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Last reminder about next Saturday's meeting at Digipen. Mini-challenge: bring a robot that can write or draw something. Also, If you're looking for an NXT, but didn't order one online, they are available at Toys R Us, and the LEGO store in Bellevue (...) (18 years ago, 22-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: July 29, 2006 SMART meeting
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(...) Two weeks until our next SMART meeting. As usual, we'll be meeting at DigiPen. The mini-challenge is to build a robot that can write or draw something insteresting. You are perfectly welcome (but by no means under any obligation) to use an NXT (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Got my NXT on Wednesday
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(...) I don't know how accurate the big wired article on NXT was, but it says pretty clearly it is 50/50 adults and kids. "Such loyalty isn't unusual among the fanboys who've swooned over Mindstorms since its 1998 debut. Four years after its (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Got my NXT on Wednesday
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(...) Yeah, well,*I* am. There's already a Logical block that starts getting at this, but bit-wise opertations would be very nice to have sometimes. I agree, if we have arrays they should be arrays of anything (number, boolean, or string), but (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Got my NXT on Wednesday
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(...) A copy of the MyBlock is not stored with the file that uses it. I've had several programs in NXT-G wind up broken because of changes to the MyBlock VIs they used. You definitely need to be very careful with MyBlocks. John Hansen (18 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Program to Manually Run Motors using NXT-Brick's Buttons
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ScreenShot: (2 URLs) pretty self explanatory. It even shows three lines of help when you run it. I'm tempted to alter it to have two speeds. Sometimes the current speed is too fast. -S (18 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Got my NXT on Wednesday
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(...) Well, they already have a boolean data type. If we have arrays, arrays of booleans doesn't seem like much of a stretch. I'm not asking for bit-wise Ands and Ors, Shirts or Rolls here ;). (but isn't something like 50% of their mindstorms (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Got my NXT on Wednesday
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(...) Yep, I agree. It why one of the first things I did was write a MyBlock that would use file memory to hold and manage a 1-d array. Worked quite well, but it was slow, and I'm not sure what the ultimate read-write limits are on the flash memory (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Got my NXT on Wednesday
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(...) All I'm asking for is fixed-size, global, 1-d arrays of numbers. I'd prefer floats or ints, but just ints (32 bit preferrably) would be fine. Arrays of Bits would be handy, too. There are many times when I'd like to make a 2D scan of an areas (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Got my NXT on Wednesday
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(...) Agreed. Although if it had full strong parsing ability, you could use the string variables as arrays. But yeah, I really miss (&, for somethings, need) arrays. Data structures I can do without (or roll my own with arrays). (...) As I'm sure (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | a Google Groups SMART Newsgroup
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I've been trying to get an account on Lugnet for years (literally) and finally got one a couple of weeks ago (after I'd sent them my $10 a couple of months previously). Recently I've been trying to post on newsgroups from my email account and can't, (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Got my NXT on Wednesday
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(I've been trying to post this message since Thursday, but still can't figure out how to do it by sending an email. Here goes trying with a web-post.) I just got my NXT in the mail yesterday. I just thought I'd post some impressions ;). Shipping & (...) (18 years ago, 8-Jul-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | July 29, 2006 SMART meeting
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The next (NXT?) SMART meeting will be July 29th. At the March meeting we already decided on the mini-challenge for this meeting. The vote was for building a robot that could write or draw something. What you have your robot write or draw is up to (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: BrickHeap Wars Space Elevator Challenge Results
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There's a "Space Elevator Blog" that posted a link to our challenge. ((URL) If you're interested in finding out more about the ("real") Space Elevator, you can also read about it here: (URL) David Schilling (18 years ago, 24-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: BrickHeap Wars Space Elevator Challenge Results
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(...) Windows Media Player to view them. I didn't get any errors. (...) Mark said he spent three weekends collecting and counting parts. This was a very impressive part of the whole competition. Mark and David did a fantastic job of both planning (...) (18 years ago, 24-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) David, Sounds like fun, however, I can't view any of the videos. It appears the server won't allow me to save the videos, or even view them directly. I keep getting an error saying "File download was cancelled by user." (...) Personally, I (...) (18 years ago, 23-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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On Saturday we had one of the best, and one of the funnest BrickHeap Wars there's ever been! Besides two SMART teams, seven other teams from around the Seattle area came and participated. There was a team from the Seattle Robotics Society, as well (...) (18 years ago, 23-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: SMART BrickHeap Team Forming
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Team update: My son Lennart won't make it but I have one new member: Alexander Kau. Current team roster: Sean Kenworthy Doug Bell Mark Chow Alexander Kau Gus (18 years ago, 20-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 20th SMART Meeting: BrickHeap Wars!
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I look forward to seeing everyone for BrickHeap Wars tomorrow. We have an excellent challenge for you! Don't forget, the meeting starts at noon. If you haven't signed up for a team yet, you should contract Shane or Gus (see previous messages for (...) (18 years ago, 19-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 20th SMART Meeting: BrickHeap Wars!
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Just one week left till BrickHeap Wars! And there's room for only one more team! Anyone want to step up to be the final team captain? -- David Schilling (18 years ago, 13-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 20th SMART Meeting: BrickHeap Wars!
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(...) As of this morning, two more teams have signed up. I would say that this is the last chance for a third SMART team to be started! Any volunteers? -- David Schilling (18 years ago, 10-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 20th SMART Meeting: BrickHeap Wars!
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It's just over 10 days until BrickHeap Wars! We have 6 teams now, only two of which are SMART teams. Since a team is 4 to 6 people, there are going to be a lot of SMART members who won't be participating unless another team or two is started. There (...) (18 years ago, 9-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: SMART BrickHeap Team Forming
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My team is growing! Current team: Sean Kenworthy Lennart Jansson (if he has time) Doug Bell Mark Chow Anyone else want to join? email me: GustavJ elephant-trunk-a msn dot com Gus (18 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | SMART BrickHeap Team Forming
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I'll captain a SMART team. Current team mates: Sean Kenworthy Lennart Jansson (if he has time) Anyone else want to join? email me: GustavJ elephant-trunk-a msn dot com Gus (18 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 20th SMART Meeting: BrickHeap Wars!
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(...) Shane Brinkman-Davis, (unable to post himself,) has asked me to post for him: he's going to be a team captain for the BrickHeap Wars we're having in two weeks. If you would like to join his team, there are still a few slots available. Please (...) (18 years ago, 5-May-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Pictures of SMART's robot display at Crossroads
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(...) ... (...) combining a Crate Contraption & a GBC. Very cool. Steve (18 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Pictures of SMART's robot display at Crossroads
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(...) Well, the LEGO chain link is pretty weak and flimsy stuff! Great for a static model of a motor cycle, not so great if you want to apply a lot of force. So I've been trying to come up with different ways to make stronger chains. The biggest (...) (18 years ago, 27-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Pictures of SMART's robot display at Crossroads
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(...) Thanks for writing this up and posting the pictures, and the video! Really wonderful stuff. I love how many different ideas people can implement - the screws are nice, but I think my personal favorites (after a *quick* browse - so much there!) (...) (18 years ago, 26-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | May 20th SMART Meeting: BrickHeap Wars!
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With both summer and the NXT launch sneaking up fast on us, we've decided to have a BrickHeap Wars competition again for our next meeting (on May 20th). BrickHeap Wars is a competition where people arrive at the meeting, and get in teams to build (...) (18 years ago, 26-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Pictures of SMART's robot display at Crossroads
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On Saturday SMART put on a terrific robot display at Crossroads Shopping Center! This was a combined Crate Contraption and Great Ball Contraption. There was so much going on that it was hard to take it all in! Trains zipping back and forth, ball (...) (18 years ago, 25-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: SMART display at Crossroads Shopping Center (April 22)
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Just a reminder that tomorrow SMART will be putting on a robot display at Crossroads Shopping Center. Setup will be at 10 AM. Everyone should be there by 11 AM so that we can have all the modules put in the display, which should be running, at the (...) (18 years ago, 21-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | SMART display at Crossroads Shopping Center (April 22)
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In a week and a half SMART will be putting on a robot display at Crossroads Shopping Center. Everyone is welcome to come take a look, but we're especially interested in having people participate! There's going to be a Great Ball Contraption as part (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Programming the RCX
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(...) While I've tinkered a tiny bit with alternate firmwares (legOS and the Swan firmware) I almost exclusively use NQC. Considering the types of robots you're likely to build, there really are few situations where you need more power and speed (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Programming the RCX
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My son and I are new to the group (and to Mindstorms) so I don't know if this has been covered recently... I'd be very interested in learning the pros and cons of different programming options for the RCX. I'm currently using NQC but don't have a (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: March 25, 2006 SMART meeting
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Our next meeting is only a week away. I've been working on a couple of ball modules this weekend. I hope to see many more interesting modules at the meeting that others have been working on! Don't forget, 2pm at Digipen next Saturday. BTW: if anyone (...) (18 years ago, 19-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: SMART T-shirts
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(...) Reminder: if you want a SMART t-shirt, get your orders in as soon as possible. I've only received orders for 5 so far, which would make it prohibitively expensive to move ahead. Send an email with your name, and the number and size(s) of (...) (18 years ago, 14-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | SMART T-shirts
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I've been looking for someone to make SMART t-shirts for a while, and I think I've finally found someone. Besides just a cool memento of our club, it would be nice to have a consistent look for our members at shows that we put on, for instance the (...) (18 years ago, 12-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Crossroads Event on April 22nd, 2006
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On April 22nd, SMART will be displaying an integration of the Crate Contraption with as many Great Ball Contraption modules as we can get our hands on! Originally planned for Easter weekend, we've moved the event to April 22nd because a number of (...) (18 years ago, 11-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | March 25, 2006 SMART meeting
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Unbelievably (well at least to me), the next SMART meeting is only two weeks away! As usual we'll be meeting at Digipen, at 2pm on the last Saturday of the month (the 25th in this case). The mini-challenge is to build one or more Great Ball (...) (18 years ago, 11-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: IMPORTANT: Possible SMART Crossroads Event Rescheduling
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(...) of those at PaB recently, and yet again, now I have a use for them. Sigh... now if I could just do without sleep... (18 years ago, 8-Mar-06, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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