Lego Mindstorms AT-AT 113
cybercuzco writes: "Lego has just released a new mindstorms add-on that lets you 'create a fully operational Imperial AT-AT walker.' Pictures and specs are available here. The price is rumored to be $99, so start saving your nickels."
It's NOT fully operational (Score:1)
But by golly gee, if there are... who do I have to kill?
Scalable? (Score:1)
Ok, so you put a few extra dollars into this kit, buy a couple of 6.5 megawat lazers to replace the lego "swords" and then, you got your self an awesome toy!!!
DW
Vision Command is cooler (Score:5)
If you've got deep pockets, get the Mindstorms base kit and add 'Vision Command' ('http://guide.lugnet.com/set/9731 [lugnet.com]') to it. Vision Command comes with a small USB video camera which can be programmed to watch for movement in various 'zones' of its field of vision; what it sees is sent to your computer via USB, and then your computer can send that information back to the Mindstorms RCX unit via infrared. The result is that you can make a robot which turns its head to watch you as you walk in front of it (as in, make it turn its head to the right if it sees motion to the right of center), or which can orient its gaze on anything it sees of a specific color. Very cool!
If you're interested in LEGO at all, check out the Lego Users Group Network at 'http://www.lugnet.com/ [lugnet.com]'. They have discussion groups for everything from robotics to train sets, they link to set instructions and CAD programs and information on programming the Mindstorms RCX in Java. Also, there have been two books published (one by O'Reilly) about building robotics with Mindstorms.
Re:interesting but (Score:2)
I clicked on the link, willing to be talked into blowing money on a new toy, but I was not about to update Junkbuster's cookie file just for this.
The idiots are costing themselves customers. I would understand requiring cookies in some sort of shopping cart system once I had chosen to add the item to a cart. But just to check it out?
Forget it.
Bah! 'Mechs would rule... (Score:2)
Already for sale (Score:2)
Re:Works better in FORTH (Score:2)
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Re:(mildly OT) Int'l pricing (Score:2)
Re:(mildly OT) Int'l pricing (Score:1)
Have you considered checking major on-line toy stores? I haven't checked, but I'd be surprised if someone like Toys'R'Us didn't ship abroad.
Obviously toy stores maybe aren't going to be as cheap as direct purchase from Lego, but it may be cheaper than buying locally.
~Cederic
interesting but (Score:1)
What makes this site 'require' cookies? That really pisses me off and I don't think it is worth going back to see again. There was nothing on that site that I required a cookie being set on my system.
On another note. If you are into robotics this is probably a really neat toy for you to get.
Sure and this is where someone calls me a troll and moderates me down. Remember this thougth. Cookies are used for tracking visitors. Doubleclick has devised a way of tracking visitors and knowing where they are located in the US based on there IP address and using the cookies to see if they are a repeat visotor at another site that they are serving ads at. Or to put it more simply. You visit here site once. You get a cookie. The next time you visit a site that has ads served by doubleclick your cookie is checked. They now know what type of sites you like to visit. They know where you are by IP address and depending on the site that you are visiting and weather you have an account and the privacy policy they could have all sorts of information and they do!
Hey I am not using Mozilla M18 with the new cookie tool so that I can go to a site and have them set a cookie (like mindstorm) just because they want to access my system. I have a right to reject cookies. If you want to refuse my viewing your site because I reject your cookies you have that right too. But when there is NO benifit to me to accept your cookie then you loose page views. Your loss not mine. And yes I did delete there cookie after viewing the page.
Hmm ever wonder how much info slashdot has about you? They have every article that you ever posted against, every article you clicked on, if you have an account, whoa..... Okay I'm not parynoid, but....
I don't want a lot, I just want it all!
Flame away, I have a hose!
No cookie (Score:1)
TA
Re:ummm...and this is for kids? (Score:2)
(I think I'll spring for the redundant power supply option though...)
Re:Falling Over (Score:2)
int i;
struct leg {
unsigned int status;
unsigned long odometer;
unsigned int rebelSquishCount;
unsigned int running;
} theLegs[4];
int stopLegs(void) {
int i;
for (i = 0; i
Re:Falling Over (Score:2)
Um, that means the rest of the legs would keep trying to move, which is just as bad! Try this instead:
int i;
struct leg {
unsigned int status;
unsigned long odometer;
unsigned int rebelSquishCount;
unsigned int running;
} theLegs[4];
int stopLegs(void) {
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
theLegs[i].running = 0;
return 1;
}
void gpf(void) {
sing("Daisy");
while (1) {
justSitThere();
}
}
for (i = 0; i < 4, i++)
if (theLegs[i].status == 0)
if (! stopLegs(i))
gpf();
Re:(mildly OT) Int'l pricing (Score:2)
Re:Falling Over (Score:2)
Re:Works better in FORTH (Score:2)
(mildly OT) Int'l pricing (Score:4)
After some research, I found out that these kits are also ridiculously overpriced in many other countries outside of Western Europe-US-Japan. This is really too bad; there is a big market of hacker-larvae around the world who would kill to get one of these, if only they could afford it. By limiting their market like this, Lego are causing a situation where no one wins.
Director's Cut (Score:5)
Clinko Palpatine, age 12, the Emperor's nephew and head of development, is working on the control software for the new AT-AT model...
> IF legs == blocked, THEN stop walking
A few days later - the AT-AT, sent into battle, falls into a trap...
TYPE MISMATCH: legs is of type LIMB, blocked is of type BOOLEAN
FATAL ERROR: stop walking is not a known function
TOO MANY ERRORS
SEGMENTATION FAULT
DISACTIVATING UNIT
With programmers like clinko running the thing, it's no wonder the Empire lost!
Re:Fully Operational? (Score:1)
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Re:Cookie Requirements? How lame. (Score:2)
Perhaps if they get enough of these notes they'll wise up... after all, Shopping Season is close upon us.
services@lego.com [mailto] is the address to bug'em yourself. Yes, I know this is liable to slashdot'em. Serves'em right, IMHO.
I'm a big fan of parental responsibility; what your kid sees and does on the net is YOUR problem. But when I can't get in to have a peek and make sure the site is legit because someone insists on shoving a cookie down my craw, it rather sticks there. Yeah, yeah, there are other ways to track, but my inside addresses are NAT'ed and my outside one is part of a huge ISP's block, so a whole lotta damn good that's going to do them... but nooooo, Lego isn't satisfied with a good generic demographic, they want it ALL...
Well, they shall get none from me.
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"If you don' like it, you can kiss my furry little butt!" -- MiB
Fully operational? (Score:2)
Who would have thought that the first affordable blaster would come from Lego! Now mindstorms ust need an X-10 interface and I can set a cadre of these to guard my house...
Kevin Fox
Re:If you got a bunch of these together (Score:1)
AT AT == worst vehicle ever (Score:1)
I'm much prefer that giant quadrangle thing the guys who collect robots had. You weren't going be tying any strings around that thing.
Space Fungi on Mir (Score:1)
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/10/02/19122
fully operational? (Score:1)
I want Lego Mindstorm to come out with a... (Score:1)
Walkers are cool! (Score:2)
Re:AT AT == worst vehicle ever (Score:5)
Oh come on, it's not as if the rest of the Star Wars universe had been scrupulously checked for engineering consistency and then the AT-AT ruined it.
It's the feel that's important with George Lucas films, and Empire was among the best.
Can you imagine the Star Wars series with strictly plausible plot devices? :
R2-D2 plugs into a power socket instead of a data port. When his circuit breakers are reset they have to completely reinstall him from cd and get the data from backups, which takes all day.
Han Solo gets frozen in carbonite. When they defrost him he's only good for feeding to Jabba's pig-like guards.
R2-D2 heads off into the desert to find Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke easily finds him 20 ft. away bumping up against a rather tricky step and feebly wiggling his little front leg trying to climb.
Luke finds Obi-Wan, the last Jedi in the universe who survived the slaughter of his entire order. Unfortunately he threw away both his and Anakin's lightsaber many years ago to avoid being identified and now smokes a bit too much wombat resin and only answers to the name "Bob".
etc etc
see?
FORTH logo proposal supports this claim (Score:2)
--Chuck Moore
Let's see a camel or a cup of coffee compete with that!
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Not exactly..... (Score:3)
Cookie Requirements? How lame. (Score:2)
What if I don't accept the cookie?
You still can participate in many of our online activities. However, if a LEGO Cookie is not present, it may limit our ability to customize and deliver a better online experience and improve our features.
Does LEGO.com Use Cookies?
Yes. When we ask to add a cookie to your computer, we are not collecting personal information, but the non-personal information that we do get helps us give you a better online experience.
Non-personal responses collected during a guest visit are used to help us make sure that our products and our communications to our guests are responsive to their interests. We hope to be able to continue to make the LEGO World Wide Web sites interesting and entertaining for users of all ages, and to ensure that we continue to make the kind of products that children love and parents trust.
Now, if cookies arent required, why cant you even get into the home page, without accepting them? If they arent using them to track info on users, why the barrier to the home page? If they are using it to track users, then they arent making people aware of it. And, furthermore, I would assume that may be their aim, otherwise, why require a cookie?
And, if that is the case, and they are forcing children at browsers to accept the cookie, they could be in violation of the United States COPPA law. Personally, im dismayed at such a level of irresponsibility from such a distinguished company.
Bah.
Re:What? They want a cookie? (Score:3)
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Re:Lego is cool.. (Score:2)
I just hope when I'm 70, I can glue some pieces together and make myself a lego cane! Yep, an old fart still playing Dead Milkmen in the car...
Rader
What I wish LEGO would do... (Score:2)
What do I mean by this?
Go buy one of the ThrowBot kits. In each one of these kits, there is one, sometimes two, springy throwing "arms", that allow you to flick the included disks. These arms (as well as some specialized pieces) have a knob "ball" end that snaps into a socket, to allow you to position the arm just about anywhere.
Now, the sockets are nice - pretty standard style pieces in the LEGO fashion. But the ball arms that fit are anything but standard. The hard plastic ones are shaped weird, and are hard to use in anything but these ThrowBots. However, the soft plastic, springy throwing arms...
See the ball on the end? It is attached to the rest of the arm by what? That's right! A short length of cross-axle! Cut the ball off, leaving the cross axle attached, and then it becomes VERY versitile - allowing you to extend it with other axles, attach gears, etc. - the movement is kinda stiff, but a little sanding of the ball with 120 grit and some silicon oil will loosen it up some, allowing you to make great walking machines or any other creations that need such a joint.
I wasn't the one who first noticed this, someone else did - but this is a part they need to make standard (instead of making us cut up LEGO pieces). A standard ball and socket joint - for making walking machines and other things (right now, in order to do something similar, you esentially have to build with universal joints (weak), or use you own system (bulkier, and heavier UJ style constructs) in order to build walking bots).
I support the EFF [eff.org] - do you?
More add ons! (Score:2)
In messing about with another kit that I got late August, I mounted a catapult to the top of my AT-AT, and it fires after taking a few steps forward. [a worm gear kicks a block out of the way, which releases the arm to fire]
My problems right now, however, is that it slowly tears itself apart [after each firing, you need to retighten a few parts to make sure it's still solic], and the catapult partially obscures the light sensor, so I can't quite use it for an alarm system at work [damned flourescent crappy lighting]
Re:Director's Cut (Score:3)
Scout Droid (Score:2)
Re:Fully Operational? (Score:2)
Well, what topics do you like, and on what online forum do you discuss them? If we're all crying for decent topics to discuss, perhaps you'd like to let us in on your secret.
While you're at it, why did you hang around this long? What makes a site like this interesting is the selection of topics. Complaining about it tends to make the powers that be try to please everyone who complains. Trying to please everyone leads to the sort of corporate least-common-denominator pap that nobody likes.
So, in order to engage in conversation that you like, you need to engage in conversation that you like and ignore the rest. That helps the rest of us, who don't mind discussing the topics that you dislike so intensely.
Re:Time to Hijack it.. (Score:1)
Re:No cookie (Score:1)
A touch more secure than querystrings if you don't have PHP or ASP to do the hard work for you.
Re:AT AT == worst vehicle ever (Score:2)
Measuring the movement of the ship relative to interstellar medium and dark matter.
Would say inertial tracking, but if acceleration is zero, than that wouldn't work. Inertial memory would be a close enough approximation, though (just have the computer remember the accelerations that the ship had gone through, vector sum them up, and calculate the needed counter-acceleration vector to neutralize).
What about some sort of galactic GPS system? Time beacons are used in Star Trek, so the idea of a grid of beacons would not be far-fetched (for the Star Trek/Wars worlds, of course). Just use Doppler measurements on the signals (this assumes that the beacons themselves are stationary, of course).
Of course, on the flip side, most of the time anyone asks for a complete stop is in orbit around something, so there is a point to declare the ship stationary to (whether it is a planet, an anomoly, another ship, a star, yada yada yada). I really can't remember any Star Wars/Trek episode where a complete stop was ordered in the middle of deep space.
As well, let's say that a complete stop is called in the middle of deep space. So what if the ship is moving a little bit? Rest assured, between our sun and Proxima Centauri, sixty miles an hour is rather insignificant; perhaps it would be called "pseudo-stationary". As well, as long as the ship wasn't accelerating, the velocity would not be a problem; you and the ship are moving the same velocity, you would think that the ship is stationary. Anything that would need a complete stop to do (repairs, investigation, commercial breaks, etc) could be done at a constant velocity just as easy (remember, "at rest" is the special case of constant velocity where constant velocity = 0).
Re:AT AT == worst vehicle ever (Score:2)
In Star Trek, the main reason the ship crew and officers don't become smears on the opposite wall is because ships are equipped with inertial dampers - devices that nullify the effects of extreme acceleration inside the ship (kind of impossible, by most Newtonian physics. See also - reactionless drive). Other sci-fi books assume that the warp bubble that the ship rides distorts the space around it, but doesn't warp the space inside it - the end effect being that since the stuff (crew) inside the bubble are not accelerating with respect to the space inside the bubble, they do not undergo any acceleration. Babylon 5 and Star Wars never exceeds 5g, and use hyperspace (with little acceleration) to transverse long distances. Joe Haldeman's "Forever War" uses statis chambers to hold the crew from rupture during hi-g manouvres.
As for the multi-dimensional sensor, it wouldn't be a problem. Most nuclear submarines have two-dimensional inertial trackers, which monitor accelerations forward-backward and starboard-port. The creation of a three-dimensional tracker is left as a exercise for the reader.
I agree with your interpretation of the captain's orders, and you see how few Americans would understand some of the complex ideas (such as "no coffee breaks" and "no cowboy stuff").
Re:What? They want a cookie? (Score:2)
Guess which two sites I'll never visit again?
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Solution for that (Score:3)
question about lego (Score:1)
1)This is a serious post...not intended as flamebait.
2)I never owned my own lego set as a child, although I always wanted one.
What is the fun in getting a mindstorm kit like this AT-AT. It is so specialized... I never much liked the specialized (non-mindstorm) lego kits either. I'd much rather have a generic building kit, or different sets of generic building kits. But they always seemed hard to find. There were lunar lander kits, and castle kits and what not, but a plain generic set of assorted rectangles was hard to come by.
I suppose you could cannabalize these specialized kits for your own projects. Is that what you guys like to do?
--Scott
Fully Functional? (Score:1)
Wow .. gotta get me one of those!
Re:Falling Over (Score:1)
if (walk.status && (check_distance() == 0))
walk.stop;
Now we're getting somewhere (no we're not)
Re:AT AT == worst vehicle ever (Score:1)
I always figured it *was* a data port, but the shock came from the stormtroopers blaster?
Re:AT AT == worst vehicle ever (Score:2)
Re:AT AT == worst vehicle ever (Score:2)
Actually, the typical standstill scenario involves a planet and at least two vessels.
"Captain the alien vessel has halted above the planet"
"Full stop! Hailing frequencies open! Ready with the blasters!"
I interpret this as
"Captain the alien vessel has entered a geostationary orbit around the planet"
"Move our ship into a similar orbit! (a rather complex manouver that severly limits the number of available attack angles on the alien vessel) No coffee breaks at the radio just now damnit! Yeah and the same goes for you blaster guys and please no cowboy stuff this time. I'll tell you when to blast aliens and not"
Fully Operational? (Score:1)
Re:AT AT == worst vehicle ever (Score:1)
But about the design, I think that it's not so unrealistic. If feet are heavy enough, then the legs should not get snagged. It would take some pretty solid trees to block those legs. If the ground is not all even then it doesn't matter because the feet sink in the ground. The only problem is detecting soft ground. Slopes wouldn't be a problem unless they too were soft.
All in all, I think it's a good vehicle. I think that a tank is better, but if you need a vehicle that size, it's acceptable.
Re:TROLL!!! Please mod down. (Score:1)
Re:TROLL!!! Please mod down. (Score:1)
*poof*
Re:AT AT == worst vehicle ever (Score:1)
Re:AT AT == worst vehicle ever (Score:1)
Re:Fully operational? (Score:2)
Does "Fully Functional" include working weaponry.
This in turn, reminded me of the filk song (Science fiction folk -- don't ask me where the 'i' comes from) called "My murderous little toy"
When I was just a wee little lad, my Daddy brought to me
A toy he made down at the lab; it filled me full of glee!
A wonder to behold it was, with many buttons bright.
From the moment that I turned it on, it filled us all with fright.
Chorus:
It went ZAP! when it fired; it cursed when it missed,
And whirred as it took aim.
It didn't know if we were friend or foe:
It attacked us just the same.
Curiosity killed the cat, and the dog was next to go.
The parakeet beat a fast retreat, as the wall began to glow.
A turret turned, some bullets fired, and the TV was no more.
My friends, you should have seen it as the napalm hit the floor.
Chorus
It broke each window down the hall, and then I heard it laugh.
I must admit, I chuckled when it cut my brother in half.
My sister made it to the stairs, when it caught her in the pants.
My daddy had the shotgun out but he never stood a chance.
Chorus
It fired two mortars at the wall, and when the smoke had cleared,
I looked all around for my murderous toy, but it had disappeared!
Then I saw it leave through watered eyes; the tear-gas smelled so sweet.
Things weren't too good for the neighborhood, as it ambled down the street.
Chorus
Well that's the last I ever saw of my murderous little toy.
It might be dead but I hope it's not, `cause it filled me full of joy.
They say it reached the Bearing Strait, and crossed the icy flows.
The Russian Army ain't killed it yet, but it keeps them on their toes.
Chorus
Well, the years have gone too quickly now, and I've my own little boy,
And just last night I told him `bout my murderous little toy.
I recognized his crafty look, I could almost read his mind.
My son has grown up like his dad, `cause he wants one just like mine.
Chorus
oh yeah: stolen and reformatted from: another fan site [rmit.edu.au]
`ø,,ø`ø,,ø!
It's already out in the UK (Score:1)
MECCANO BABY ! (Score:1)
OH MY GOD (Score:1)
Just a strange thought... (Score:1)
Blue Neon - A delightfully insane online comic [keenspace.com]
Re:AT AT == worst vehicle ever (Score:1)
What? They want a cookie? (Score:1)
Trademarking the word "Microcomputer" (Score:2)
Do they feel bad that Lucas owns almost all the other trademark on the product that they had to come up with their own?
As they say in wrestling, "Is that legal?"
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"And the beast shall be made legion. Its numbers shall be increased a thousand thousand fold."
Re:Cookie Requirements? How lame. (Score:1)
If they are using it to track users, then they arent making people aware of it.
Ummm... the only thing they could possibly track is your IP address, unless you filled out some form somewhere with more personal information. Or unless they're correlating your IP address with a Doubleclick database somewhere...
And, furthermore, I would assume that may be their aim, otherwise, why require a cookie?
There are resaons to use cookies besides attempting to determine the identity of users. They're pretty handy in gathering stats about how long people visited your site. They're also good for storing preferences--for example, the Lego homepage might detect your browser type, store that info in a cookie, and use it to deliver code throughout the site that (hopefully) won't freeze your browser.
Java Tools for Mindstorms (Score:3)
Luckily, a lot of effort has gone into reverse engineering the Mindstorms Brick. Russell Nelson has a lot of good information at http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics/ [crynwr.com]
I have been working on a Java toolkit for programming the Brick, and for manipulating it interactively. My kit, called RCXComm, can establish serial connections with the RCX brick via the IR port, and can handle packet communications, upload programs, send messages to active RCX Programs, as well as a few other things. The RCXComm classes can be used as standalone software, but they are really intended for incorporation into other applications.
Java tools for playing with the RCX are available at: http://www.popbeads.org [popbeads.org]
If you use the kit, I would appreciate hearing any feedback you have.
Incidentally, Java classes for decoding CueCat scan data are also available at http://www.popbeads.org [popbeads.org]
One word... (Score:1)
Re:One word... (Score:1)
I got my Dark Side Developer Kit 2 months ago... (Score:1)
although I had to pay $120 for it at FAO in New York. anyway, right now my AT-AT model is perched on top of my computer monitor. I never really had a lot of trouble getting it to walk.
And for those people who say that the lego "developer kits" aren't true mindstormes because they use the Microscout controller... just wait. Sometime within the next 3-6 months, LEGO is going to release hardware to allow you to program the microscout (but only up to 15 instructions *sigh*). I remember reading about this on a LEGO reverse engineering site, but unfortunately I didn't bookmark the link.
If you've got $100 to spare, and already own some mindstorms sets, it's a good set to buy.... Otherwaise, I'd suggest saving the money for one of the Hyperdetail sets that LEGO just came out with.
Is that legal? (Score:1)
"I shall make it legal!"
I'm sorry, but that had to be said.
So, when are these things going to be available to us non-Americans?
Maran
Re:AT AT == worst vehicle ever (Score:1)
One might guess that they would be moving in the same way as a celestial body would be moving, if it were where they were.
Alternately, you can use the largest object near you for a point of reference, or the largest object over a certain size which is within a certain distance, et cetera. A planet is a good point of reference at times; At others, a star is quite handy. If you happen to be near a large asteroid field, I suggest the Death Star over Alderaan.
Vision supported on Linux ? (Score:1)
Does any one know if this is supported under Linux ?
haha (Score:1)
Re:Falling Over (Score:1)
Re:What? They want a cookie? (Score:1)
Time to Hijack it.. (Score:1)
"Nasdaq crashed this week... guess it must've been running on Windows 2000." -Dennis Miller Live 4/7/2000
Re:interesting but (Score:1)
Of course...the best idea is to leave cookies enabled and use someone else's computer and let lego track their personal information.
ummm...and this is for kids? (Score:4)
Re:(mildly OT) Int'l pricing (Score:1)
Are you sure this is Lego's fault and not the result of tariffs imposed on imports, or perhaps lack of competition in the local retailers? I can't imagine why Lego would shoot themselves in the foot by deliberately overpricing their products in foreign markets.
Just need the drawings (Score:1)
I remember 15-20 years ago, when I got my first kit, the yellow forklift. The steering had to be made manually from the 2x2 rotating plates and some 2x2 bricks. Sure, it didn't look quite as slick as all the new models, but you could build anything with what you had. Not like today; trying to build one of the newest kit strands because there is some odd-loking twisted part you don't have. .
Anyway, they should sell just the prints for building the stuff. .
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Re:AT AT == worst vehicle ever (Score:1)
A very good question. This problem was originally discovered by Imperial cadet Davin Felth whilst in initial training. Colonel (later General) Veers had the simulation logs classified and Felth ushered away to a low-profile trooper unit that ended up on permanent station in Tatooine - those AT-ATs were his entire career.
Reference: Beason, Doug (1995) "When the Desert Wind Turns: The Stormtrooper's Tale" in Star Wars: Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina (Anderson ed.) published by Bantam Spectra. [Yes, it's official canon]
Re:What happens all the time (Score:2)
Re:Lego is cool.. (Score:1)
Works better in FORTH (Score:1)
legs blocked? IF stop walking ! THEN
This assumes that legs and walking are I/O ports of some kind and stop is some control bit pattern. The operation of blocked is obvious (ie @ BLOCKFLAG AND)
TWW
Re:Works better in FORTH (Score:1)
FORTH programmers don't burn out; they just factorise until they slip through your fingers.
TWW
Re:Falling Over (Score:1)
10 REM AT-AT DRIVER
20 GOTO 10
Re:OH MY GOD (Score:1)
Nerds don't "battle with everyday life". Nerds play. Life sucks less when you play.
Re:AT AT == worst vehicle ever (Score:1)
Maybe I ought to wire some of the RJ-45 ports in my office for 220 just to prevent any unauthorized laptops or droids from haX0ring my network.
Last thing I need is R2D2 mounting some open SMB share.
What happens all the time (Score:1)
Father: Son, that costs lots and it says ages 11-13.
Son: I DONT CARE!!! BUY IT DADDY BUY IT!
(Father buys toy)
Two weeks later:
Dad: So how are you enjoying that mindstorms set?
Son: I don't know, but when i click on done, the freekin think goes bloop blee bloop then nothing happens!!
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Look at the link, bud... (Score:3)
Look at the size of those things...(and you wonder where Lego gets its ideas)
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I already did. (Score:1)
If you got a bunch of these together (Score:3)
Or maybe he'll just kick them.
Either way it would be cool.
And you could call it a beowulf cluster too.
Re:Fully Operational? (Score:1)
> freshmeat, anime, starwars or lego. >This site blows harder than it ever has.
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Then why do you ever read it? You silly, silly person.
That's like buying a game magazine and complaining about their being so much #$%#$% coverage of games.
Re:What? They want a cookie? (Score:1)
Ho hum
Money back guarantee (Score:1)
On the other hand, if they could arrange a chance meeting between my newly acquired instrument of destruction, and Jar Jar, then I just might put up with it.
what about the JEDI expansion? (Score:2)
Falling Over (Score:5)
I'm no super programmer or anything, but you would think the programmer of the walkers in the movie would add something like:
"IF legs == blocked, THEN stop walking"
That's of course if they were real.
Re:If you got a bunch of these together (Score:3)
Re:Falling Over (Score:2)
int i;
struct leg {
unsigned int status;
unsigned long odometer;
unsigned int rebelSquishCount;
} theLegs[4];
for(i=0;i <4;i++) {
if(theLegs[i].status == 0)
{ stopLegs(theLegs[i]); }
}