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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) Witty banter? In this group? That's a long wait Dave K (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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So, Chris tells me I'm supposed to post this because it comes with more authority if I say it: We now return you to your regularly scheduled robotics. Next major contest is BrickFest 2003: Pipe Racers (August 2003) (URL) after that is rtlToronto14: (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) rtlToronto is in (even before the NMRA show.) Jeff Van Winden (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Koyaanisquatsi sounds so familiar. I had heard about it, or seen something about it, so very long ago... one of those things I am sure that a long time ago I said, "I must see this", then forgot about it. Thank you for reminding me! Iain (who (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The reason I mention Philip Glass is he did the music for KOYAANISQATSI, a movie which also uses a lot of up speeded clips. The repetitive music of Glass (Philip Glass joke: A friend of mine gave me a Philip Glass record. I listened to it for (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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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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(...) 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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