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(...) Yeah, I'm waiting for "MENSA for Dummies." BEN (FUT OT.fun) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) A friend of mine was asked to write Chaos for Dummies[1]. He declined[2]. :-) Cheers, Ben. [1] No, really! [2] I wonder if he'd've taken a less dim view of it if they'd called it "Dynamical Systems for Dummies"? -- (URL) is no limit to what a (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I had to laugh out loud at Ralph's description: "Mindstorms for Dummies really does live up to its name." Not likely, but does anyone remember seeing a cartoon called The Ultimate Video Game? Just a single panel, showing an arcade game with a rifle (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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I just got my complimentary copy of Mindstorms for Dummies and its worth every penny! (They had requested permission to put pbForth on the CD) Now, I may be somewhat biased towards the Extreme Mindstorms book that I helped write, but Mindstorms for (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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am 22.01.2001 15:36 Uhr schrieb Ram Meenakshisundaram unter rmeenaks@olf.com: (...) Hi Ram, please have a look into the data sheets. Then you would say "... the GP2D02 is a very powerful sensor .... but the GP2D12 is better than the GP2D02 for using (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Hi, I was searching a web page which gives an overview about all the sharp distance sensors. I 've found it. I 'm sure that some of yours will read it. (URL) 22.01.2001 15:36 Uhr schrieb Ram Meenakshisundaram unter rmeenaks@olf.com: (...) Hi Ram, (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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from my experience it really depends on the application, if you are working on a walker it usually takes a minimum of 1:12 for most of mine, but i don't know waht you are doing. mike "rubbing the weekend out of his eyes" fusion (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics)
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Hi, Sorry about that I meant the GP2D12 not GP2D02. The subject line threw me off as the original post was about the D02 not D12... Ram (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) The GP2D02 is a very powerful sensor for a robot. Getting it to work will really be great. I think the best bet is to use a 9V battery box for this instead of using a precious output port... Ram (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) We all suffer from the same problem, Mario, we work with the tools we know! (...) <snip> Thanks Mario. This kind of praise is hard to come by, especially from someone who really knows how to tinker! I have been pretty slack about updatingthe (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.pbforth)
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