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(...) Finding your own balls isn't really as difficult as it sounds -- you just have to know where to look. Most Toys backward R Us stores have a large Nerf selection with a variety of sizes and shapes. They're usually larger than the balls that (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Is there an IR port on the RDS? With that big old LCD, it would be sooooo much better than the RCX if you could actually do real programming on it. -Luis (...) ###...### Profanity is the one language that all programmers understand. -Anonymous (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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HI, I was just wondering what this FLL thing was that you guys were talking about? Thanks in advance. Nicolas Gauthier (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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The MIT Press Bookstore received an initial shipment today of 8 copies of Jonathan Knudsen's book, The Unofficial Guide to LEGO® MINDSTORMS™ Robots: (URL) Press is open until 8:30 pm tonight. There were 3 copies left at last count. If you happen to (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.books, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.announce)
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| | What is FLL? (was: Re: Need Balls!)
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(...) It's a double acronym: FLL stands for "FIRST LEGO League" and FIRST stands for "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology." (2 URLs) if you're attending MindFest™ this coming weekend, FIRST's founder, Dean Kamen, will be part (...) (26 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events)
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Thanks. It did work with Internet Explorer. It should be fixed now though. If anyone else has problems, please let me know. The website again is: (URL) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Didn't the FLL organizers foresee the need for balls? Have you guys considered using ping pong balls instead? Very close in size to the original robo sport balls I would think. Uniform and easily obtainable. Somewhat heavier I think. <ICS> (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Excellent spider model Doug. <ICS> (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: NELUG at Mindfest update (Good News on our Table Space!!)
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Hello Eric... Expect to be VERY busy. I speak from experience. I just showed off my LEGO collection at Calgary's Woodworking & Hobby show on Canada's Thanksgiving weekend. Show attendance was 8 to 10,000, and I swear everyone stopped by to play with (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You get 5 balls with the FLL extension set, but the contest uses up to 30 per team, and we are trying to simulate a contest. Of particular interest is whether the bins will get full and start overflowing. The balls are about 1.5 inches in (...) (26 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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