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(...) Listen, sonny, back in the day, machines had node names, because they were expensive boxen like Suns, not some generic made down the street boxes attached to some wussy residential network that doled out temporary DHCP addresses. No, machines (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Congratulations! Sounds interesting... Jus' how much is the employee discount!!! :-p -R (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Its really simple: Always make sure that there is at least a 10ms delay before the slave tries to respond to the master. I stuck in delays of 20ms before every reply, and it worked like a charm! I also made sure I wasn't sending messages from (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno writes: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) If you ever want something done right, you have to do it yourself. So now we have a nice domain name. (it's not as free as sparky.i989.net, but you can't win 'em all ;) ) (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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OK, I asked Calum to post this but..... Before last night, If you ever wanted to tell people about our little group, and felt they might want to see the official RTLToronto web page you had to remember this ungainly address. (URL) "www" peach.mie. (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I was browsing the now pretty meager stock of Lego at one Niagara-based Zellers. Last time I was there, around 2 weeks ago, just before the start of the BOGO 50% off sale, they had a whole pallet of those Star Wars 2 packs for $10.00 each. Now there (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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just letting you guys know I recently got hired on at TRU as a part-time stocker. Looks like fun, and I hope things go well for the christmas season. Anyways, that's all for know... Ben (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Well, it has been a stressful yet wonderful past 2 days. Kate had decided that she wanted to spend some quality "Chris Time" and lets face it who wouldn't?? We choose to go to Capitol City. and the only thing lego related that i can think of is (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Although I have received much support from rtl Toronto, everything is being reduced to clear. Please contact me offlist at statsone@sympatico.ca 3804 Mindstorms 229.00 4107 creator tub 19.00 3800 (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) 4107 makes it even more necessary to have a 3033. I bought only one 4107. It fills some needs, but I feel bad for the parents who wonder where to get the kind of bricks in 3033. The best advice I could give at Target last night was stated (...) (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Welcome Back!!! I hope it wasn't that bad, and that you have the energy for your next trip... that is soon, especially after spending that long. I bet it is fairly "warm" there still. Anyways...great post!! Sounds like fun. Ben (22 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Funny, that's the big reason I'm anxious to get some of these. :) (...) Specifically in and around the London, ON area? I am going to head to one or more Walmarts tomorrow, if there is a good chance of finding these buckets. I'm tired of (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Is this the book that Rob and Jeff E. wrote chapters for? (URL) in fact it is. Helps if you read the whole lugnet message. :-) (URL) I was just confused because syngress website doesn't list Rob or Jeff as authors. :-( Derek (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) What tips did Bruce give you? I'm making my first attempt at a multi-RCX robot for the block-stacking compettition and having a dismal time of it. Do you have any tips on hot to get a roving robot to return to base reliably? That probably (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Just like the subject says... My firefighting robot was a hunk of junk. Then I was able to fix the program with some tips Bruce gave me. Now the RCX's communicate beautifully, and the robot is one smooth machine. I'm not afraid of that second RCX (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(2 URLs) ) This was really nice news to come back to after spending a draining week and a half in Georgia installing automation (going back on Monday for another week or so). Iain (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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My stuffed duck is named Jake. (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I will be purchasing 1x8's for the walls, so I guess the walls will be 7 1/2" tall. Dave K (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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This brings to mind another question - how tall is the surrounding wall? Matthias Jetleb (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Help Demo this weekend at ECRG?
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What times? I'm booked for Saturday, but if Sunday's ok, I could bring the family, set Regina and the kids free for an hour (or two) and demo my block stacker. It would be interesting to see if it can go higher than 14, now that I've discovered that (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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