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(...) <nitpick> 'written by a human' notes can be spam. If I get my dirty little hands on an address list, and handwrite a (whatever), then send it to all gazillion of them, it can still qualify as spam. Most of the chain e-mails out there were, at (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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 | | Gasp! Minifigs from 1976!
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According to Brickset, a promo set from 1976 (1976!?) had articulated figs, but these figs look unique to this set! Look at this set: (URL) .It is a chocolate factory. Alan This message's random set is: 6023, (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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 | | Re: What is spam?
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(...) Hmm. Hmm. Not according to the Jargon File[1]. :) (What definitive reference are you using?) I think it's safe to say it is _an_ accepted definition, though! :) --Todd [1] (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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 | | Memory Problems
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Hi everyone, Does anyone know exactly how many lines of code can fit on the board before IC begins to run out of memory?? I can't seem to find an exact figure anywhere. Our robot must have the ability to detect signals from a sony remote control, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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 | | FT: Pirate Boats/Extras
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Hello everyone - I have my newest batch ready for trade. This lot consists of a whole fleet of rowboats (the kind that came with every pirate set) - 7 red and 4 brown, plus 2 red canoes that have never been blemished with islander stickers. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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The Virginia Outlet Store just got a new shipment in, and it includes the following (not all may've come in, however): 6557 Treasure Hunters 6718 Rain Dance Ridge 6746 Chief's Teepee 6791 Bandit's Wheelgun 260 Idea Book 5151 Steep Sloped Bricks (I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.md, lugnet.loc.us.va, lugnet.loc.us.dc)
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 | | Re: Minifig ID
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(...) The (...) castle (...) 6477( (URL) ) has two black fireman's helmets, and 6095 has an appropriate helmet for the knight. Alan This message's random set is: 1712, (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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 | | Re: STICKERS! + Old Shell Gas Station
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(...) I found it just by typing "shell" into the pause search box. Alan This message's random set is: 6037, (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Go to (URL) ,then download the complete update, since you are apparently a bit behind. This has the new motor and the RCX. It doesn't have the pneaumatics or the cannon, since no one has made them yet. Alan This message's random set is: 6389, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) Of course, depending on their availabilty and the amount of time you want to take to ue them, you might foind a younger child Duplos A) can increase heigh quickly, and B) haev a realtively large number of green bricks. It is (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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 | | Re: What is spam?
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(...) And I wouldn't. Be careful of meme dilution. That advert is a "message from our sponsor" during a program you chose to watch. It's not spam. Mail the sponsor sends you because you didn't check the "I don't want mail" box (or because the ToS (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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 | | Where did 3005.dat go?
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Hi, The PARTS/ directory which I use for testing on my Mac was about a year old. I got complete.exe yesterday and ran that, and I don't see some critical files like 3005.dat anymore. Basic bricks mostly. Did these move somewhere else? (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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 | | Re: Pizza-powered speeder bike?
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Don't forget the 2-liter blue milk! (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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 | | Re: Spam by proxy ?
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(...) Well, this isn't truly a MLM thing like Amway (or All Advantage for that matter). This is a one time, person A gets person B to sign up for X.com or Paypal, and person A makes some amount of money for that happening. Person B could get 100 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I would say an advertisement appended to every message sent by a list or whatever would be SPAM. To some extent, the little "here's our web page, and this is how you unsubscribe" which is appended to every message on the lists that I manage is (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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 | | Re: What is spam?
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I'm going to stick by the definition as it's commonly accepted. Spam is unsolicited bulk email. Bulk in that it wasn't written by a human and isn't personal to you. Unsolicited in that you didn't ask for it. A mailing list or distro list that you're (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2000 21:52:19 GMT, Jonathan Reynolds uttered the following profundities... (...) There were 2x4 sweets made in the US. I vaguely recollect a thread about them in RTL sometime back in '98. (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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[I'm going off on a bit of a tangent here...] (...) I wonder, though -- couldn't such a message theoretically _contain_ "spam" even if the message as a whole isn't considered "spam"? For example, when I see something at the bottom of an email (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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Richard Schamus wrote in message ... (...) Darn, I've been hoping for an Easter bucket... Can you say bunches of pastel? Shucks. Frank (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.promo)
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 | | Re: Is it OK to use new parts for old sets?
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Andreas Frank Werner wrote in message ... (...) discovering (...) now (...) and (...) parts (...) Generally no. From a purists standpoint, replacing older bricks which have had changes in how they are molded (minifig heads and 1x1 cylinders for a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains)
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