|  |  | [rtlToronto] October Dinner 
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| Hi folks, For lack of a better alternative: Monthly Dinner: Friday, October 20th, 2006. 7PM Swiss Chalet 5487 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario See you guys this Friday. Calum    (19 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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|  |  | Re: Tic Tac Toe Bot 
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| (...) I figured if I got hardware ready I could work on software at any time. I've also got a lot of train building to do, so now I can work on software at times I wouldn't be able to work on Lego building anyway. Although I do have a hardware (...)   (19 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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|  |  | Re: Tic Tac Toe Bot 
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| (...) Way to go! Mine is software complete :) -Rob A>    (19 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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|  |  | Tic Tac Toe Bot 
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| My Tic Tac Toe bot is now hardware complete. With the exception of the marker attachment. Because we haven't decided what marker to use. Derek    (19 years ago, 14-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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|  |  | Re: K, that's it!  We're doing it!! 
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| (...) I started with 3. Then I thought about it, and went 3 to 5. Once you get beyond 5 or 6 pounds (with LEGO) then people are just being excessive. And, I know excessive. (...) Robot with melted clutch gear = not good Terminator-style claw still (...)   (19 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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|  |  | Re: K, that's it!  We're doing it!! 
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| (...) K, I like Steve's idea--I was going for the 24 by 24 with the 18+ battery boxes, but to keep things reasonable, the 12 x 12 is a perfectly good restriction 3-5 pounds? that's tough 'cause I remember building my tug o' war 'bot and trying to (...)   (19 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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|  |  | Re: K, that's it!  We're doing it!! 
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| (...) hmm. Maybe worth a trip to Canada. (...) I'd think there should be at least a couple rules, to keep people (like me) from building robot that are just stupid-big. Something like 12x12 inches and 3 to 5 lbs should be plenty for most. Also, if I (...)   (19 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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|  |  | K, that's it!  We're doing it!! 
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| Pulling a preemptive takeover, I'm running a 'bot competition!! After watching YouTube for a bit-- (URL) seeing what others are passing off as LEGO 'battlebot' things, and since Chris and I have been talking about it for YEARS!!!, I'm running a LEGO (...)   (19 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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|  |  | Re: i know we're all broke 
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| (...) I've seen RIS sets going for a little under retail until relatively lately--now they've seemed to dropped alot. But I've not kept close watch, so there were probably deals to be made even before the NXT Thanks for the info, Brian! Dave K    (19 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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|  |  | [rtlToronto] Dinner cancelled was, Re: Where to have dinner this week? 
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| (...) Well, Chris can't make it, I'm dead tired and I got no responses, so... ...I've decided to postpone dinner a week to next Friday. In the meantime, your suggestions are encouraged. Calum    (19 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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