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(...) I am 100% thinking along the same line. At first I thought of simply stopping the ball lift and immediately raising the bridge, letting balls along the slope drain backward into a hopper, but after watching the bridge raise and lower, I doubt (...) (19 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: Hartford Hosts England's Loudest Band
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(...) More pics of the show can be found (URL) here> at the NELUG Media Gallery. -Elroy (19 years ago, 6-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX)
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| | February BayLUG Meeting
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Bay Area LEGO Users Group meeting Saturday, February 17, 2007 Fremont Main Library, Fukaya Room Fremont, CA (Note: Originally this was listed as a Train Club meeting. We changed our mind and have decided to make it a general LEGO users group (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | February BayLUG Meeting
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Bay Area LEGO Users Group meeting Saturday, February 17, 2007 Fremont Main Library, Fukaya Room Fremont, CA (Note: Originally this was listed as a Train Club meeting. We changed our mind and have decided to make it a general LEGO users group (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: NCLUG Show / LEGOPalooza at Morehead Planatarium in Chapel Hill
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(...) A bunch snipped (...) Mike, Thanks! I posted in part out of fun and part out of annoyance. Had I been in the area I would have definitely dropped by. Hey, a planetarium and a LEGO event, my two favorite loves in one. I would have been there. (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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On the other hand, why would the bridge need to carry balls at all? Just put the bridge on the section of track that separates the reliable modules from the unreliable modules' loop. But I suppose if the bridge does nothing at all with balls (not (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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(...) Ah, OK. No problem then, I was just worrying for a moment that you'd have to further modify the whole thing. (...) Cool. I have an additional 7.73 kg of AA's if we need them :-) (...) Not sure what you mean here. I was just picturing a (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: RCX controlled GBC train drawbridge
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(...) You'd need a hopper to store balls that arrive while the bridge is raised. You could probably rig a gate/door onto it that is open when the bridge is down and closed when the bridge is up. Or the entire hopper could tilt backwards with the (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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You should add a Stonehenge of the appropriate size. You could make it from some binoculars: [LDrawPart 30162:7] I like the Wookies dangling money from a fishing pole. (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX)
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| | Re: NCLUG Show / LEGOPalooza at Morehead Planatarium in Chapel Hill
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"Todd Thuma" <thumat@gactr.uga.edu> wrote in message news:JCzx3n.AJs@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Better late than never eh? (...) Absolutely. I think it was simple oversight that this didn't happen. People get busy and things get (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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| | Re: ULUG Train Show
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(...) Jeffrey, How is the new crane coming along? Have you been able to figure out the physics yet? (...) Yes, we do. (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.ulug, FTX)
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| | Hartford Hosts England's Loudest Band
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(URL) NELUG> was proud to rock Hartford at the Great Train Expo this weekend. We truly turned it up to eleven. (URL) Spïnal Tap was (URL), eagerly cheered on by a horde of Vikings and a bunch of bodacious babes (some of royal blood). Throw in one (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
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| | Re: NCLUG Show / LEGOPalooza at Morehead Planatarium in Chapel Hill
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(...) I am a little confused on the tense used in the above paragraph. Since the event happened on the 3rd and 4th and the post was made on the 3rd (same month) should the tense have been past tense? Instead, the tense implied the event was (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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| | Re: NCLUG Show / LEGOPalooza at Morehead Planatarium in Chapel Hill
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(...) I am a little confused on the tense used in the above paragraph. Since the event happened on the 3rd and 4th and the post was made on the 3rd (same month) should the tense have been past tense? Instead, the tense implied the event was (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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| | FLL at Science Central
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This weekend, I was working on a FLL robot for the Science Central event in a couple weeks. That went well. It's not 100% reliable, because it's hard telling how many atoms are coming off the table, and sometimes the stain-resistant fabric just (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Event Report: LEGOPalooza, Morrhead Plaetarium, Chapel Hill, NC
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Hi all, as announced previously, NCLUG was the host of LEGOPalooza this weekend at Morehead Planetarium. This year, the event was expanded to 2 days, and was earlier in the year compared to previous paloozas. This time, we had a Star Wars display (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: RCX controlled GBC train drawbridge
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(...) Not yet... No train. In fact, all the train track is borrowed from Steve H and Steve's Mom. I've got track on order, but nothing else. Someday maybe I'll buy a train ;) (...) Actually factored that in. At the bottom it is 10-wide, but the top (...) (19 years ago, 5-Feb-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Re: RCX controlled GBC train drawbridge
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(...) Very slick-looking John. It seems odd that one of the neatest attractions in the GBC may be only tangentially related to soccer balls, but that is a very nice design. I especially like the electrical cutouts at both ends. I have to ask, have (...) (19 years ago, 4-Feb-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | RCX controlled GBC train drawbridge
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I suppose this doesn't have to really be for the GBC only, but that was why I decided to build it. I've been playing with this idea since Brickfest '06 when Steve Hassenplug suggested a way to go in & out of the GBC area without crawling under the (...) (19 years ago, 3-Feb-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Michiana-LUG Meeting / Sorting Party - Saturday, March 10, 2007
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To All, We've a special meeting planned! The first meeting at our club President's new home. We also plan to have a sorting party going on during this meeting. Here are the details: When: Saturday, March 10, 2007 Time: 12:00AM EST / 1:00PM EST - ? (...) (19 years ago, 3-Feb-07, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.announce)
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