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(...) (Not disagreeing; just playing devil's advocate and collecting data...) Is the topic of sensors (homebrew or otherwise) something that would benefit from a more focused group? Are there discussion threads about sensors which peter-out or get (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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I would personally vote against removing sensor communications from the mainstream. If you do remove it, I think you'll deprive a lot of people from coming up with the imaginative solutions to some of the more challenging sensor problems. I (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That was my case in point...My whole argument revolves around the fact that there are a great many posts dealing with sensors. To support my theory, lugnet.robotics has more posts than any other newsgroup. I thought it made sense. I mean, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I definitely see your point, but I was more focused on "homebrew" and not "I can't quite get this thing to act like I want it to" sensors. Rob (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Since this issue along with the "shouldn't the posting of the Space Shuttle sale at Zainy Brainy be done in another newsgroup" are of interest to me, FWIW, I'll add my $.02. I only see what comes through the robotics email list. If the email topic (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) So what you are saying is sub groups in lugnet.robotics don't get emailed along with the main robotics group? Rob (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) It depends how you're subscribed. If you're not subscribed to any of the robotics sub-groups via email, then no, they won't get emailed to you. But if you are, then yes, they will get emailed to you. You can subscribe to each group (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) So, in fact, lugnet.robotics.sensors would indeed help "weed out" unwanted messages by some people...If they wanted to read messages about sensors, then they could just subscribe. It's that easy- Rob (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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This is a "Same with me !!!" kind of msg :> (...) Same with me ! (...) Same with me ! rmemory wrote exactly what I was going to say... ___...___ Marco C. aka McViper (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I guess I vote to keep it together, at this level of daily posts.. If we get like sci.electronics.design then we can worry about it. If we DID make a separate list, I would suggest it be HOMEBREW to cover all user-designed and built Sensors AND (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: sensors (was: Re: New newsgroup lugnet.loc.eu)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:FMt33p.15s@lugnet.com... (...) benefit (...) which (...) sensor (...) this? I'm not sure what a uber-guru is. Heck I don't even know how you got the dot things above the u. I'd rather the sensor (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, assume that lugnet.robotics is a file folder. All subfolders are still "in" that folder. i.e. all posts to, say, lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc still get posted to lugnet.robotics. So if you actually GO to lugnet.com and read the .robotic (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) But that's _not_ how it works. Jasper (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) and (...) And so I thought. hendrix took me by surprise there... That's why I'm going to subscribe to most of lugnet.robotics.* and putting all the incoming msgs into a lugnet-robotics mailboxfolder sorted by subject. I'll do the reply to the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Then why did I find this message on the main lugnet.robotic page? (URL) saw it @ 8:53 a.m. Rob (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, that depends on your newsreader, actually. Rob is indeed correct about what he thought he saw. :) Most newsreaders don't have a feature to coalesce groups in a hierarchy into a single virtual group, but the LUGNET web interface is magic (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Robotics subgroups by mail (was: sensors)
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(...) That's correct. The lego-robotics@crynwr.com list is gatewayed with lugnet.robotics only and does not receive messages posted to any of its subgroups. (...) Well, in that case, I've got Killer News for ya! :) Not only is it feasible, but it's (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd, Now that everyone has been properly schooled of the ins and outs of receiving some or all robotics posts (thank you for teaching everyone), can I have my robotics.sensors? *down on floor begging* (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I would think the support of Michael Gasperi and Brian Stormont would be important here, since this would be moving a certain amount of traffic down to a lower level rather than creating new traffic from scratch (where there is no loss but (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.admin.general)
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I still can't quite understand why it is so important to get sensors out of the standard listing. Aren't robots 33% sensors and 33% actuators and 33% software (rounded to the nearest 33%)? Confused ... JB ----- Original Message ----- From: Todd (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I don't either, unless the subject of sensors is currently suffering from not having its own group/list, which I don't think it is. I just responded to Rob trying to be objective. He doesn't have my support in creating a new group for sensors (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Nope, that statement as a whole is not correct. It's partially correct in that people who subscribe only to the lego-robotics@crynwr.com mailing list would indeed not automatically see a new sensors subgroup of lugnet.robotics, but it's not (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I also fail to see why a seperate group is needed. If a seperate group is made, then all the people from this list that do not suscribe to the subgroup cannot participate in dicussions, unless they go to the website, or use a news reader. This could (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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[I'm replying to an email that Stuart Crenshaw wrote. He said it was OK to quote him here and reply for everyone's benefit. I quoted his reply inline below to fit into the thread.] (...) No, you actually can post to lugnet newsgroups via e-mail (not (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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