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Ok, I am A computing person not a cival enginer but here are my comments (...) Additonaly thier is the fact that in many cases Lego parts are over engineered! Whilst meccano parts are fine for more traditonal mechanical designs. I feel that with (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Paddle pop is accually the brand name of a particular type of icecream. (24 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic)
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(...) In the US we commonly call them Popsicle sticks, but that's actually a case of trademark dilution, as Popsicle is a trademark for a brand of "paddle pops". I think there is a generic name but I forget what it is. Note that these sticks are (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic)
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During my first year of Civil Engineering, we had a project of building a model bridge using paddlepop sticks (Australian term), i'm not sure what they're called around the world, but their the wooden sticks you get with ice creams bought in (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Nicole and family - I am very sorry for your loss. Ken was a part of many conversations that I followed in various groups and though I didn't have many opportunities to interact with him, I respected his opinions and enjoyed reading his posts. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin, lugnet.technic, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.technic.slizer)
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(...) If only the Institution of Civil Engineers had a 'construction toy position'! In my opinion they do not do enough to promote civils amoing schoolchildren and when they do (usually at the 14-16 level) they tend to use spaghetti or straws for (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic)
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(...) I'll get 5.x for Windows installed and see if that works - strange, QT4 files normally don't work in Media Player (I have NT4 on my PC so I can't install MP7 if that supports QT4.x), so I would have expected MP to choke on a .mov file, not QT. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> skrev i meddelandet news:GFwFDH.8JM@lugnet.com... (...) As far as I know, Meccano has 'L'-beams, and perhaps 'U' too? At least there are large plates, with folded sides, which is effectively a 'U'. (I (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) My helicopter project is at (URL) - not as good looking as Andrew's, but I think more technically complete. (But I'm biased!) (...) Well, there's heaps of sites out there with pictures of helicopters - and google now has an image search engine (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) No, no, no, no, no, haven't you heard? According to the more enlightened amongst us, Bionicles are no good, evil bastardazations of the Technic line, and you simply CAN'T do ANYTHING with them. Really. It says so in the .bionicle group, plain (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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I'm wondering why the manas guard Makuta's lair... In my mind Muaka and Kane-ra would make better guards. The only ways the Manas can attack are with those "claws" (more like punchers) and the hooks and gears in their mouths. Muaka and Kane-ra, (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.tele, lugnet.technic.roboriders, lugnet.technic.slizer, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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(...) There isn't really anything I can say, except that I'm very, very sorry to hear that. Mark W. (24 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin, lugnet.technic, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.technic.slizer)
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Jonathan Please have a look at a site I have put together for myself and a colleague, it's been on the web for a few years now and is in desperate need of new lego models, but what it does have is two helicopters, one technic but alas cosmetic and (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It works for me (once Geocities admitted that it existed). I'm using Quicktime 5.01 on a Macintosh B&W G3. Doing a 'Get Info' on the movie indicates it is using the Cinepak codec. Erik (24 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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"Daniel Crichton" <danielc@helio.co.uk> wrote in message news:GFwEr2.78o@lugnet.com... (...) That is strange. Mov is the extension for Quicktime. I just show a diagonal rip in the symbol. I use mov files on my own site and they work fine. Hmm, Win (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Thanks for the kind words. You have done a lot more with Javascript than I ever planned, but now I'm feeling inspired. My efforts so far, LEGO and Java-wise, are right out of the box. The train notion is great. My next project is to make it (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics.tele, lugnet.technic.roboriders, lugnet.technic.slizer, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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Hello all, Just got back from LegoLand where the Bionicle launch has hit in full force. There are many Bionicle related items going on there and it looks to rununtil Sept. 30th. Here's a tibit of what seems to be going on; Scavenger hunt for 12 and (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.legoland.california) !
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(...) This is so simple. The nut can attach to any technic plate with holes. The holes allow the thread to turn, while the plate holds the nut still. The nut has the same four notches as a standard bush so will connect inbetween 4 Lego studs. I use (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I did! Thank you Jennifer ;) And I like the two lead threads Lego use, but they only supply nuts. I couldn't figure out an easy way to make leadscrew type devices with the round nuts as supplied. Of course service packs don't come with (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic)
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