 | | September 18th 2004 SMART Meeting Notes
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Our annual BrickHeap Wars competition this year was not as strongly attended as previous years, but the people who did attend had a ton of fun. The challenge given at the start of the meeting was to build a robot that would track a line and be able (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 18th 2004 SMART Meeting
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(...) So far I've received notes from two people that they'll be bringing laptops. Is there anyone else? Ideally we need four. Also, a small change of location: we will be meeting in the Galileo room instead of the cafeteria. It's a much nicer and (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | RIS 2.0 $109.99 at Fry's - ONE ONLY
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There is a RIS 2.0 for $109.99 at Fry's. There is ONE ONLY. It is mis-marked. They honor mis-marked prices. Always pick through the pile when shopping at Fry's. They often mis-mark prices. Hmmmm......maybe it's intentional. (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 18th 2004 SMART Meeting
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It's only a few days until the next SMART meeting. We are planning on doing a BrickHeap Wars, but I still haven't had a single response from anyone indicating that they'd bring their laptop. The game won't work without enough computers. If you are (...) (20 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: September 18th 2004 SMART Meeting
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(...) There's a bit under two weeks until the next SMART meeting. The meeting will be a BrickHeap Wars, where people get into teams to build robots to accomplish a challenge given at the start of the meeting using a heap of bricks that has been (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: What is the mini challenge for Sept. 18 meeting?
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(...) Nick: If you would like to build some robots before the SMART meeting, I recommend coming up with something that would make a good display robot. Something you can show at Robothon or NWBrickCon. Additionally, there will eventually be another (...) (20 years ago, 1-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | September 18th 2004 SMART Meeting
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In order to allow people to participate in (or at least attend) Robothon, the next SMART meeting will be on September 18th. This month instead of a mini-challenge, we'll have a BrickHeap Wars. This is a time-restricted team robot building exercise. (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | What is the mini challenge for Sept. 18 meeting?
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Hi David What is the mini challenge for the Sept. 18 meeting? Looking forward to building/programming the next mini challenge. Also looking forward to the next meeting. Thanks Nick (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | NWBrickCon™ 2004 Costume Ball
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(URL) Ladies and Gentlemen of LUGNET, Whether you are attending NWBrickcon™ 2004 or not, you are cordially invited to the sig-fig costume ball! The event will be held in the grand mini-fig ballroom at NWBrickcon™. Bring or send your mini-fig avatar (...) (20 years ago, 25-Aug-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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| | NWBrickCon™ 2004 Haunted Mansion Module Contest!
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NWBrickCon™ 2004 CONTEST!! In support of this year's NWBrickCon™ ocurring on Halloween, we are going to have a contest. Using the techniqes of Moonbase and Castle, we are going to build a modular Haunted Mansion. Each module will represent one room (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-04, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, FTX) !!
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| | Calling All Presenters - Help Make NWBrickCon™ 2004 Great!!
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Call for Presentations at NWBrickCon™ 2004 Some of the many activities at NWBrickCon™ 2004 will be opportunities to share your knowledge and experiences, and to learn from each other. So, we would like to open an invitation to all individuals, (...) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, FTX) !!
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| | The Vancouver LEGO club at Science World in Vancouver, BC
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Hello Fellow brick fetishists! There is a very good chance that the Vancouver Lego Club will be exhibiting its talents at Science World ( (URL) ) in the spring of 2005. We are very keen on involving some of the surrounding area groups, if they would (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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| | NWBrickCon Is Coming Soon
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It is my pleasure to announce NWBrickCon 2004. This fan-based event will be held Halloween weekend (October 29-31, 2004) in the Great Northwest (Seattle area). This amazing event will be three days of : Fellowship - Meet with other AFOLs from (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: July 31st 2004 SMART Meeting
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(...) Hi everyone! I've been out of town myself, so I know a lot of people are traveling. I hope that I'll still see most of you at the meeting this Saturday, though. Afterwards we'll head over to Red Robin for dinner for whoever would like to come. (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: July 31st 2004 SMART Meeting
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(...) David asked me to post a message reminding folks about the meeting next Saturday. The meeting should start at the normal time of 2:00. I'm not sure about the classes, but I think the plan was to do the classes at every meeting for a while, so (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: July 31st 2004 SMART Meeting
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(...) Hi David Will the meeting be at 2:00 PM again? Are you going to give an NQC class again? Your last one was very interesting and informative. Gus's group programming exercise was fun too. Thanks, Mike (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | July 31st 2004 SMART Meeting
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The next SMART meeting will be on July 31st, at DigiPen. We'll be doing "Milkman" as our minichallenge -- a looped track of 3/4" black line with markers (2" long pieces put across the line) to mark locations to drop off a milk bottle (a stack of (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 22nd 2004 SMART Meeting Notes
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(...) Thanks David We thought we would put some black tape down and test our robots. Thanks for decribing the kinds of turns to negotiate. My son has already built a line tracker that "picks up the empty milk bottles", I'm trying to get him to build (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 22nd 2004 SMART Meeting Notes
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(...) Like all mini-challenges, this is pretty much up to you. I'll bring a surface with a line on it, but you may also bring your own. The point of the challenge is to see if you can get a robot to do it, to find what interesting solutions people (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: May 22nd 2004 SMART Meeting Notes
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Hi David I have a question about the "Milk Man" challenge for the July 31 S.M.A.R.T. meeting. What is the minimum radius of the line's turns? Thanks Mike (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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