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Hi, yeah... me I just went through such trouble using Java. The RTS should be 'false'. Then by experimenting I found switching the DTR before and after sending to have some positive effect. I trust you adhere to + starting a session with 'Alive' (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.cybermaster, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | RE: Mindstorms for Dummies (off topic)
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Hi Jeffrey! On 22 Jan 2001, Jeffrey Hazen <jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net> wrote in <01C08491.E5EEA300@northmill1>: (...) Last dummy book I had in my hands (at the Frankfurt Book Trade Fair) was: "Sex for Dummies". I couldn't help but ask--I was at the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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If pulling the spring back out does not do the job, try inserting a small piece of soft foam behind the spring contact. -- Bob Fay California, USA rfay@we.mediaone.net (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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My RCX's battery compartment's contacts have lost their springiness, such that if the RCX is jarred it loses power, and the cells will fall out if the RCX is held with the battery compartment down. I suspect a combination of causes: * Leaving the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) Well, in France they are available as 'xyz pour les nuls', and judging from their number they seem to be quite popular. Jürgen (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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(...) The english word dummy is derived from the word dumb which has evolved to mean stupid but originally (and still) means silent or does not speak as in a deaf person that does not speak. The use of the word to mean stupid developed due to the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Rainer Balzerowski <balze2@gmx.net> wrote in message news:G7LDC3.8qD@lugnet.com... (...) Dumb is a little less harsh than stupid, but your translation is pretty good. (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Mindstorms for Dummies (off topic)
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(...) No ! You can get such books in Germany too. I'm not sure of the meaning of "dummies" in american english (more than this puppets used for crash simulations ?) In geman "dumm" means "stupid". -> dummies = stupid persons The same in american (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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Thanks for the info. I'm just getting into Mindstorms, and was thinking about buying it. I think not with the review you gave. Mike Broam (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Interfacing Sharp's GP2D02 Distance Sensor to the RCX
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Ralf, If you don't need great precision, an easier aproach might be my Infra-red Relative Distance Indicator. See the link below. (...) -- Pete Sevcik sevcik@flash.net Techno-stuff Robotics (URL) for FUN ! (25 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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