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(...) And if one needs any object lesson on how little wings matter on a real spacecraft, one need only look at the fastest craft ever created by mankind--Voyager 2. Wow, that's one streamlined space dragster, isn't it? It didn't even come close to (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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<snip> (...) <snip> (...) I'll leave the real world technical discussion to the remainder of the thread but I think it's worth mentioning that you can't criticize the lack of wings in a Star Wars design without recognizing the frame of reference (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Ouch! They'd have a generally tough time of it without knees or elbows too, and without shoulders that can move the arm in front of the body. I suppose they can eat with appropriately long utensils but how do they dress or tie their shoes? (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I've got 3 words for you, buddy: Commodore-64! (...) He-he ;] That was pretty good! KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) [SNIP] (...) Hehe, I think you missed subtle point of my post. If you have been following the thread at all, you too probably busted a gut laughing when you read the "exhausting" statement above... ;] KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Windsor, (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Good catch! Missed that. In my defense, it was in the wee hours of the morning and I had just finished building my copy of Kevin Wilson's schoolhouse kit. An exhausting but impressive build! Man that kit comes with a lot of pieces. ++Lar (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) There's a simpler answer than that - the frame in question is: (URL) original URL got split, then quoted, adding a ">" into the URL between "futuron-" and "timeline.html". If you look at Kyle's original message, the URL is correct -- Tom (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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Yeah, all my nifty little robot dudes are violent, specifically because they have to protect the town, and well yeah, they gotta protect the town from all my other toys, such as Transformers and stuff, so yeah.... my robots kick arse..... and RANDOM (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)
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(...) Not if it's a small ship that can also fly in a planet's atmosphere. Someone else who replyed to this said you can overload the wings with weapons, but if you suddenly get near a planet's gravity, *snap* *snap*, and someones car gets hit by 89 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) Being the geek I am I wondered how many 2x4s that would be. Not having any to hand (or a scientific scale) I looked it up. It's amazing, everything geeky I could think of asking has already been thought, asked and answered. Anyway from (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Fibblesnork is a framed site. You may not be able to get in that deep. Try this one: (URL) click on Futuron. That may not be the exact place Kyle was referencing, though. It DOES show a timeline and shows where Futuron fits in the scheme of (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) Um, because he tried saying it with his toes and it didn't work out? I used to try typing with my toes and it made a big mess. My big toe was too big to work the backspace key right. (...) Because everyone knows that we are all going to be (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Actually, the problem is one of inertia. If you accelerate the ship with more force than the "gripping" force of the antenna, it will pop off. This happens even if there is no atmosphere. Also, minifigs need visors to protect against ultra-violet (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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The Dark Side Developers Kit #9754 comes with four of the 4x4 technics brick-high 'square's. -gyug Lugnet Member 9 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.space)
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(...) Why do you say with your words that ion engines will not be used on the Space Shuttle in 2003, Kyle. What you fail to realize is that ion drives were invented in society long ago. Do not argue with me on this, Kyle, because just last week I (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I've always envisioned an empire as a large, sprawling governmental body that tended to stay put, at least until the natives got restless. It must be stressful to return from a long range deep penetration preemptive "patrol" and find your home (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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(...) ...In the heat of battle, the captain presses the wrong button to engage the maxi*zappo ray gun, and out pops the intergalactic corkscrew and fish scaler. <duck and run> jk (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Not if it's a small ship that can also fly in a planet's atmosphere. Someone else who replyed to this said you can overload the wings with weapons, but if you suddenly get near a planet's gravity, *snap* *snap*, and someones car gets hit by 89 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space)
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its for vaccum and sun. sun is lethal out in space without ozone to protect you from ulkmate sunburn and blindness. gonna need air up there too heh -- And they said 'Computers will never be in general use' "Richard Parsons" (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) THE .Loc.Au Manifesto 1. Australia is the best place on Earth 2. Australia is better that the UK at cricket 3. The sky is blue over Lugnet.town because the catalogue pictures show so. 4. Maps show the world upside down, Australia should be at (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.town, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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