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(...) <snip> (...) It's actually a quote from Douglas Adams's _Life, the Universe, and Everything_. An immortal alien is bored by his existence, so decides to insult everyone in the entire galaxy, and to do it alphabetically. The complete quote (as (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello folks... I have a 12v stop/start switch with remote control set number 7860. Does any one know how to wire one of these up ? I did not get any plans and there are none on brickshelf. Michael Pratt (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have no idea at this time how to insert thumbnails on the TOC page, especially using the simple "save as html" function within MS PowerPoint. Perhaps I can edit the html file and achieve this addition of thumbnails on the TOC page. I'll try. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Hi James, well, I were happy to see the presentation some weeks ago! But the html-version is also very nice! Download time - even with my sloooowwww modem - is ok! That'S really a good way to present your MOC's because everybody might see, how close (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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Regarding the site layout: very clean, although thumbnails'd be cool from the TOC page. Also if possible, perhaps the navigation links in the show could be moved to the upper left, so it's not necessary to scroll each slide to reach them. Regarding (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) It was setup as a duel track crossing with the possibility of the trains coming from either direction. Believe it or not but the sensors were 4 feet away from the gates! For this scale the most realistic speeds are notch one on the controller. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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I have put together a look layout look for several of my train creations. I have tried to pair my model made of LEGO bricks with photos of their real-life counterparts. I welcome any comments and criticisms regarding organization, presentation, (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains) !
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Wow, the avi really sells it! The gates are nice and slow! I'd reverse the position of the sensors relative to the crossing, so that the arms lower much earlier, then raise right after the train is through. Much more prototype. Half the fun of a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) And I don't want to go buy a Windows PC. Chris (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I sort-of agree with that. However, I'm officially supposed to be a castle fan, so I can continue to buy sets for castle parts. :-) (...) If they require a computer to run the trains, I would drop Lego trains and stick to castle, Technic and (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Why go high-tech when low-tech might work just as well? The last GMLTC layout had a small dump truck that would drive in circles. Here's a thumbnail: (URL) small truck in the center of the picture has a magnet mounted on the front. Underneath (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Note that the Miniland autonomous vehicles do this... every so often they come to a stop at a known place, their whiskers pick up recharge and exchange messages with the central controller, and reset their location (they learn how far they've (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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(...) My Targets had some of these with the soccer ball included for 50% off. (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hi Z. , This will only be possible with limitations. Because you will have several errors every round, you will lose your track after some rounds. This errors are given from (for example) 1. not at once stopping motors when the given value for (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.trains)
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Looks like the LUGNET version is WEB only, while this new version is a minimal interface created for some web enabled cell phones. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
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(...) That's OK, Scott--the festoons of dust flying off just added a nice effect. Artificial smoke without the chemical smell =) I just wanted to add that I, too, had a lot of fun at the show. The whole thing was great. The best part was when kids (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) My collection outgrew closets long ago. Now it's threatening to outgrow the entire basement. :-) Oh, you mean *that* closet. Well I do want/need to put a rainbow sticker on my car, it's true, but I'm happy with the side of the bread my butter (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I usually try to crop or reduce the size of pictures, but it certainly adds time to the process. What would be nice is if Brickshelf had some way to specify on your viewing the max picture size you wanted to see, and then it would auto-scale (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Er, that is, I am *trying* to delete it but not having any luck... ++Lar (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) Yes, but I don't like to take reduced resolution pics... and I didn't have the time to go through and make them smaller. So I dumped them all up with no QC (...) ++Lar (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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