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Re: LEGO instructions
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:58:11 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Ross Crawford wrote:
> It's more complicated than that, because the PDFs are stored by the 7 digit LEGO
> number, not the set number. Basically I scan the header of all files in a
> certain range (about 1 million), and if it is a PDF I check against my database,
> downloading it to my hard drive if I don't already have it.
Ahh. Yeah, I could see that as being potentially red-flagging, if they're
getting a million hits in a short period of time. I was definitely thinking
smaller scale than that.
> Indeed. Interestingly, I just got a reply from LEGO, saying they could not
> duplicate the problem, I think probably because the first line of support
> doesn't understand the problem. The dialogue continues...
Heh, the inevitable 1st level of tech support :) It will be interesting to hear
their explanation, assuming you get one.
DaveE
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| (...) Well it takes about 7 days to check them all. And it's only grabbing the header unless it's a new file. (...) Yeah, we'll see. ROSCO (18 years ago, 16-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: LEGO instructions
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| (...) It's more complicated than that, because the PDFs are stored by the 7 digit LEGO number, not the set number. Basically I scan the header of all files in a certain range (about 1 million), and if it is a PDF I check against my database, (...) (18 years ago, 15-Sep-06, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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