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"Steve Hassenplug" <steve@teamhassenplug.org> wrote in message news:IuHnxL.1t03@lugnet.com... (...) Well, in that case you can call them in for a personal interview (in this case, e-mail them and ask for a more detailed explanation of their (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:IuHoup.229C@lugnet.com... (...) No, I'm not thinking that they've completely tossed out the list. But I am thinking that my, already very small chance, just got a whole lot smaller. (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I have a schematic somewhere, so I'll add that to a page and write up some other info to the website when I get a chance (which will probably not be for a few days). (...) That's a very good point. (I've always designed for sunlight, where (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Kevin, you are absolute right! LEGO you have exactly the following time quantums (I listed several for convience) to deliver those MDP NXT sets! 17 days 415 hours 24901 minutes 1494113 seconds (URL) in, breath out, wax on, wax off... -aps (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Alexander, I nominate you as our official counter downer..... tomorrow will only be 17 days (two weeks+three days, that is 408 hours). Are you gonna burst?!?!?! Kev (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks Kevin! Hey, worst case scenario, I wait till the Fall. I actually now feel better cause I have filtered any emails with the words LEGO or NXT in them! Btw, according to the original MDP page, it claimed that all MDP participants would (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Alexander, Keep breathing.... in through the nose, out through the mouth..... in through the nose, out through the mouth.... LOL! 18 days until the end of February... Keep up the excitement! Kev (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) And today, I got an email from LEGO Shop! But it was a normal advertisement...ahhhhhhh! :)! -aps (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Allan, You seem to be assuming that LEGO tossed out the applicant list and pciked whomever they wanted. Why do you think that? I hate to say it, but it is obvious that reputation matters. Look at the original four MUPs. They have fantastic (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Nothing more? But, your list still has 300 names on it. You can compare it to the lottery, but wouldn't it be better to compare it to applying for a job? (as a developer?) Steve (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Calculation time is very short -regarded the H8 limits- On the video and the program diagram you can conclude that the robot turns about every 2 seconds. Deduce the 0.8 sec pause and you have something around 1.2 seconds for a (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Wow, why do I think this has the potential for extreme pain? In any case, I'm very interested in anything you can provide for the rest of us. You've done some really nice work, that the rest of us would now like to copy :-). (...) That's (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Steve Hassenplug" <steve@teamhassenplug.org> wrote in message news:IuH5uw.1GI2@lugnet.com... (...) I would have made a list of the requirements of those who I wanted to be part of the project, then I would have cross-reference this list with the (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This would not be difficult - if you scroll down to the bottom schematic, it is colour-coded into sections according to function, with the last third of the circuit being all that you need to make a switch to activate and run the RCX from some (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Ultimate ROBOLAB is an extension to normal ROBOLAB to produce our own stand-alone firmware. (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hey that's pretty amazing for the standard RCX firmware. I guess calculation time doesn't really matter though. I'm a graduate EE taking estimation theory this semester so I'll keep this close to my heart. :-p I can't wait to try 2 mics on the (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I wouldn't think of that list as people who "happen to be part of a particular newsgroup". You should see it as people recommended based on their potential to meet LEGO's goals for the MDP. Who (outside of LEGO) better understands these goals (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It's totally possible, there's someone out there that builds much better robots than I do, and would have been a much better MUP than I am, but they've never posted anything on the internet. However, because I'm part of a particular newsgroup, (...) (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) A robot that follows Kelly Clarkson around! Now that's the kind of computing that I can really get into. Thomas (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) This morning, I had like 40 spam messages and I actually found myself skimming through them...ouch... -aps (19 years ago, 10-Feb-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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