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(...) Hmmm, The subway system in Paris France has trains that run on tires. I was rather supprised when I saw them. I don't remember exactly how they stayed on the track though. From what I understand the paris subway has several different styles of (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh, I think Steve knows our style real good now :) Seriously, I agree, though I'm less concerned with the RCX (which, after seeing Robert Ziman's bowling pin entry for rtl11) than the breaking of beams and other Technic components. Gears and (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Interesting idea. It reminds me of the airport train in Dallas TX, not really a train, more of a automated bus running on a hotwheels track. It is a rough ride for sure. jt (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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A while back at a rtlToronto dinner a bunch of us were looking through new catalogs when we came across the new Racers sets. I think many in the group had a similar thought but Iain was the first to vocalize it. Wouldn't it be cool to make a train (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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I've put pictures up on brickshelf from rtl12. And I finally got around to putting up pictures of rtl11. I think they have already been moderated. rtl11: (URL) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, I had a great time--even if I was completely incoherent... But there's nothing new with that. The 'bots that were there were inspirational--even Chris's 'bot. I just wish I took more pics... oh well. More than that... who knows. Saturday (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Saturday night, I was asked if I would enter an all-out, unlimited LEGO battle-bot event. During the twenty-nine hours it took me to return home (Nothing bad. Just several stops.) I had a chance to think about this. The answer is 'NO'. I would not (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) So will the central pedestal be distinguishable by color from the edge walls or do the Robots just 'need to know' where they are? (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ...and I uploaded them...they are still haven't been cleared for public view. When they get cleared, here is the folder: (URL) a teaser pic ... "Hey Mister, your... (URL) " (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hey guys, Here's a photo to get you all thinking about the March event, Last Bot Standing: (URL) still for rtlToronto13: Cherry Pie. Two robots enter. One pastry leaves. Mmm. Institutional cherry pie filling. (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It was great to meet up with you again Steve-I really hope you can make it up for rtlToronto13 in March for the next challenge. You've seen how it works now-event and project conception. (...) I really hope Chris didn't scare you off too much, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Gas for the 10 hour trip to Canada (and back): $100 Dinner at Mel's: $26.64 canadian Hotel on the return trip: $95 canadian Meeting a dozen people just like me*: Priceless There are some things that money can't buy. For everything else, there's... (...) (23 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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On the way home, I thought of a robot that was nothing like what anybody had, and could possibly be competitive... and more importantly, something that I could actually engineer and program! So... when are we doing this game again? -Greg (23 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well Calum was acting in his capacity as "game official" and was busy using his "project management skills" elsewhere. (...) Yeah, but I think the rest of us, especially Bruce, had fun saying it. (...) Yeah that was very cool to show up 2 (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Even though Chris' robot was next to useless (well at least he had a robot... pointing fingers mostly at myself), it was really nice. To me, it looked like a stylish miniature snow blower or lawn mower. The front of his 'bot was ok but if he (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) YEP, magnanimous as ever. I cant help but notice that YOUR name is not on that list..... yet you are tossing the biggest stones. Even though my poor, small, yet entertaining and noble robot garnered few points, I still managed to have (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi folks, By traditional rtlToronto scoring, 2 points for a win, 1 each for a tie, and 0 for a loss, the rankings were: 1. Dave Koudys (Stoney Creek, Ontario) 2. Bruce Sheridan (Mississauga, Ontario) Ka-On Lee (Ottawa, Ontario) Trevyn Watson (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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We had a nice turn out of people with robots and "almost" robots. (its ok Greg, it was a nice try you too Jeff W) We even had Calum show up with ..... NOTHING. And we had a few loyal audience members. On an up side THAT PUNK KID did not dare show (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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-snip- Just to add, my dad picked one up for me at Target. He got one of the last two (to bad I wasn't with him, there wouldn't be any left : )) I'll check to see what price they have over there. Just adding. Hasta La Vista, Sean (23 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Fw: blue creator tubs on sale at TRU...
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From: "Benjamin Medinets" snip (...) My clearance price of 19.00+tax still holds. I will be by the library later this afternoon. If interested, contact me offlist or on my cell at 416-358-9972 Angelo snip -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Just a quick update. Thursday night when I went there they had about 9 or 10 or them. I went there Friday night (to buy 2 of them, as I didn't have any, yet), and there were only 3 left (now, as of last night, there is just 1) ;) Talk about (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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its a darned good thing I am one of the organizers of this event, Because if someone ELSE showed up with a robot that does what my beast does..... then I'd have to disqualify it AS UNSAFE. now, instead of programming, I'm trying to find a way to (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) 9 p.m. break to forage for food and to watch an episode of Sports Night Sports Night, being one of the best shows that was ever on in the history of television... so good in fact that someone here decided to buy the entire series on DVD and (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Will do... Ben, who very much enjoys going to Owen Sound on the way to visit the Bruce Penninsula (Wiarton). (23 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Nice--lego = awesome prototype build all these sub-assemblies and make sure they work on their own, then put them together and realize that it does.... not pick up a block... well--letterman, craigers, whatever's on ckvr (hopefully knight (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Lego is the best prototyping system... I can go from a pile of loose bricks and sub assemblies, and in just a matter of hours make a complete pile of ..... CRAP! OK, its not really a block stacker as it is a block flinger. BUT if i rub my lucky (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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This makes me laugh. ha! You want to talk about no rest. Pitty me. When I leave work at 5:00, I'll start by driving 3 hours to see my in-laws. Then, after a quick dinner, and short visit (as short as possible), it's back on the road for the trip to (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) K, live in a little fear--I'm working out in my head a few things here at work, as well, thank goondess, I installed RCXCC, so doing some non-tested programming... Now I go home and see what I can do there. No rest for me... Take care. Dave (23 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh, and highlight the following post on LUGNET (URL) Cheers, Ralph (23 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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K, just for whatever reason, nothing terribly important... Have a boo at this link over at BimP (URL) find the the little blurb about the new Spybotics book written by Canadian resident, Ralph Hempel. If you have a way of viewing PDF files, look at (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi. just posting that I found a real rare and neat set on Ebay. (URL) a 1772, Airport Cargo Loader (Airline Promo) Anyways, just thought I'd post it... Ben (23 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | blue creator tubs on sale at TRU...
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I went to toys r us last night, and noticed they got a shipment of $30.00 tubs in. They are on sale for $19.99... $10 off... They are on sale until Christmas Eve. Just thought I'd post. Thanks, Ben. (23 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Listen, I'm gonna make a token effort and making a blockstacker via Rob's well documented plans tomorrow evening, so don't give up! (...) There's always coding at work. Hell, most of ProjectX was done at work earlier this year. :) Get your (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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So... Ummm... K, here's the thing-- I've done this before! Why oh why can't I get a 'bot to function properly this time? It's thursday, well, friday at 1:45 a.m. and I've just put all the parts 'n pieces together and yet it just won't work. And I (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Don't feel bad about it, because I've never understood how to do the stacking contest. I sat down around rtl7 or whenever we did he first one and it was damned hard in one RCX. I tried, but failed, largely due to complexity and apathy. This (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Don't sweat it.... wait till you see what i cobbled together... (...) OK. ".. Shh, now Greg, this ... is the Quiet time. If you want to, we'll let you play in the Drama/Puppet center. run along now..." :) Chris (23 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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After two weeks of robot building, I have a mighty feeble robot. I'll be bringing it on Saturday, but I don't think I'll be entering. Sigh. I thought this competition wouldn't be that difficult (for me at least!), but it was. I guess I can be like (...) (23 years ago, 8-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] November 9th Confirmed for rtlToronto12: Blockstacking Reloaded
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(...) Thanks for the tip Ka-On I was working off the premise that 1 foot = 1x16 x 2 beams + 1x6 x 1 beam = 38 studsish (remembered that from original sumo competition in Guelph, where the big borg cube was fitted with those beam lengths to hold it (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You sure can... Ah VISA, welcomed where ever Lego Products are sold... (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Unless there is something REALLY odd about your card, yes, you can. However if you plan to make large or unusual purchases you may want to call your security department and let them know... I have run into trouble there in the past when (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] November 9th Confirmed for rtlToronto12: Blockstacking Reloaded
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(...) Just grab a bunch of long plates/beams and build a 57 stud long scale. And remember the robot only got 3 minutes to run around. (23 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Well, I don't have the "No Sleep" problem, YET. However, I don't expect to be able to take Friday off work. That just leaves me with a REALLY long drive on Friday night. Will I be disqualified if I fall asleep on the playing field? I really have no (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] November 9th Confirmed for rtlToronto12: Blockstacking Reloaded
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(...) Don't worry Matthias, We always have kids distributed sporadically around the arena, occasionally leaning on the edges, which sometimes causes the towers to fall over. Most of the time, though, they point at a yellow robot and say, "Hey (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Here's two clips from Brickfest 2002. One is the winning entry, Doug Carlson's crevasse crosser: (URL) second is Rob Stehlik's entry, which was quickly built and sent along with JeffVW: (URL) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | metrostation 4554...
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Hi. just posting that finally was able to obtain a 4554 from Europe for the price of $45 US including shipping (from Germany) I have yet to put it together, but it looks like a very nice set!!! Thanks, Ben (23 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!! we all agreed 18" even at that 18" is HUGE, and you want to show up with a 2' beast. why don't you just make it 4' x 4' and have it sweep the board in 10 seconds... :) we have a rules page..... rule 5 says 1 1/2 feet. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I have 15ish, I'll bring 'em Can we get a ruling on the size of hte 'bot... I'm kinda a little outside the 18 inches... but under 24... (2 feet) Was wondering... is okay? Back to the 'bot... Dave K (23 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I can bring a bunch (25 or so?) - I knew that that $2.00 bag of 2 x 2 black tiles that we got at the lego store in arlington would be needed. Jeff VW Who once again has a working prototype... and is stuck on one problem... (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think we're restricting it to black blocks only. Cripes, now I have to go and find 40 black blocks. Calum (23 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Top Ten Possibities on what the Surprise Can Be!!!
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(...) Speaking of which..... I was at Winners today to buy three 8236's ("Bike Burner" for those, like me, who don't speak numberese) because I need (so far) 13 of the tires for competition and I didn't have enough. Anyway, the first one I found was (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] November 9th Confirmed for rtlToronto12: Blockstacking Reloaded
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(...) Live in fear? Well maybe. If my rover doesn't improve drastically, my stacker isn't going to get enough to eat, and it's a hungry beast. My current record is 14 blocks BTW - and that's on an un-even table. This event has actually convinced me (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: ECRG wrap up and notes
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(...) Hey excellent! Are you going on Saturday? Maybe we can chat on the way down? (147.18 perhaps? Actually onything on 2m or 70cm would be good) Do you frequent any local repeaters otherwise? I'm getting tired of talking to the same old crowd :-) (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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If we have rainbow blocks the light sensor will be useless for block detection. Can we have a more restriction on block colours, like only black and white or only white and yellow? (23 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I will look into possibilities. (...) I do. Someone email me and remind me to charge it up Friday night. I think I still have Mario's 5/16th when I borrowed it from him like a year ago. Calum (23 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Collapses down to 4' x 8' with 4 walls being 1"x6"x8' I'm mentioning this 'cause I have no place for permanent storage for this thing, so when I get it to T.O. on Saturday, it can't come home with me. So this thing needs a kind home, someone who is (...) (23 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Top Ten Possibities on what the Surprise Can Be!!!
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Based on Richards "Questions", I have decided to post a Top Ten list on the possibilities of the surprised based on David Letterman's Top Ten list. Warning: These are all MOST Likely FALSE!! They are intended to be humerous!!! So Enjoy!!! 10. Calum (...) (23 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: ECRG wrap up and notes
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*raises hand and waves it around madly* Me! Me! I'm VE3AIQ. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] November 9th Confirmed for rtlToronto12: Blockstacking Reloaded
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(...) Are you suppose to be the one living in pain with the 18 inch size limit? ;) To make me live in fear you better show some cards. I am in the middle of deciding between a reliable design and a risky design that can stack 4 more blocks. (23 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] November 9th Confirmed for rtlToronto12: Blockstacking Reloaded
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(...) hmm. Live in fear? I'm not even building a complete robot. My teammate is building half, and the pieces won't be assembled for the first time until Saturday morning. But I'm still not bothered... Steve (23 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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<Begin transmission> Good evening, For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Richard… …and I suffer from (CAS) Chronic-Anticipation-Syndrome. Y’see, I'm afflicted with a disorder that causes me to incessantly dwell upon mystery’s and (...) (23 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] November 9th Confirmed for rtlToronto12: Blockstacking Reloaded
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(...) Just a quick note... The arena's done--I was going to take pics of the assembly, but my digital camera was at a thomas the Train Festival in Winona. Oh well... So that'll be sitting in the back of my pickup on Sat Morning... Whether or not (...) (23 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: ECRG wrap up and notes
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:H4qCnx.2vA@lugnet.com... (...) I'm (...) useful (...) SCREAM!! DEATH DEATH DEATH omg that was death (...) is (...) sides, (...) wheels. NM!O!!!...!!! CANT BREATHE (23 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: ECRG wrap up and notes
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(...) Anyone I know? (you don't know their call sign do you?) I've been asking around on various repeaters if anyone is into robotics and I haven't found a fellow ham yet with that interest. Matthias Jetleb VA3-MWJ (23 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | [rtlToronto] November 9th Confirmed for rtlToronto12: Blockstacking Reloaded
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Hi folks, Just a quick note that rtlToronto12 is confirmed with the library for November 9th. 2002: (URL) (23 years ago, 2-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: update - Fw: paypal in Canada
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Or you can do what I do. Open a TD/Canada Trust account Then open a TD/Waterhouse USA TRUE USD IN USA account Connect PayPAl to Waterhouse account Withdraw with NO FEES, get a super exchange rate moving money between Waterhouse and CAnada Trust (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | update - Fw: paypal in Canada
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 From: "Angelo Castellano" snip (...) snip (...) As an update, I just did a transfer from my paypal account ( USD ) to my local bank. Did the transfer Sunday night, and the funds were there this morning. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | the pumpkin is carved
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well, I've removed the brains from the large orange squash..... (ugh) -I Drew a simple pattern on the flattest face -I CUT into the orange beast. I have created a monster. then I removed the seeds boiled 2 cups of seeds in 6 cups of water and a (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl12 Rules
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(...) That's a good question. I'm still working out the plans. Our current plan is to drop off boy #1 with grandma & grandpa on Friday afternoon. Then, continue up to Toronto Friday evening. If anyone has suggestions about a good place to stay... or (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: ECRG wrap up and notes
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(...) Hey, don't worry about it. It would have been a bit of a bust anyways, apart from watching Rob, because of the low attendance. (I kind of feel bad asking Derek out there) The little robots drew good interest, especially from the youngsters (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Stupid project time! While at ECRG Rob mentioned it would be useful to have two tiles that said M and S for Master and Slave so one wouldn't get confused. I first grabbed a pair of black tiles with a really ugly Star Wars orange and white pattern on (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl12 Rules
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(...) Fixed it. Also upgraded the number of blocks (I hope we have that man blocks) to 40 blocks total. Everyone bring their blocks in case. Calum (23 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: rtl12 Rules
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(...) If it has not already been correct it will be soon... Calum and I have decided that a 3 min match is about as long as we want to watch small tracked robots move around a small floor. Can I assume then that you will be joining us in our fair (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | rtl12 Rules
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I have a small rules question. I'm sure this is not important, but the rules page: (URL) a small conflict on it. How long do the matches last? Under "What's the Contest?", it says five minutes, but under "Gameplay" is says three minutes. I don't (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: www.rtltoronto.org
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(...) ummm, this last line just BEGS for me to make a smart a$$ remark. Chris (23 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: ECRG wrap up and notes
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang writes: <snip> (...) I wanted to be there. I didn't get to the Big Smoke until 7 p.m. on Saturday, and Sunday I was in Belleville at a baptism and didn't get back to T.O. until 8 p.m.. Thus the weekend... So (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hey folks, First off, I want to thank everyone for helping or offering to help: attending ECRG (Derek), supplying demo robots (Derek and Dave), just offering support (Dan O'Connell) etc. ECRG, the Eastern Canadian Robot Games was a well attended (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: part time job @ TRU...
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(...) Congratulations! Sounds interesting... Jus' how much is the employee discount!!! :-p -R (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Bruce is the man
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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 (...) (23 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 ;) ) (...) (23 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. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | funny story today @ Zellers...
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | part time job @ TRU...
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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 (23 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | my trip to Capitol City (aka Ottawa)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | clearance
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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 (...) (23 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 (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Yay
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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 (23 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 (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Mindstorms book.
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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 (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Bruce is the man
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Bruce is the man
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Yay
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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 (23 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: I love Jake...
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My stuffed duck is named Jake. (23 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Arena...
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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 (23 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 (23 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 (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Arena...
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The only problem I can see to the tape idea relates to the pushing of blocks, or other objects with sharp edges in other events down the road. Will the edges catch on the tape? Would this tear up the tape and entangle a robot? If it's really really (...) (23 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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(...) Hey Calum, I was planning on making an arena Saturday, should take me a few hours. If I knew exactly when the presentation was, I could potentially get there. Dave K (23 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Help Demo this weekend at ECRG?
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Hey folks, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in coming to the Science Center this weekend to help me give a demonstration of Mindstorms to an amused (or confused) crowd. Benefits would include...I suppose a free trip to the Science (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Chirp....
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(...) ?Better grounded?!? ‘Grounded’ and ‘Chris-the-pyro-guy’ are an oxymoron. ~So… "What ya talkin’ ‘bout Willis!" lol :p --==Richard==-- (23 years ago, 22-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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