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(...) Thanks Jeroen, I had fun making it. It was a wee bit of a learning curve for VisualStudio, but I got it. I'll attempt to make the video for the vidcap for Sunday and get it up soon. I looked up Philip Glass--I liked the instrumental music for (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Supposedly I get my keys on Aug 1, so I'll be familiarizing myself and moving into my mew abode starting that Friday. So dinner would be inconvenient for me that weekend. Dave K (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message news:HIEB0J.3qs@lugnet.com... (...) Very nice, David, worth the download! Good music too, suits the movie (altough some Philip Glass would have been nice too). Jeroen (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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Hey folks, Just thinking ahead-rtlToronto Monthly Dinner for August. Will it be August 1st or August 15th, namely before or after BrickFest? I'm for after, but I want to know what you think. Followup. So many things to do before BF: -Edit 2003 Demo (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ya my first try I had a space in the zip file name, because I always seem to forget it about spaces. And I'm not smart enough to stop using them. :-) But it still didn't work after I corrected that. I'm on my way home, so I'll try it again (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(URL) download the video to your own system--do not try 'streaming' the video from my webserver--it's only an old EN6300 and it canna handle the pressure... Anyway, some brief info--I had the Vision Command camera built into a tower on the layout (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ok, if you see the empty folder at the end, then it is not a timeout problem. It sounds like the files you uploaded are being deleted because the have invalid characters in the filename, or they have spaces in the filename. KL (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: robot train banter was (boring) Re: RTLToronto NMRA pictures
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(...) It seems to happen on its own. (URL) Iain (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hmm, maybe, I tried Mozilla and IE. I'm using a cable modem, I forget what the upload speed restriction is, but it's reasonably fast. I watched the little scroll bar at the bottom and it progressed normally, then eventually the page switched (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh, you mean those "real" robotics competitions where they glue random walkman bits into "BEAM" robots? The ones with retarded homeschooled kids and their wacky fundamentalist parents? Sure. I'll let them think whatever they want. Calum PS-I (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: <snip> (...) LAUGH!! Calumball to the extreme!!!! Oh this is why I love rtlToronto... (URL) "The Yellow Dart" K (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) well, they are just freaks. I went to one of the (ugh) sumo games at OCA and well, umm, it was just sumo. and you know how I feel about that. and some of the other stuff, just not up to rtlToronto robot standards. like the beam stuff, or the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) Hey Steve, are you in the right newsgroup? ;) Love the robots. Love the trains. I'm basically a LEGO junkie--any LEGO'll do. (1) Dave K 1-except pink. I think I *may* have up to 10 (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Maybe you guys should change your name to RTFMToronto! ;) SteveB (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dissin' wooden rollercoasters???? Every summer I looked forward to Crystal Beach and the Comet! Boy those were the days. These new steel sleek'n corkscrewy things had nothing on the bone jarring action of the Comet. And the bar across the lap (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm not really sure who to side with, here. Let me think. First, the train guys say "ours" (LEGO) are not real trains. So, their 3 inch tall, .000001 horsepower monster IS? Oh, wait, it's just a model. It represents a real train. hmm. So, what (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Man, I just love this group -- there is constant smack-talking! Good thing we all know you like each other, or this might get ugly... ;-) The NMRA seems to love Lego train layouts. The GMLTC got the same kind of reaction when we did 'The (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh, that's not what I meant; I was thinking more like, the battle-bots, Mark-Tilden, Micromouse-that-can-...12-seconds types. I think anyone doing industrial robotics thinks what we're doing is cool (if they know about it) - as proof, Steve (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Boy we missed the banter in here... The event organizers loved the layout, the NMRA reps invited us to subsequent shows, and we seemed to always have a pretty large crowd checking out the layout and asking alotta questions. THe grumbling Calum (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) AH, BUT at no point do our games claim to be anything but what they are. the Train heads "claim" to be a real model train layout, but its Lego. (when compared to REAL model train layouts) us cool robot guys have NEVER said that the project x (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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