11 outside of the Library. -Something with submarines or boats (ie, everyone gets one block of 2" Styrofoam SM or a flutterboard) at a public pool. I'd really love to shoot some stuff using an underwater camera mount. But then we'd (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | OT: Rogers community 10 shows,, was : Stuff ‘other’ than LUBE…
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(...) Thanks :) Since we're on the topic of Rogers 10: In fact, I did. I had my own television show. I did it with a bunch of friends. We shot I believe six episodes for Rogers Television, a little variety show of random interviews and trivia. One (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) DOH! I taped the show monday - friday and did not see anything (I did not realize that they air on sat and sunday too...) I will call them today to see if I can get a copy of the tape.... Jeff VW (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | a zen guide to Iain's dreams....
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thanks Ivan, for compiling Iain's dreams (...) I was sent him an e-mail... and was considering buying a "special hat" (I guess for Train 1???) a la E-bay's own merchandise store. And I sent him the link for the item.... I tended to send Iain all my (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GsFpq2.MF3@lugnet.com... (...) ! Cool! (...) OMG, I just burst out laughing. I don't know why! That just struck me as so funny. I hate my name. Iain (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Ivan Louch" <ivn@idirect.ca> wrote in message news:GsFMvD.Fnx@lugnet.com... (...) measurement (...) I meant to "cube" (^3) 200 mm. I didn't mean it to read as I had typed it. My mistake! I used millimetres because that's the fundemental unit that (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Richard Noeckel" <Shroud_of_kung_fu@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GsFME8.E86@lugnet.com... (...) You know what's scary? Now that you mention it, I think we did the exact same thing at our school. I remember the librarian would be *ANGRY*. And (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (this is largely OT but a good example of engineering gone bad) Ah, yes. The great ICON. For those non Canadian (or maybe even non Ontario) readers, the ICON was undoubtably one of the greatest examples of Canadian government institutional (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The controllers for the 10.1 test are Suncom iSFXPlus controllers with a eight way directional pad (Dpad) and eight fire buttons arranged in cardinal points. There are also two triggers on the bottom for your index fingers. None of the buttons (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: callum wants to say hi
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(...) Hello! Another person named Cal(l)um! Good to know you like Lego too, us Cal(l)ums are rare, one L or two! Calum PS-I regularily email other people with my name. At one point, there were only three of us on the Internet. (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Be sure to check for a *scar on Calum’s right rib-cage. ~From where he was conjoined! Should he be found to be the sinister twin it’s a life of fish-heads for him… ;) -R * Far too many _Simpson's_ episodes for me. (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ~And if so did anyone tape it? -R (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well if you really want to get technical, then first of all the measurement should've been in meters, not millimeters. And secondly it's 0.008m^3 and not 0.2m^3, unless you meant to say "A cube with sides of 0.2m" c'mon Iain don't embarrass us (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I remember those!!! :-) They were the standard @ my school during the early nineties. My friends and I use to just hold down the action key for like ten-seconds and then walk away… The computers would start ‘beeping’ for about 10 mins… lol so (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) See the following post on lugnet: (URL) more directly, go to: (URL) and scroll about a third of the way down the page. I guess the speed computer has a much lower resolution (3 vs 16 ticks per revolution) but then it's doing a different job, (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) hey that's cool...hooking me up and all...and your probably right about using the metric measurements...however if you want to be politically correct in the lego world you need to know the measurement in Lego studs... assuming 32 studs per 10 (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GsFH56.M4A@lugnet.com... (...) NQC. (...) I'll bring my palmtop and IR Tower, but I suspect others will have notebooks with similar stuff set up too. Ben, if you want, I can hook you up (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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my namme is callum andn i am 4 and i love lego alot hi callum from callum (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Calum, thanks for reporting this... (...) hmmm....well I am not that familiar with programming as I said earlier... like the last time I did any type of programming/coding etc was in Computer Science class (approx. 7 years ago) and we did (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I just replied to your first post-I was in Belleville on business and didn't get around to following up on all emails other than those which involve active flaming. One thing probably non-dinner readers won't realize is that this is all (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I remember reading about the Wankel rotary engine when I was like, 9, in some book I found at our Library in elementary school. I never understood how the rotor could move within the lobed cavity, or engage with the eccentric output shaft. I think I (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Note everyone, 10.1 is THIS FRIDAY, March 8th at 6pm at the University of Toronto. I mailed out a few people with an email, but the event into was posted last week on group: (URL)I may have a problem implementing the code for it....since I am (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) just replying to my own post since no one else did.... built and finished the "twin"... now I have my "team"... I'm probably going to call them team "BUZY B"... so is there going to be anything "official" or is there going to be e-mails posted (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: New BrickDreams Site - 7 New Scenes
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(...) There's some very cool gear renders at this site. Play well. Tim Strutt 8^) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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(...) I never did this to PROVE CONCLUSIVELY one theory or another. I even stated that it was a VERY INFORMAL "test" (...) !!!!WHAT!!!!! did you really study engineering at U ot T????? AGRH!!!! you are so lucky small children MIGHT be reading cause (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I wasn't going to reply to this thread anymore. I wasn't going to reply to this thread anymore. I wasn't going to reply to this thread anymore. "Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GsEKyz.9C3@lugnet.com... (...) Why something (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GsEK9w.776@lugnet.com... (...) Neat! It's my understanding (from what a co worker told me) that LEGO usese ENGEL IMM's exclusivley, and they're ENGEL's biggest customer. I think he also (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It doesn't prove anything, Chris. I have two objections to your "test": -Worm to 24t is a very simple gear mechanism. You know as well as I do that friction doesn't build up with only two gears. -The viscosity of the Vaseline probably causes (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hey folks, Was at Winners yesterday and noticed they have the Dorling Kindersley Ultimate Lego Book. It's a full colour hardcover book that has a little history, photos of the various parks, little tidbits of trivia etc. Quite nice. They were (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Racing towards oblivion
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(...) Agreed. No walls. But there should be a line that the robots can follow so they go reasonably straight. Even the best robots will wander a little if you don't give some sort of clue as to where they should be going. I suggest that the finish (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I finally got off my lazy back-side and finally got my hands "dirty" with my mindstorm collection... :) I put together a simple design for rtl 10.1 (assuming it is next weekend). Are the prospective "testers" going to get private e-mails??? I will (...) (23 years ago, 3-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@rogers.com> wrote in message news:3C80E237.29D259...ers.com... (...) NO! No walls. :) Okay. 3 tables of very close heightnessey. Duct tape across the seams (or some coloured tape with equiv. light sensor values. Oh no! My phone (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Preventative maintenance, right :) Calum (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) this is a nice idea, BUT the library is only so long. and... we would have to find a smooth flat surface for that entire distance. at best it might be 3 tables with a bit of tape to join the seams. would you recommend walls along the sides?? (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"David Schilling" <davidNO@SPAMsunteleia.com> wrote in message news:GsBy09.A1H@lugnet.com... (...) 20 (...) actually (...) David, I agree with you completly! I love the idea of having a long runway with very short stoping zone followed by a cliff. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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While perusing the ol’ rtlToronto site I garnered through the images of the *day. ~And saw some really funny stuff! (URL)This is how I always like to start an rtlToronto event. (...) O.k. this really made me laugh out loud!!! =) Even though it’s (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Just a note about dragsters, having done them recently in SMART: I would recommend a very long track, and a very short stopping zone. EG: Track: 20 meters, and stopping zone: 20 cm, or perhaps even 10 cm. This definitely wouldn't be a 'night (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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All this talk about Lube, got me to think...... So I decided to do a small experiment. Everyone knows that I am a fan of measuring the speed of my lego motors. i use the official lego speed counter. here is what i did and found: I took a worm to 24 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Matthias, Your points are valid and i could not explain them better. Thank you. This topic has a few grey areas. (...) Yes, Calum I did tell you this. And for the most part it is true. Only one part was so badly worn that I would not use it in THAT (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Rob, I only have one goal in my lego life now. To beat you at a lego contest. NO, Wait. its been done. several times in fact. IIRC several of your entries never even placed in competitions gone past; like block stacking. :) I still love this (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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