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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:Gwp98y.FsA@lugnet.com... (...) Neat, sounds good :) I'm off August 21-27 playing tourist in my own backyard with a friend of mine who's coming up from Virginia. (...) "I would love for you (...) (23 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Benjamin Medinets" <bmedinets@excite.com> wrote in message news:GwpyB7.A6E@lugnet.com... (...) (C'mon everybody) - "HOWDY BEN!" :) (...) another (...) I like how you seemingly work to support your "habit". ;) (...) I'm not! I'm not! I feel guilty (...) (23 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Howdy...... I just got back from training at Fort Drum, NY (AKA Watertown, NY) which is approx. an hour away from the Canadian Border (Thousand Islands, Kingston area) To make it Lego related, I didn't do too much there....just do my job as a (...) (23 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi folks, Does anyone have a problem with August 17th, 2002 as the date for rtlToronto11: A Brick Too Far? If not, we're off to get that date at the Library. Speak now or forever hold your (Lego) piece :) Calum (23 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Jerry Kalpin" <jdkalpin@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:GwnCsB.3IC@lugnet.com... (...) sure (...) Cool! My favourite kind of automation is where there are pallets or interlocking carousels. It's a concept that really fascinates me. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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"David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message news:GwMCE3.Er3@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks everyone for all your coments :) Iain (23 years ago, 25-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GwnpMG.51x@lugnet.com... (...) less (...) So hey Calum, Bill Nye is better than Beakman. ::tongue:: Iain (23 years ago, 25-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Just realized it tonight-Channel 44 (Rogers) Comedy Network is running BattleBots Season 4-first episode was tonight. So far there seems to be no irritating comedian brothers, no Bill Nye, less boring graphics and useless stats but more fighting (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Iain, I have to add my congratulations for this project! I have worked on many real-world carousel assembly machines, including one that assembles 35mm film casettes and one for firearm cartridges. You sure have captured the appearance of a (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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Inspiring model. The excellent movie provides an effective internet medium to present such a fascinating moving model. Keep up the good work. (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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Really great construction, very cool movie (but with one colored marble the cycle would have been easier to follow...) ...and you built that in only 3 1/2 h ???? I still have to improve a lot my building skills :p Philo www.philohome.com (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Oh My Goodness!! Was that ever fun to watch! You never cease to inspire me--the Delta 'bot at the last competitoin was beautiful to watch, and so is this! Iain, Keep up the great work! Dave (23 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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Wow that is so cool. Turned on repeat and watched the video for like 20 minutes. Derek (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) after he posted it. (...) Peach handles load well--all today it really didn't break much of a sweat, load averages were relatively low, at least while I was on it during the afternoon. Once in a while I run analog against the Peachy server (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hey, check it out... search for "rtlToronto" on this page: (URL) how did Peach handle the Slashdoting?? It would be neat to see it's access logs. Mario (23 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Whoa! Great piece of work, Iain. Nobody does this better than you. You are the marble king! The movie shows a very smooth operation. I don't see any "flying marbles". Very well engineered and fun to watch. BTW your presentation is very professional. (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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(URL) was tonight's project. My first marble project in a long time! Includes a video, and lots of pictures. Enjoy! Iain (23 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Iain, (1) From what I can remember, this term dates back to 1936. In 1936 a HUGE fire broke out in a waterfront pulp and paper warehouse. Three people lost there lives. Reports in the local paper at the time (the Torontonian) say that the (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Is "Big Smoke" a nickname for Toronto? If so, where did it come from? Iain (23 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) One of the few things I know about the Big Smoke is Yonge Street. I was nowhere near that one. The Winners I was at is across from I think is Dufferin Grove Park. It's a quick walk from Landsdowne and College (where my girlfriend lives). The (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It's actually on College (at Yonge). You mean you were a block from my place and you didn't drop by? Shame! SHAME! (...) Unless they've been snapped up already, there are a pair of big 6199 Hydro Crystallization Stations there, but off in a (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I was at Winners at the Dufferin Mall (the one a block above College, I think--Dave, the Torontonian, knows not the Big Smoke...) Anyway, at Winners there were lotsa LEGO sets, can't remember all the numbers, but there were a few big Arctic sets for (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi folks, I have two questions about the Brickfest Robotics events: a) Is anyone interested in putting something togeher for any of the three competitions being held? Crevasse Crosser is pretty close to rtlToronto11 in terms of hardware and might be (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The tipping game (apparently called the Tiltilator) was used in a MIT Mechanical Engineering course called 2.007 (sort of like the 6.270 course that spawned the Miniboard and eventually the Mindstorms product). The game has this scale like (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GwHnJo.MM6@lugnet.com... (...) submarines (...) What is the tipping game?! Iain (23 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Bah. You're asking rtlToronto. The answer is as obvious as the Friends season finale or a rerun of Junkyard Wars :) Thanks for the tip-I missed the robot soccer section, but saw the submarines and the tipping game. I think the tipping game is (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Sorry for the late posting... I just noticed in TV Guide that WNED (the PBS station in Buffalo) is running an episode at 8:00 PM tonight about recent advances in robotics. With my VCR on the fritz, I don't know if I should watch this or the Toronto (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Some generation stations can double as enrichment plants pretty easily, Iain. Scientific American had a pretty good article on that in the last year or so, in the light of the India vs. Pakistan arms race. (...) I've tried making cooling (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks! Mario really did all the hard work. (...) You could. In fact, it would be a ProjectX but using tiles that had patterns. I've always thought we needed a relatively creative/artistic challenge for rtlToronto-like a spirograph bot, or the (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GwCGsn.B14@lugnet.com... (...) etc...) (...) complete: (...) I just had a neat idea. (URL) the horrid, yet putrid art which is displayed. What about doing a RCX-controlled mosiac, that (...) (23 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GwCM9x.Jos@lugnet.com... (...) Group) My mom seemed to get mad when we were grocery shopping last night, and she said that they didnt have the kind of apple she normally gets, and I said (...) (23 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, if you're counting that, I got to see the Slowpoke at the University of Toronto several times...There used to be this box which said something to effect of "If this box makes a noise call 416/978-xxxx" around that room in Haultain which (...) (23 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Here's a project Mario and I worked on post ProjectX. (Now, truly, both xEmployees) Most of the time we joke about the hundreds of started but never finished projects we've attempted (DCC, CallPilot MP3 player, etc...) and so far only ProjectX and (...) (23 years ago, 19-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GwBGAK.Avy@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) LOL! Actually, I've toured... I think at least 4 reactors. Too bad that's a practice I can no longer enjoy. Bruce Nuclear and Cook Nuclear (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, that would be your problem then, yup. Megablocks aren't made out of ABS. :) James (23 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Told you it wasn't the well water in Innerkip, Chris... :) That was seriously cool though. I wanted to be up in Kincardine at Bruce B in New Years in 1999. I figured it there was a place to die on Y2K, it'd be right at the source... Calum (23 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You know what really bothered me? On CNN they were talking about some nuclear warfare nonsense. But what bothered me is that while the comentator was saying their bit, they were showing overhead shots of NUCLEAR GENERATION STATIONS. Sigh. Iain (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Or that the power plant on it (which burns Megablocks, of course) doesn't have proper ABS scrubbers installed. Jeff E (23 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ;) . (23 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) AMEN!! :) -Anthony (23 years ago, 17-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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