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(...) Please let your wife know that she has *really* cool tastes in anniversary gifts :). (...) I still like it quite a bit, but it seems among adults I'm a minority (or an aberration... I've been called worse). I agree that the bugs in the IDE in (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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Given the frustrations I've had, I can't agree with the "10/10" ease of use rating that the BotMag comparison ( (URL) ) gave NXT-G. However, it does show that RobotC is, apparently, twice as easy to use as NXJ and NXC; that might be enough for me. (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks. That's why it's there. I can't tell you which one to use, but hopefully you've been able to mark a few off your list. (...) I've been using RobotC, because I'm doing stuff with Bluetooth that's simply not possible with the standard (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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It would seem RobotC and NXJ are about equal for the kinds of things I'm trying to do. Like many developers, I find coding without a full-featured IDE to be a bit painful. (I know this means that I am trading convenience for deep language knowledge, (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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I know... bad form & all replying to my own message, but I thought I'd let everyone know, the rules for both the Robot Triathlon and Trash Wars are up on the Brickworld website www.brickworld.us. You can find them under the Event Info tab under (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events.brickworld)
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There's a couple of descriptions of alternative programming environments on the web that you might want to look at. Check out the following: (URL) or (URL) wrote the second item which was published in Robot magazine. I'm one of the authors of (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I have not read it, but I've heard a lot of good things about it: "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" (available through amazon or barnes & noble, or I'm sure other places, too.) JohnG, GMLTC (a computer programmer by (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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I dont know the specifics but for a start try these: PF Protocol document: (URL) Posts here: (URL) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics.nxt, lugnet.robotics)
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It's been a LONG time since I've posted. I was thrilled when my wife presented me with an NXT for our anniversary, and have really enjoyed its capabilities. We migrated our MindStorms@Work group to use the NXT, and dug into NXT-G (since we already (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Hi Nathan, You mentioned wanting to understand a computer's "inner workings," so you might check out the book "Inside the Machine": (URL) sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but you can read a sample at the website. Thanks, David (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-08, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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