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(...) I received a private e-mail from Michael Barrett Andersen with some information about the source of this clip. It is (the opening sequence from?) an old Danish movie from 1979, (URL) This clip was apparently taken from the German dub of the (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I should show this video to people who think LEGO robotics has no practical applications. It certainly does, especially if you need to rob a place. (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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Bah! I was simply too lazy to look it up myself. :D (And Peeron has been loading pages very slowly for me lately.) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Like A Rock Crawler Hauler
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We've been playing around with Rock Crawlers for a while, so I finally put up a web page with a bunch of pictures and descriptions on it. (URL) addition to my Rock Crawler (and a link to John's trucks), about half way down the page, there are (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.laflrc)
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| | Sensor Input Site URL Changed
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Hello; As many of you know I've kept a website for information on homebrew LEGO Mindstorms Sensors since the beginning of time: www.plazaearth.com/u...i/lego.htm . Unfortunately I had to change the host and lost the URL. Here is the new URL for the (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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Maybe this has been posted before, (couldn't find it here) but this is a pretty cool little video anyway. Staged for TV, no doubt, but a great little mechanism here... (URL) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) For the ball used in the video: Go to www.peeron.com Type "golden egg" (from the description) into the search box, click [Search] Find nothing, so reduce that to "egg", click [Search] Skim the results for matching parts that mention metal. (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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"steve" <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:45B05D2F.705@ai...ail.net... (...) One thing I have noticed is that if I post to this newsgroup I will get some weird mail delivery failure notice from some blog or RSS feed. Even though I (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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I've noticed that whenever I email this list, I get a bunch of strange messages back from the Amazon.com support line or something. It sounds like someone managed to subscribe amazon.com's autoresponder to the mailing list! Could someone who (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Er, yeah, um, hehe, I meant to say What set has a steel ball? I'm not dumb, I swear! (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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(...) I think it's a magnetic "ball-separator" - not a "magnetic-ball" separator. :-) I have a bunch of steel ball-bearings in my Lego storage system - so they must be used in one set or another - I have no idea which ones though. There are also (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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What set has a magnetic ball? (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Excellent! That looks like a really great addition to any GBC: for one thing, I've often wondered how long it takes to complete "one lap", and you really need a long average (as some modules recycle balls, etc.) I hope it's OK with you if I (...) (18 years ago, 19-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) When you do that, I recommend you not only test the 9 "on-brick" programming options on the page, but also the 18 "off-brick" programming tools, even if they're not allowed in FLL. :) Woops, guess I shouldn't have told you how many there are. (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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We seem to be avoiding the real issue here. This free exchange of hard gained knowledge has got to stop. Haven't you guys ever heard of the computer preisthood? What is the rationale for spending hours searching for alternative programming tools, (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: [steve@teamhassenplug.org: Re: Apology]
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(...) Hmm. I'm not sure who you're upset about here, but I think this was a heart-felt effort on the part of two people to apologize for slights, real or imagined, that occured in a public forum. In other words, they both seem to be behaving in a (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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Ted, I'm not totally sure what you're saying, or why you felt the need to put my e-mail address in the subject line, but I believe the discussion is pretty much resolved. The page that's available: (URL) is pretty complete, and pretty informative. (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | [steve@teamhassenplug.org: Re: Apology]
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This isn't Russia, dude. Your page is good and useful. If someone else wants to put up a better page, then they should get off of their fat "MCPs" and do it instead of critisizing your work. If they can do a better job, then fine. You have no need (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) John, Thank you very much. I think this is not only appreciated by me, but also by the community. Nobody comes here because they want to start a fight, or watch a fight. We come here to play & forget the stress of everyday life. This goes a (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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I would like to extend my sincere apologies to Steve H for posting a software comparison page similar to his and announcing it here. I would also like to apologize to Ralph H for messing up his thread by mentioning the page there. It was wrong for (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jan-07, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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