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Gatherings 2007 Gatherings REYNOLDS ADVANCED MATERIALS - SEMINARS : February 9, 2007 ~ North Hollywood, CA HauntX: eXtreme Halloween expo! : February 15-18,...
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Jul 1, 2007
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Please keep in mind this is a technical list, not a chat group, if thats what you seek, join a list like Halloween-L. Of course a certain amount of banter is...
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Jul 1, 2007
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I've used partsexpress.com for a number of projects and have always been happy with the price/service. ... From: Technical_Insanity@yahoogroups.com ...
Steve O
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Jul 2, 2007
12:25 pm
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That was my first thought too. You could even use a device like this to blow huge smoke rings. like making a massive Airzooka and filling it with fog....
Andrew
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Jul 3, 2007
4:09 pm
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Memory jog please... :) I seem to recall someone posted a link to a page that detailed the steps on how to hack one of those $5.00 mp3 players to be triggered ...
Vern Graner
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Jul 3, 2007
4:13 pm
7104
If you have a certain position that the ToTs will be in, the pumping fog a little in front of the manniquin might work better. Wouldn't be disrupted by moving...
Andrew
abolander_0812
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Jul 3, 2007
4:21 pm
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If all else fails hit a spotlight on him when he starts talking to direct their attention. ... --...
Andrew
abolander_0812
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Jul 3, 2007
4:24 pm
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I don't think you will need to if you use an L bracket like you said. since you are only going 180 degrees, there should be a way to mount the bracket so that...
Andrew
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Jul 3, 2007
4:29 pm
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Still have that one in my Gmail for later this year: http://halloween-o-fest.com/mp3how-to.htm ... -- -Sean Overton Chicago, Illinois USA [Non-text portions of...
shadowopal
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Jul 3, 2007
4:31 pm
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Or if it is a problem, just constrain the movement to 1 - 179 degrees to avoid a deadlocked state. I doubt 2 degrees would change the effect any. ... --...
Andrew
abolander_0812
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Jul 3, 2007
4:32 pm
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Vern - There are pictures of the physical how-to at my site - http://halloween-o-fest.com/mp3how-TO.htm. Per suggestions from this group I successfully changed...
Steven Colberg
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Jul 3, 2007
4:52 pm
7110
Let us know what you end up doing Vern. I'll be curious to see if you figure this out as I'm going to be using this in 2008 (yes, I'm already planning). ... ...
shadowopal
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Jul 3, 2007
4:59 pm
7111
... A friend of mine saw these: http://www.rcaaudiovideo.com/en-US/Downloads.html?ProductID=emusic1 at Circuit City for $5.00 and bought a couple for grins....
Vern Graner
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Jul 3, 2007
5:09 pm
7112
... Other sources for outdoor speakers: http://www.outdoorspeakerdepot.com/rockspeaker.html ... Vern -- Vern Graner CNE/CNA/SSE | "If the network is down,...
Vern Graner
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Jul 3, 2007
5:29 pm
7113
I need a triggerable single track player for cheap. I like the $5 mp3 players, but the button interface "Hold button 3 for 3 seconds" etc is so lame.... I...
Dave Bates
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Jul 3, 2007
6:20 pm
7114
That sounds great. I don't have the time right now to order and hack one. But, if you get one, let us know how it turns out. Very interested in the card...
shadowopal
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Jul 3, 2007
6:50 pm
7115
... A place I've bought and they were pretty good is here: http://www.surpluscomputers.com here's one of their offerings: ...
Vern Graner
ilusionsysop
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Jul 3, 2007
7:47 pm
7116
Anything more interesting on any of them? ... -- -Sean Overton Chicago, Illinois USA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
shadowopal
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Jul 3, 2007
8:16 pm
7117
... heh. nope. :) Pretty bland, but just a warning to you that if you buy a camera and take some pics using the supplied media and then return the camera, the...
Vern Graner
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Jul 3, 2007
8:23 pm
7118
... You could use a "rack and pinion" design to turn the prop: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rack_and_pinion could be made from wood... or you could use a loop...
Vern Graner
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Jul 3, 2007
8:45 pm
7119
lol. The pics I'm taking with my cameras would either bore a prop builder to death or make him wonder why I'm building my props out of the materials I am when...
shadowopal
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Jul 3, 2007
8:55 pm
7120
An awful lot of these small players--both cheap and pricey--have "multipurpose" buttons, where the buttons do something different depending on how long they're...
Doktor Calamari
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Jul 3, 2007
9:43 pm
7121
Yeah, I like this very much. I saw the same idea used on DVDs in the Lowe's traveling safety show. They have the show on a track followed by a lot of screen...
Dave Bates
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Jul 3, 2007
10:10 pm
7122
Jeez, I went to all the trouble of putting the proper Greek lower-case mu in my post, and darned ol' Yahoo! stripped it right back out again!! And the stuff I...
Doktor Calamari
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Jul 3, 2007
10:11 pm
7123
Yeah, the same thought occurred to me when I was writing it out. You COULD do just one track... if you wanted ultra-hi-fidelity 320kbps silence! ;>D I don't...
Doktor Calamari
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Jul 3, 2007
10:23 pm
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... FWIW, I never see HTML formatted mail. I force all inbound mail to display as ASCII. Its safer (since HTML mail can embed nasty stuff) and IMHO easier to...
Vern Graner
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Jul 3, 2007
10:26 pm
7125
Well, Yahoo! takes it upon themselves to convert everything to text, then paste it back into THEIR HTML format, with an advertising bar down the right side,...
Doktor Calamari
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Jul 3, 2007
11:16 pm
7126
I fooled around with one of these to be controlled via a relay and a prop-1, but could never get it to work perfectly, and finally, after the many many hours...
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g.varosky
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Jul 4, 2007
2:07 am
7127
Dok, I and others had the same problem with getting the changes to stick. I will repost what I did to make it work: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I had...
Scott Ribbens
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Jul 4, 2007
3:43 am
7128
Why, that's so crazy... it just might work! ;>) --Dok _____ From: Technical_Insanity@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Technical_Insanity@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Doktor Calamari
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