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| (...) All: It is dangerous to write technical arguments at 1:30 in the morning, and I made some serious mistakes in my post above. 1) You are correct that most LDRAW parts are not closed and probably never will be. Optimizing for ease of part (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) [snip] (...) [snip] (...) It is neither impossible nor particularly hard. I will snip the rest of the post here and explain. There is an interesting property of closed surfaces that can allow you to determine the normals for all polygons (or (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) This may be an "agree to disagree" point. It's well established that the phrase was injected into the pledge to distinguish our "Christian" nation from the godless atheists of the communist USSR, and it's also well established that Eisenhower (...) (22 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I don't think that the mere mention of a God connotates an invocation of that God. The pledge is directed towards the flag and to our nation-- "under God" is a description of that nation. All the phrase really means is that the majority of the (...) (22 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| "Steve Bliss" <partsref@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:qrth1u4o5brr78k...4ax.com... (...) Suppose I could have. His friend emailed me though, so I decided to answer his question privatley. Anyways, here it is, taken from the license packaged with (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Show me specifically where I said that their comments were politically motivated. I think I specifically said that a) they weren't speaking as Christian leaders, because they have no authority (that I recognize anyway) to speak on behalf of (...) (22 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| I'm not sure where the best place to hang this in the tree is, but here it is. Many people have argued that now that the information about the 2001 sets is openly available, Lugnet should not bow down to TLC's request to remove the information. My (...) (25 years ago, 5-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| You know, I had kinda hoped that someone other than John might have spoken up in defence here. Perhaps that they have not is a very good sign. This post is longish, and I do apologise. I don't normally wax quite so lyrical, but it is a deep and (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Good idea Tim. The two I can think of right now are: A) Title - World LUG map update/upgrade Purpose - To update the information held on Lugnet relating to AFOL organisations and ensure it can be easily kept up to date Co-ordinator - Todd Lehman (...) (22 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| (...) I do. But you now say "I wouldn't have any idea as to their motivations" (...) It is you who said they were politically motivated, and now say "I wouldn't have any idea as to their motivations"! (...) I'm just not clear on what the threat was. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Fair enough. (...) Well, it is if the law hasn't even been contested before them yet! There is a process with which they apparently cannot be bothered. (...) Good question. I think he believed that judges would actually uphold the law of the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Here is his justification: (URL) I find this so disingenuous! "Pursuant to my sworn duty to uphold the California Constitution, including specifically its equal protection clause..." What about the rest of the CA Constitution? Upholding all of (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Actually, they have plenty of legal ground. Again, similarly, I am not a lawyer. (And also a Canadian!) But I have been to lectures about intellectual property, and it is my understanding that trademark infringement is based on similar service (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Oh. Yeah, I guess it's pretty clear: Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. Well, in that case, I applaud Mayor Newsom for defying a bogus, descriminatory law! (...) Hmm. "Civil Right to marry" might have (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) What courage? Newsom hasn't even been arrested for disobeying the law! I think I might come to California and steal your LEGO Pirate collection and expect equal treatment Newsom is getting under the law-- namely the law looking the other way. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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