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(...) Thank you for the support! (...) I know there are a fairly large number of people who are interested, but would like to see the org take shape before really committing themselves - which is why I made my post! Once again, thanks for the (...) (20 years ago, 1-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.scibrick, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! (...) Yes - thats the idea. (...) We have a membership list, and it is also in flux. :o) Right now we have a discussion list on yahoogroups, but given some problems with yahoogroups, I'm contemplating other options. -Lenny (20 years ago, 1-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.scibrick, FTX)
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(...) Lenny, I think the streamlining of the mission statement is a step in a good direction, blazing a path that is more clearcut from the start, so to speak. I can recall sitting in the Mosaic room at Brickfest '03 and hearing about SciBrick for (...) (20 years ago, 1-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.scibrick, FTX)
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In lugnet.org.scibrick, Leonard Hoffman wrote: snip (...) snip (...) Lenny, I'm glad SciBrick is continuing existence, it's always been a cool org from my point of view, and one that I'd like to become involved in at some point (when I have some (...) (20 years ago, 1-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.scibrick, FTX)
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Hey Lenny, what is up with SciBrick?? I've been getting this question off and on since the (URL) 'We Want You' Affair>, and my answer has been mostly "SciBrick is re-organizing itself, developments to be mentioned later." I'd like to expand upon (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.scibrick, FTX)
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(...) Sure. Keep in mind we don't have to use your suggestions ;) - but I'm always open to hearing people's ideas. What sort of suggestions did you have in mind? It might be more appropriate to email me about them (Comm.Officer@scibrick.org) than to (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick)
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(...) Are the members of SciBrick open to outside suggestions? -Brian (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick)
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(...) Hey Jeff, Yes SciBrick has an actual membership - we've mainly been discussing how to respond to whats been happening lately. As I'm sure you can guess, SciBrick is going through a transitional moment - basically we're really committing to (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick)
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Is there an official "membership" for SciBrick? I'm asking because there still isn't much on the website and the only thing I see here is a "heated debate". I'm a die hard Lego Space fanatic, since before I owned the Lunar Landing set (you know, the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick)
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Sir, you rasie good points and you have touched on areas where some confusion has ocurred. I would like to formulate a response out of respect for you and the whole situation. Expect it. e P.S. Building Mech Bay 07 (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick)
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Sorry for prolonging this, but a few things in the post below trouble me. I have no vested interest in Sci-Brick, nor do I have a specific problem with any of the parties involved, but when I detect illogic, and stated aims in disparity with actions (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick)
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(...) It was more a matter of keeping the table easier to read and deal with for things like just listing members, which doesn't require a full bio and location, than of actually saving bytes. (...) The idea was to avoid lookups in those huge tables (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, FTX)
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(...) Depends how much space you need to save, I guess. If you're using varchar's or text fields (for profiles certainly), you're only adding an extra... 2 bytes for a null entry? Forget if it's 1 or 2. So maybe 18 bytes extra per member. I guess (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, FTX)
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(...) I think I might have required unique member ids on those tables too. The idea was to keep the number of columns in sb_m down, but maybe that's not really necessary. (...) The zipcodes table is 40,000+ rows, while the world cities table is only (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, FTX)
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(...) I might suggest combining sb_m, sb_m_loc, and sb_m_profile into sb_m, and just not fill in the _loc and _profile bits unless either supplied or member is a "full" member. Unless people can have multiple locations and profiles... Also, you (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick)
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(...) It is a fairly easy job, just somewhat tedious. Well, the goal was to use the (URL) template engine> to completely separate style from content. (...) I am...here's the database structure I came up with (with a couple notes): (URL) file> As you (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, FTX)
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(...) Are you insisting it be PHP? If you don't mind some perl (and really, why would you? :), sounds like an easy job. LMK if you're interested! Dan (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, FTX)
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(...) The above message was not approved by the Grand Admiral, who wishes to remain uninvolved in the preceding poop-storm. -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, FTX)
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(...) Huh-- it's kind of interesting to see that some people are annoyed with SciBrick for being too elitist, but Eric seems to want to make it moreso: (URL) that I'm really for or against the elitism, I suppose. There's plusses and minuses on both (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick)
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Hey, this is fun. Let me try. Blah blah blah. blah blah blahblahblahblahblah...ahblahblah blahblahblahblahblah...ahblahblah blahblahblah blahblahblahblah blah blahblahblahblahblah...ahblahblah blahblahblahblahblah...ahblahblah later, scott. (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, FTX)
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