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I have seen comments about the Scout, which seems to be the RCX's little brother. Same size, lesser capabilities. Has anyone had experience with the Micro Scout? This little guy seems like a good companion to the RCX, with its built in motor and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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The Micro Scout's possibilities are somewhat very limited. It has 7 built-in programs, and it can interact with user's behaviour with the light sensor. In these programs the Micro Scout plays some sounds, move forward and backwards, and nothing (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) IMHO, its a waste of plastic. The whole DDK is a big disappointment to me. The Microscout has 7 programs built in that do just about everything you can expect it to do with a single motor and a single light sensor - which is to say, not very (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) me. (...) can (...) to (...) expansion, (...) the (...) more (...) I agree with Dennis in full. The MicroScout is *very* limited, suitable for kids. My 6 and 8 children love it but... (...) get (...) It (...) kinda (...) ...they too are badly (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.robotics, Mario Ferrari writes: [snip] (...) I feel like that famous Roman senator (whose name I have forgotten right now of course", who closed every speach he made with "Cartago dalenda est!" On the other hand, I don't just vent to the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Dennis Clark skrev i meddelandet ... (...) now (...) Marcus Porcius Cato (around 150 BC) "Praeteria censeo Carthaginem esse delendam" -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I simply bought two DDK sets. You have to do that anyway if you want the dome to turn. The blue turntable piece works very well for making the dome turn, by the way. You can also run an axle through the middle to attach the motor that makes (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Uh... guys? Any help for the dead-language-impaired among us? (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Basically, "Carthage must be destroyed." For the language and history impaired, Cato (besides being one of the great speakers in Roman history) had a bit of a Carthage obsession, insisting at the end of every speech, no matter what the topic (food, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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To Dennis, Anders, Luis... boys, I'm really impressed by your knowledge of Latin and Roman history. I thought these kind of studies were limited to classical faculties (outside Italy, were we study Latin in some high schools too). Mario PS Sorry, I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Someone said, "When you stop learning, you start dying", I learned much of my Roman history from a friend's lectures in a group called the Society for Creative Anachronism. I have an entire bookcase filled with books dealing with nothing but (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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