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| Ok, A moral question for the group. I just received (yet) another RCX brick. I ordered it At specturm, they ship mail or UPS, stuff arrives about 2 days later, and they are Canadian, and bill in Canadian dollars, and they sell to the public. Anyway, (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) I don't see it as moral at all - no telling when that little crack may develop into a larger problem, rendering the brick useless. Send it back! ROSCO (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) THe geekiness knowledge of dave comes thru... the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) of any unit that uses one (calculator, rcx, watch, etc...) has two wafers of glass sandwiching the 'liquid crystal'. when an electrical current travels thru the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| Return it!, but then again if I really need it , I'd deal. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| Dave: WOW. I new exactly what the "Ink spot" was but I never knew it was a spreadable thing. Based on your message I am going to return it. :( I was all prepared to make it my "special" brick but if what you say is true: "....is leaking out and (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) i had a calculator with a busted lcd and the spot didnt spread until i started touching the screen. the liquid is b/w the top plastic and the glass so it will spread if pressure is applied, or if the unit is shaken, etc. i'm just saying it (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) It's called the capillary effect. Matthias Jetleb VA3-MWJ (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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