 | | Lo-Tech for Hi-Tech swaps, anyone?
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I plan to use the Handyboard within a Course on Interfacing, Microcontroller and Assembly Language Programming at undergraduate level here, starting next month. It turns out that there is a PCB production facility here in Zimbabwe which is now (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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Thanks for the great comparison between compressors! I have been wondering which one was actually the best. Now to make a better one! One question though, what is the set number for the Advanced Pneumatics Set? Great Work! John Matthews C S Soh (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Re: Is MISB meaningless?
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If it's "better than mint," it must obviously be cinnamon! Beth (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Anyone built a curved bridge?
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(...) They never went anywhere. All the pics with "th" are thumbnails. There is an index at (URL) uses all the thumbnails but the stupid page takes forever to load with 53 thumbnails. Never did get back to figuring out why the page loads so slow. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGO Stereogram (see it in 3D!)
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Yup! As can virtually any other vision anomaly. I can't do the Magic Eye posters, since whatever it is that I need to do with my eyes to see them makes my (soft) contacts pop out. I prefer to think of it as viewing the world in a more artistic (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | WalMart prices...
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I don't know if this is a local, regional or national WalMart price decrease, but... The local WalMart has had a number of sets on clearance for a few months. The markdown was only 20-25% off retail. Sometime over the weekend, they increased the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | (canceled)
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| | Re: Datsville Front Loader (was Re: Datsville Construcrtions Steam Roller)
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(...) That seems a good upper bound. Front end loaders come in all sizes, from tiny buckets that can't hold much more than a wheel barrow mounted on bobcats and kubotas, through tractor mounted ones on up to monster mining ones that are too big to (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | hbtest.c
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Hi, I'm assembling a handyboard and am at the stage where the digital inputs are tested using the testdigitals() function of hbtest.c. The test partially works, and I get the beeps after pressing the start and stop buttons, but when I jumper the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | What about the Micro Scout?
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I have seen comments about the Scout, which seems to be the RCX's little brother. Same size, lesser capabilities. Has anyone had experience with the Micro Scout? This little guy seems like a good companion to the RCX, with its built in motor and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) It's an interesting point. Network Solutions gets involved in trademark disputes over second level domains, but I've never heard of them caring about what goes on under that -- it's not, so to speak, their domain. And if you're providing your (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: [MN] Dark Gray Lots Posted - Castle Parts, Bricks, Plates, Slopes, BURPs, Chains, Vehicle Parts
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(...) Me too! And they are actually not all mine! <grin> Although I will be posting more shortly.... (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Bussetech Auctions Returning...!
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I just wanted to let everyone know that after a long absense from the LEGO scene I'm back, and I'm going to be starting up my LEGO piece auctions again at the site: (URL) the auction engine is temporarily offline there is a screen shot of what it (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) The problem is that this really is a new medium. The people who wrote the Fair Play statement don't seem to understand it completely, but what they do say actually is pretty reasonable. Although I've got issues with connecting DNS and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Cookies ?
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If you can give me the UPC (bar code) number off the label, I'll bug the WalMart folks about it. I know that sometimes they will get things they normally do not stock if you ask nicely and you know the UPC number. Also, what department of WalMart (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Current Town Projects
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Sanjay D'Souza <sds87@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FIBsDA.173@lugnet.com... (...) more. I'm planning a large combined railway/monorail station - but it's not based solely on trains - a large part of it will be the buildings around it so I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Another Room
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Sounds like a good alternate to me. Russell Clark (URL) 39423705 ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Are any other Photobot II pictures availalbe? Suctionbot?
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I'm trying to build a Photobot II, and need higher resolution pictures to figure out: 1) how to correctly attach the front bumper 2) how to correctly attach the rear appendage 3) how to construct the top mechanism So far, my only references are the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Datsville Front Loader (was Re: Datsville Construcrtions Steam Roller)
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Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <37EFFF9A.1DD389C3@x...il.com>... (...) making uses the digger (...) It looks to be about the same scale as Duane Hess's Earth Scraper to me. Will it fit on the Low Loader? Brian (bbq) Sauls (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: next BayLUG meeting
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I'm all for checking this out too. -Tom McD. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | FA(eBay): Mummy, winscreens, trans 1x1 plates, road signs, blue plates
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Adventurers Mummy and case (URL) trans blue windscreens, brand new, pristine and unscratched (URL) road signs onposts plus 11 extra signs (URL) large and small blue plates (URL) round transparent 1x1 plates (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | New Lego model pages at my Website
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Hey all, Just kinda a preview -- I added my minifig-scale Droideka and some microfig-scale models to my Web page. Check it out at the bottom of: (URL) don't think there's anything there that I haven't already posted to LUGNET; I figured that folks (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Inventories
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(...) onto the web to check the availability of a piece. Also, I program Access at work and have gotten somewhat respectable at it. If I could get some help in the data entry, I would love to try to write a front end that would be user friendly and (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Episode II
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(...) There might be another reason DiCaprio doesn't want to sign for 2 movies. The salary probably would not be negotiable, and presumably he will be paid much more for movies in 3 years (i.e. EP 3) than movies today. Toki (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) Well.....I don't pay for the pipe, but me and Jerry own gerf.org to the last screw. I'm not sure what would happen if they tried. With the way things are going, I suspect that I could find a lawyer in Silicon Valley.... Ciao! (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) Good move. (...) Really? Do you provide your own hosting or do you pay someone else for it? Do you provide your own pipe if you own the machine? I'd say if TLG wanted to cut you off they could find someone willing to agree with them, but (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| | Parts for MLcad
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Heya ! How can I get parts to MLcad ? Where may I load them ? I have them in my LDraw directory, but where may I load them if I want use them in MLcad ? Thanx. Rene e-mail: virsik@sco.svf.stuba.sk (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: My favorite Adventurer sets
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(...) Yes, they are called Tail Draggers because it appears that they are dragging their tails, not because they actually do. Tail Draggers are harder to take off in, you have to do a series of S turns in order to actually see down the runway. And (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.reviews)
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| | LEGO Town Quiz
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Things have been pretty slow today so I dug up an old LEGO quiz I emailed to a friend a while back. No prizes on offer though. ;-) 1) Which was the Widest town vehicle produced? 2) Apart from the color schemes what else is different between the the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) Look. I think people are basically good and smart and all that. (1) But I think you're presuming a bit much about Joe Unwashed and his knowledge of the nuances of domain names. Joe Unwashed has about a 50% chance(2) of thinking lego.gerf.org (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: [MN] Dark Gray Lots Posted - Castle Parts, Bricks, Plates, Slopes, BURPs, Chains, Vehicle Parts
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(...) that are currently running. Didn't think it would get this big this fast. Glad to see it. (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Has anybody made an elevated bridge a few feet of the ground?
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Visit some of the LEGO train websites for ideas on how to achieve something like this. (URL) (Pacific North West LEGO Train Club) is a good one I've been meaning to post a few pics of smaller scale Town bridges on my website but haven't got round to (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: anyone convert 7862 decoupler to 9V?
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(...) I will trade new (which I have) for old... Contact me if interested. I'd even go 3 for 2 as I have extra magnets, or add cash. (...) GMLTC has cut all the central ties away from a straight and with it mounted to baseplates it is fine. Not that (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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Hi, all pneumatics fans, For some time I've been trying to figure out how to objectively compare the performance of the various air compressor designs especially the ones using the large pneumatic hand pump which seem to be coming into fashion (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build, lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Zach's third LEGO auction (update 10) - Pirate Comics Adventure, Metro Station, Ice Sat V...
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All high bids made on or before 9/24/99 have advanced to GOING 1; those that were GOING 1/2 in the last update all have advanced to the next level. Welcome to my third RTL auction. It has been about 18 months since my last auction, time for another (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: How To Add A Rotation Sensor and A Touch Sensor On the Same Input?
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I have used a touch sensor and light sensor on the same input - in the program ( NQC ) I just redine the sensor type as I need to use them - ie I dont need them both at the same time. Regards Brian Wiren ___...___ Team Leader - EPDC LAN/WAN/Desktop (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Space Station/Base Names (was Re: Space stations?)
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(...) Yuck! I forgot that Lugnet substitutes spaces for tabs made with ^I. It doesn't show up that way in the web interface message editing window though. Oh well, do visit the website cuz that's much better lookin. (see prev post) -Tom McD. (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Another Room
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(...) Cool Fred. What's the walk-in likelihood over there? -Tom McD. (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) Gerf, pronounced with a hard "G", is un-related. I will not contact them to ask their permission for this domain as I don't want to know their answer. Their rules about "internet addresses" are vague (is www.gerf.org/~lego not allowed? How (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Space Station/Base Names (was Re: Space stations?)
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(Edited for cogency!) ---...--- In lugnet.space, Steve Bliss responded: (...) I was thinking along the lines of your original thought. It could still work: "Station Outpost" could be a remote installation in deep space, while "Base Outpost" would be (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | [MN] Dark Gray Lots Posted - Castle Parts, Bricks, Plates, Slopes, BURPs, Chains, Vehicle Parts
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I've just finished posting all of the DARK GRAY lots to the BRICKS auction site. The new lots are listed below. MANY more lots to come, I've still got Light Gray, Red, White, Green, Plant, and Animals to go! Should have another batch up later (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | RE: RIS 1.5
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(...) At least two of these are also in the new Super Street Sensation car. Maybe handy in some situations, but nothing to get too excited about. Whatever these new pieces are, they are probably not unique to the RIS. Tilman (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: [Datsville] Renovated House with Porch, Includes a Yard
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(...) What, no competition? Isn't this a capitalist society? :) As nice as the theatre is, it is just a facade. I plan on making an actual theatre, with seats and everything. :) (...) Well, The center I am modeling this after doesn't have one, and I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Another Room
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Oy, Users. I have found another alternate room for meets for a very decent price. The Campbell Community Library has a room. It's available on Nov. 6th and on Nov. 27th. Anybody out there want to travel to the south bay to have a meet? Who is (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Good vs. Evil
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(...) what do you mean no equipment? there's swords, and lances, and sheilds, and-- oh. OHHH! THAT kind of equipment! ~ silly goose craig (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | RE: an eBay auction
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Hi, I just checked on this and its at $525!!! Ridiculous, too rich for me. Mark -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Tom Stangl Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 10:59 AM To: (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Good vs. Evil
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(...) Make that lashing eah other with chains and it's more like it. Not to mention all those whips lego supplies us with. Dungeon fun! Kevin (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: [Datsville] Renovated House with Porch, Includes a Yard
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(...) Ldraw should have a flower shortcut as part of the official parts. (...) There is already a movie theater in datsville. Also in the shopping center I think a video arcade would look good. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Datsville Front Loader (was Re: Datsville Construcrtions Steam Roller)
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Good but it is too large for datsville, IMHO. The front end loader i am making uses the digger bucket arm pieces in the tractor catogory -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Truck Crane for Datsville
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(...) I was going to build one of these but you go ahead. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: A passenger train for datsville
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(...) Get the mpd from the message. It has the lot. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Has anybody made an elevated bridge a few feet of the ground?
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I've been thinking of doing this but it would be 3ft of the ground and I would like somebody to help me with this. Does anybody have or know of a website that shows this. (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: RIS 1.5
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(...) I don't think Robotics Discovery Set has any new elements, but 9748 Droid Developer Kit has several (see (URL) for details and (URL) for the inventory) Of these, element mr0090 (4-way connector peg with cross axle hole) is most likely to fit (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: My favorite Adventurer sets
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(...) Yes , they did have a skid of some type. I put the term "tail draggers" in quotes because I think that was the nick name of the style of landing gear, as opposed to the tripod or "tricycle" style which has a wheel under the front nose and two (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: conical gear
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(...) I new about the service pack. Only thing is S@H does not take the Zellers (Canadian store) gift certificates I have (grin) And not too long after I posted here I discovered that LUGNET has a DB newsgroup. Which I still have to peruse; if my (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) The possibility of course! (...) Well, the site content is an entirely different issue. I'm entirely understanding of the need for obvious "This is not an official Lego site" disclaimers. But anyway, it's not a matter of translating to (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: LEGO Stereogram (see it in 3D!)
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(...) Thanks! I put a link to your explanation on the page. Chris Busse cbusse@infi.net (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | RE: 5VDC Voltage Regulation
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Man, don't sugar coat it .... Say what you really mean. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | WTB: Round 2x2 white tile with analog clock
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I am interested in purchasing a round 2x2 white tile with analog clock. It's the clock from sets like 4554 (Metro Station), 2150 (Train Station), and 6392 (airport). I am assuming/hoping that there are more sets that this is in. I would like for the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Good vs. Evil
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(...) Not to mention the fact that none of the minifigs have any equipment anyway. (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 5VDC Voltage Regulation
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(...) Rubbish. The same happens for motors, and the RCX handles this. (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 5VDC Voltage Regulation
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Don't forget to apply a reverse biased diode across the relay. If you forget this the coil will generate large voltage spikes when the power is removed. This may hurt your RCX. (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO Stereogram (see it in 3D!)
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(...) My father has a tripod adapter that he built that uses a simple parallelogram to create a camera mounting platform that can simply be "flopped" from the left to right position. As I recall, the resulting offset was about an inch- and-a-half. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Good vs. Evil
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On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, David Eaton (<FIqGx7.1vA@lugnet.com>) wrote at 19:31:55 (...) Yeah, I know. I really need to work on this imagination thing :-) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | FA: Gray Bricks, 1710 Snow Scooter
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Hi. I have put a nice assortment of 82 gray bricks up for auction on Guarded Inn. Opening bid is $10. The URL is: (URL) also have a 1710 Snow Scooter (unopened; current bid $3) on Ebay at: (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | New Ray-trace of my B-wing.
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I have been fooling around with LDraw and POV-Ray trying to familiarize myself with some of their features. In doing so I came up with a new Ray-Tracing I like. This is basically the same B-Wing as before with some minor changes to the S- Foil Guns (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Standardized Inventory File Format?
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(...) Are you speaking for yourself? If so, explain why you'd rather use some other programming language system in place of Perl. Remember, we're trying to design a standard that will work for lots of people who aren't here to represent themselves. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) That possibility, or that I >think< that? ;-) (...) When I read a URL that conists primarily of words, I instinctively try to read it as a sentence instead of as placeholders for a string of numbers. <shrug> That's the language I grew up with. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: LEGO Stereogram (see it in 3D!)
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(...) I'm just using a "regular" digital camera -- a Ricoh RDC-300 w/ a 4mm fixed focus lens. The nice thing about the digital camera is that it doesn't cost you anything to mess up your shots. I placed the subject 12-14 inches away and placed the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Well this gives a new meaning to Spam...
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(...) Oh, didn't mean for it to be taken seriously... more of those 'wouldn't it be funny if...' things... people getting their just desserts, etc. I don't really think it'd be particularly a nice thing to do.. I just would find it mildly amusing... (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: So?
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(...) 6:00 PM is too early for those who have jobs and are coming from outside Cambridge. Remember, they have to fight rush hour traffic, find a parking space, and then take the T and/or walk a long distance (depending on where they park). 7:00 PM (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) Really? That's pretty sad. (...) I assume that Blacktron is a trademark of TLG. (It's definitely "their" word, in any case.) So yeah, assuming that lego.blacktron.org belongs to TLG makes sense. But (and I mean this in all the best way) if you (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) And, to beat the proverbial deceased large solid-hoofed herbivorous mammal a bit more, they _do_ say that what they're concerned with is confusion over just who owns/sponsors the site. It only takes an elementary understanding of the system to (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Please check out my gif-animations
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(...) Good show! What utility did you use to bundle up the GIF frames into animated GIFs? --Todd (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Good vs. Evil
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(...) Don't forget the Dark Forest girl with the bangs, the princess from the Mountain Fortress, the maiden from the Maiden's Cart - and do you *really* know what gender a classic smiley is? Maybe there's long, flowing hair bound up under the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) Techinically. But I think it's safe to say that TLG was not aiming their fair play document at internet design experts. They were aiming it at laymen. I suspect (but can't prove) that if you ask the average joe in the street what at internet (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) Maybe what they mean is simply 'lego' appearing anywhere between the initial '(URL) and the first standalone '/', i.e. (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: RIS 1.5
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(...) You are correct. The picture on the Technica site looks like the part I'm describing (as far as I can tell from that angle) and the description matches as well. There must be some new exciting connector piece that they've got up their sleeve. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | 12v trains & track / 4.5v track
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The two main sets consist of the train, track and engine driver only, i.e. no passengers, loads, platforms, road vehicles, etc. The speed regulators are available at no extra cost if required (240VAC @ 50/60Hz), but they will obviously increase (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: conical gear
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(...) I'm specifically comparing it to 8422 Circuit Shock Racer, from a few years ago. The new motorcycle is really a lot less cleverly designed, in my opinion. I had a lot less fun putting it together -- something I usually enjoy with 84-- series (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Sugar cookies with LEGO sets at Wal*Mart (was: Cookies ?)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:FIqAB2.AHr@lugnet.com... (...) Lgeo (...) pack (...) They could be the same as we had in the UK, from Tesco. The tins have Town Jr pictures on them here. What do yours have? Huw (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.promo)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) Sure, an "Internet Address" consists of a number. So that's pretty meaningless. Or, if you want to interpret more broadly, than maybe they mean URL. Uh-oh then: <URL:(URL) or <URL:(URL) or even <URL:(URL) are against the rules. I don't think (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: anyone convert 7862 decoupler to 9V?
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(...) If you are willing to trade old for new, I suspect that there are a few of us who would do so... (I would) (...) is (...) Perhaps shorten the rail when you attach the 9V rail... (a large file, and 1mm is gone fast in ABS...) (...) only (...) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: [Datsville] Renovated House with Porch, Includes a Yard
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(...) Go right ahead. I guess I fogot to mention that it was a 'suburb' type house, huh? :) (...) John, did you want me to make a stone wall surrounding it until we get more hill sections? (...) 'Tis slow going, unfortunately. Gotta find the time... (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Dark Forest @ THE BRICKYARD!
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Into the Forest Darkly... A Brickyard Update: (URL) Brickyard is excited to announce that we've just added over 100 lots from several Dark Forest sets! This includes many tree and rock elements, baseplates and Dark Forest and Classic Castle (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Good vs. Evil
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(...) You know...this is somehow becoming even more bizarre than discussing the sex lives of cartoon characters. And that takes doing... I'm sorry, I just can't picture those lil' yellow guys doing the nasty. It's just plain wrong. (...) Craig, you (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Brick by Brick Auction Update 1
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Hi, just a quick note that items receiving no new bids by 3:30 P.M. tomorrow will advance to Going Once (G1). Visit my site at: (URL) auction rules, info, and daily updates. Lot, Pieces, Description, Status, Current Bid, Prev. Bid, High Bidder (1) 7 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | RE: RIS 1.5
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These connectors are also included with one of the Throwbots. I'm not sure which one, because I've combined two of them, and I have sort of a 'Mech' type thing on my desk, but it came from either 'Amazon' or 'Turbo'. I think it was Turbo. And the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Netherlands verses Holland - Which is when?
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Eric Brok <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl> wrote in message news:FIpKxM.Jwo@lugnet.com... (...) So does that mean "the Netherlands" is actually "The Netherlands" ie the T in "the" is a capital? Thanks Sanjay "I'm pedantic when I wanna be" D'Souza (1) (1) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.nl)
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| | Re: RIS 1.5
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=>From: "Chris Phillips" <chris.phillips@comp...oards.com> =>... =>Maybe they are referring to the new (?) connectors that come in the Robotics =>Discovery Set. The RDS comes with a kind of 3-stud friction pin that I've =>never seen before. It's (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Well this gives a new meaning to Spam...
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(...) That's probably not a good response. It just adds to the problem, and irritates the admins of both your site and theirs. Instead, examine the headers carefully and e-mail the abuse addresses at all of the sites involved, including the headers (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Stereogram (see it in 3D!)
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(...) Seriously, does anyone know if astigmatism can affect the results of these images? It's like those pictures that were all the rage at the malls a few years back. I'm of the opinion that stuffing LSD into the frame might be a key factor of (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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That last message should have had Followup-To set to lugnet.publish. Sorry. (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: RIS 1.5
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(...) Maybe they are referring to the new (?) connectors that come in the Robotics Discovery Set. The RDS comes with a kind of 3-stud friction pin that I've never seen before. It's like the normal black Technic 3-stud friction pin except that one (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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In lugnet.publish, Matthew Miller writes: <snipped debate about technicalities of internet addresses> (...) You're (the plural you) picking nits. If you re-read the specific entry in the fairplay document(1) it clearly states: "The LEGO Trademark (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) There may be no functional difference, but they're very different things. A domain name certainly _isn't_ any old DNS entry. A DNS entry can be a lot of things -- an MX record, a CNAME, etc. Some DNS entries are for host names. Those get A (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Good vs. Evil
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(...) well, my castle scenarios have lots of women & babes (about four guys to every girl) but about half of these chicks are lesbians, so the men are still pretty restless at night.(could be fun <snicker>) visitors to my site know what kind of (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) Sure. But a FQDN is different from a "domain name". That's what the "Fully-Qualified" part is there for. :) FQDN = host name + domain name. Therefore, by definition, host name is not a part of domain name. (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: [Datsville] Renovated House with Porch, Includes a Yard
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Jeff Stembel <Dragonelf1@aol.com> wrote in message news:FIqHC1.2L3@lugnet.com... (...) Jeff, since this is rather different than the first house w/ porch, would you mind if I repainted the original and just added this one elsewhere in Datsville? I (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Lego at Gerf.Org
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(...) It could be. But it could also be a host name. I appeal to the FOLDOC: <URL:(URL) "domain" is most commonly used to refer to a group of computers whose hostnames share a common suffix, the domain name. The last component of this is the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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