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[I got this response first by e-mail, so I replied that way. I don't remember all of what I said, but here's some of it over again, plus other comments that have occured to me in the last five minutes. :) ] (...) Sure, but bad publicity isn't (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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<snip> (...) I am already drooling over them esp the 6207 (...) 25 for me (...) definatley (...) Grrrr *rage builds up* (...) Why wasn't I born a few years earlier than the eighties? (...) Yes <HUGE SNIP> (...) I think the Best-lock sets are the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It is not my desire to purchase blocks from anyone other than The LEGO Group. I pointed out the competition's site to make one very good point. They build sets that many of us would like to own... Unfortunately they are made by the WRONG (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah, maybe it's just an American phenom, then. Lemme check... I think Thanksgiving is always the last Thursday in November, which would make it the 25th this year, making the HUGE (and I mean HUGE) shopping day the 26th. On the 26th _every_ (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Very true, as I have said. I don't want to switch. No getting around this unless we are willing to switch brands. Most of us are not. So you are a LEGO enthusiasts? Mindstorms/Technic or something else? Out power comes from the simple fact (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Weird. Must have been a momentary net glitch or something, because I tried microscale first. Oh well. :) (...) Yeah... you'd still have to cut it to size, though. Pre-cut sheets would be so much nicer, although probably horribly expensive. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Really? I didn't no that was the case. Thanksgiving is a different day in the US; I live in Canada. What date would that be? <ICS> (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Guess Todd will find out if Lugnet can stand up to being Slashdotted after all... :) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, true. :(((( (...) Maybe, maybe not. I think this would have much more impact on the largest shopping day of the year, don't you? The Friday after Thanksgiving? (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hrmmm... doesn't POV save it as a TGA file? Just find something that will convert those files to JPG. Paint Shop Pro comes to mind: (URL) looks like I need to upgrade - they're up to version 6. (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Not necessarily. From here, it's an exotic foreign location. For you, it's probably everyday ho-hum boringness. :) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <37F5B2A3.6B7C09FD@x...il.com>... (...) Yeah, but if it was meant to be outback Australia, they would have sold these sets in Australia, wouldn't they? Ironic, isn't it. I wonder if the Adventurers sets are (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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| | FA: 9 Hopper Cars, Castle, Space, Town, Promo, & more - SeriousCollector.com
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Thanks for looking! Click here to bid or view: (URL) here: (URL) Currently 6940 Alien Moon Stalker--Who says Lego didn't make an AT-AT?! $31.50 Lego Boats: 4021 Police patrol MISB $21.00 LEGO Castle - 1906 Majisto's Tower - unopened $45.00 LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Oh, I totally assumed so. That's what "the outback" means to my [american] mnid. (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.town)
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(...) You're right - I forgot the delay (that's what I get for typing code from memory). Yeah, 'test and set' is the best solution, but unfortunately the RCX doesn't have one. The bitflag stuff is a little ugly for my tastes, which is why NQC does (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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I'm doing an exam and for a product investigation I've chosen to do a lego brick and I really need some information on a lego brick. Any info is welcome .Please e-mail me at funkymonkey130@hotmail.com Thank you so so much Michael (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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Folks, I have just added a page of brief thoughts about my recent journey to LEGOLAND, CA (photo-links included). (URL) Harshbarger / eric@ericharshbarger.org / www.ericharshbarger.org "Oh please, if people are going to start telling the truth (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland.california)
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(...) Yes, |= is atomic. At the bytecode level you always OR from some source into a destination variable. Dave (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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This is the message submitted to www.slashdot.org It has a slightly modified version of my last posting, and this introduction so people outside the LEGO community have some idea what has been happening for a long time. Ian Sinclair Hello (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) One hole in all of this is that no Lego system clone I've seen or heard of comes near to the manufacturing standards Lego has. They're just not as good. There may be market room for a high-quality clone, but I think it'd actually be difficult (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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